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U.S. Missile Attacks on Syria Hurt American Children More Than the Assad Regime

May 4, 2018 No Comments

In response to recent missile attacks, Syrian President Bashar Assad seems as defiant and determined as ever to pursue war to preserve his regime in power. Most analysts agree that given Russian and Iranian backing and the reality that most deaths and destruction have been caused by conventional weapons, attacks on the regime’s chemical war capacity will have little effect on,

For delegation with oscar lopez rivera and rafael cancel miranda

Coverage of FOR Human Rights Delegation to Puerto Rico

May 4, 2018 No Comments

The following article (below photo) appeared in the most recent issue of La Voz del Paseo Boricua, the newspaper serving Chicago’s Puerto Rican community. We publish it here — with a special link to an album of additional exclusive photos of our trip — as a place-holder, promising a longer report soon on FOR’s recent “Human Rights, Recovery, and Decolonization” delegation to Puerto

FOR Statement in Support of Puerto Rico Anti-Austerity Protests

May 4, 2018 No Comments

The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest interfaith peace and justice group in North America, strongly condemns the violence perpetrated against peaceful anti-austerity protesters in San Juan, Puerto Rico on May Day 2018. In addition to our support for free speech and the right to protest, we also stand in solidarity with Puerto Rican struggles for economic justice and

FOR Statement in Support of Puerto Rico Anti-Austerity Protests

May 4, 2018 No Comments

The Fellowship of Reconciliation, the oldest interfaith peace and justice group in North America, strongly condemns the violence perpetrated against peaceful anti-austerity protesters in San Juan, Puerto Rico on May Day 2018. In addition to our support for free speech and the right to protest, we also stand in solidarity with Puerto Rican struggles for economic justice and

A Parable of Noble Men: A view of the Syrian war

April 20, 2018 No Comments

According to UNICEF, 8.4 million Syrian children and adolescents — more than a third of the nation’s total population — are in need of humanitarian aid, and more than 2.5 million kids are currently living as refugees or on the run, in search of safety. A Parable of Noble Men Once Upon a Time… .. a million fathers from

Big Apple Con report—finally revealed: the artist of the Martin Luther King Jr. comic

April 16, 2018 No Comments

The Beat by James Romberger This last weekend, the Penn Plaza Pavilion in NYC was the home of the annual Big Apple Con, which featured a host of old school comics talent. I went to this event for specific goals. Foremost among these was my hope to finally clear up the long-standing mystery of who drew the famous and widely distributed