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Nominations open for the 2017 Peace Awards!

Each year, the Fellowship of Reconciliation awards three peace prizes — international, national, and local — to individuals or organizations whose commitment to peace, justice, and reconciliation is recognized as extraordinary. This year’s nomination deadline is May 15! In 2016, our

April 26, 2017 No Comments

“To Prevent or Stop Wars: What can Peace Movements Do?” A Review

To Prevent or Stop Wars: What can Peace Movements Do? by Christine Schweitzer with Jorgen Johansen (Irene Publishing, Sweden, www.Irenepublishing.com) Christine Schweitzer, the current chair of the War Resisters’ International and very involved with the Balkans Peace Team during the

April 24, 2017 No Comments

Military attacks are not the answer to Syria’s suffering

On Tuesday, images of scores of Syrians whose bodies had been ravaged by a chemical attack horrified the world, even many who have become all but inoculated to the face of suffering. While fingers pointed this way and that with

April 7, 2017 No Comments

Military attacks are not the answer to Syria’s suffering

On Tuesday, images of scores of Syrians whose bodies had been ravaged by a chemical attack horrified the world, even many who have become all but inoculated to the face of suffering. While fingers pointed this way and that with

April 7, 2017 No Comments

Wilhelm Reich: A Taoist in Freudian Disguise

Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) was part of the Vienna circle of Sigmund Freud in the 1920s after the First World War in which Reich had served in the Austrian army on the Italian front. Reich was born in a town in

April 4, 2017 No Comments

Wilhelm Reich: A Taoist in Freudian Disguise

Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) was part of the Vienna circle of Sigmund Freud in the 1920s after the First World War in which Reich had served in the Austrian army on the Italian front. Reich was born in a town in

April 4, 2017 No Comments

Erich Fromm: Meeting the Challenges of the Century

I believe that the One World which is emerging can come into existence only if a New Man comes into being – a man who has emerged from the archaic ties of blood and soil, and who feels himself to

March 30, 2017 No Comments

Viktor Frankl: An Inner Drive to Find a Meaning For Life

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way… It is this spiritual foundation that cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful. – Viktor

March 28, 2017 No Comments

Viktor Frankl: An Inner Drive to Find a Meaning For Life

The last of the human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way… It is this spiritual foundation that cannot be taken away – that makes life meaningful and purposeful. – Viktor

March 28, 2017 No Comments

Young activists: Get funded and trained in social change!

Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation has put out a call for paid fellowships and trainings for young adults, 14 to 23 years old, anywhere in the United States. The deadline to apply is Saturday, April 1, so please share this message

March 26, 2017 No Comments

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