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I Will Not Kill
Affirming the right of conscientious objection and opposing any future military draft.
Feb 6, 2012, 11:54am
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Feb 4, 2012, 4:52pm
Matthew Arlyck
This is the fourth part of a travelogue of my recent experience traveling to Israel/Palestine as part of an Christian-Jewish seminarian interfaith group; read the first part here, the second part here and the third part here.Day 6: At breakfast in...
Feb 3, 2012, 4:24pm
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Nonviolent social change is in the air, from Middle America to the Middle East. Yet we know that nonviolent social change movements aren’t spontaneous. They require midwives and mentors, and preparation of strong spirits, strong skills and...
Feb 3, 2012, 12:11pm
Leila Zand
Dear Editor,Weekafter week we hear election campaign speeches aggressively targeting Iran as a world-class enemy. The current government of Iran has been under attack and on the defensive since the day it was established....
Feb 3, 2012, 11:31am
Leila Zand
Fact: Iran does not possess a nuclear weapon.Fact: Iran has the right, according to international law, to develop nuclear energy for civilian use.Fact: Iran’s nuclear energy program is regularly monitored by the International Atomic Energy...
Feb 3, 2012, 11:22am
Leila Zand
1. Economic Sanction is an act of war. The current sanctions on Iran are the strongest ever practiced on a nation. The victims of sanctions are people not their government.2. Economic and military attacks on Iran...
Feb 3, 2012, 11:03am
Leila Zand
A new wave of Cold War-style threats and covert actions have been directed against Iran, this time more serious than in the past. Seventy million people in Iran live each day in fear of war. The United States has sold almost $100 billion of high-...
Feb 2, 2012, 3:41pm
Matthew Arlyck
On January 26th, protestors from Occupy Wall Street, the Protest Chaplains, Organize for Occupation, Housing is a Human Right and FUREE participated in a nonviolent direct action to shut down a foreclosure auction in Brooklyn. Myself and three...
Jan 30, 2012, 10:11pm
Leila Zand
“You Have a Choice! Israeli Anti-Militarists Speak” presents four native-born and immigrant Israeli citizens, aged 30 to 78, talking about their backgrounds, political views and activism in an interactive video that includes 132 short...
