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#Occupy@10: An oral history — Interfaith activists reflect on Occupy’s impact 10 years later

September 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protest that took over Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan for two tumultuous months in 2011. The action began with little fanfare on September 17, 2011, but soon captured

September 14, 2021 No Comments

Lies, betrayal and the storming of the Capitol

Embed from Getty ImagesLies have consequences. The insurrection that was attempted as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives gathered to certify the election results on January 6, 2021 was incited by the President’s lies. The violence that ensued as

January 7, 2021 No Comments

US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara is a duplicitous power move

With less than six weeks remaining in his presidency, President Donald Trump extended his legacy of fomenting division and sowing the seeds of instability, discord, and violence into a new foreign policy realm.

December 14, 2020 No Comments

Invest in FOR, Peace Beyond Politics

No matter who is in the White House, Congress, your state capital, even your town council, the need for ongoing education, training, mobilization and organization never stops. Yes, beyond politics, the work of peace and justice continues.

December 3, 2020 No Comments

Unfinished Democracy: Making Good Trouble for Racial Equity — 31st Annual Salem Peace Lecture

FOR USA’s executive director, Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, delivered the 31st Annual Salem Peace Lecture was held online on Thursday November 19th. Dr. Jordan-Simpson’s topic was “Unfinished Democracy: Making Good Trouble for Racial Equity.”

November 22, 2020 No Comments

The Day After: Acknowledging Our Trauma, Preparing for the Hard Road Ahead

Dear FOR-USA family, As I write you just after Election Day, from my home in the great republic of Brooklyn, New York, the election results are not yet fully known. What is certain, however, is that we have a great

November 5, 2020 No Comments

¡Presente! Mark C. Johnson, 1947-2020

Mark Charles Johnson departed this world on October 12, 2020 at his beloved cottage near North Creek, NY following a lengthy battle with cancer. His life-long fascination with ideas, history, language and people created networks that motivated and sustained him.

October 27, 2020 No Comments

Beautiful Trouble’s guide to defending democracy and challenging business as usual

This article originally appeared in Waging Nonviolence. Turnout, especially in polarized times like these, wins elections. The stakes in this election — whether we have a livable planet, whether kids are incarcerated in detention centers and, perhaps, whether we continue

October 27, 2020 No Comments

A Bird’s Eye View of Thich Nhat Hanh

by Paul Dekar Renowned Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, born on October 11, 1926 in the city of Hue in Central Vietnam, author of over a hundred books, has bestowed upon us all an enormous gift of interconnection with one’s

October 5, 2020 No Comments

Bayard Rustin’s views on affirmative action: A critique

On February 28, 2019, The New York Times published a 6-minute multimedia video, narrated by Times contributing opinion writer Coleman Hughes, titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative Action: How would Bayard Rustin be judged today?” Text

March 1, 2019 No Comments

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