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Thomas Wakely

Tom Wakely

Tom Wakely is an unabashed socialist and political activist from San Antonio, Texas. He is a Vietnam-era USAF veteran who worked with César Chávez on the grape boycott campaign. He organized nurses for the SEIU; later serving as an International Representative for the OPEIU and as a Business Agent for the IBEW. Tom left the labor movement in the mid-1980s to

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PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN UKRAINE

FOR-USA Calls on Zelensky, Putin, Biden, & Congress to Seize This Chance for Peace & Reconciliation in Ukraine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2023 Media Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | gro.asurofobfsctd-62ad6c@dlogleira | (510) 599-5330Bill McGarvey | moc.liamgobfsctd-1ef590@yevragcmllib | (201) 725-4202 On the heels of Russian President Putin ordering troops to observe a ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest interfaith peace and justice organization in the U.S., calls on President

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Responding to Russia’s Call for a Christmas Truce

Representing over 1200 US faith communities, sponsors of the Christmas Truce in Ukraine petition respond FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd-49c921@leira | 510-599-5330 Bill McGarvey | moc.aidem-gcmobfsctd-786ccf@llib | 201-725-4202 On the eve of the Orthodox celebration of Christmas on January 7th Russian President Vladimir V. Putin called for a 36-hour Christmas Truce beginning at noon on January 6th

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Reimagining King’s Vision – The Fierce Urgency of Now

From Ukraine to Uvalde, the crises of militarism, materialism and racism today Exactly one year before he was murdered, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an historic sermon at New York’s Riverside Church on the profound connection between US militarism abroad with violence, racial repression, and widespread deprivation on the homefront.   Over 50 years later, from Ukraine to Uvalde

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Jesse Jackson, Bishop Barber, & Over 1,000 More: Faith Leaders Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | Fellowship of Reconciliation | (510) 599-5330 | gro.asurofobfsctd-40bf20@dlogleiraBill McGarvey | (201) 725-4202 | moc.aidem-gcmobfsctd-8f1f90@llib Jesse Jackson, Bishop Barber, & Over 1,000 More: Faith Leaders Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine  The effort has drawn the dedicated support of Orthodox Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Unitarian Universalist, and other religious

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