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Syria Through a Fractal Prism: Conversations on War and Peace with Judy Bello

August 16, 2016 No Comments

“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.” – Sun Tzu I just finished another podcast with Judy Bello, a Middle East political analyst and longtime anti-war activist in Rochester. Judy recently came back from a fact finding civilian peace delegation to Syria, where she had the rare opportunity to talk with people on the street about

When the Fellowship of Reconciliation was the “Conscientious Objectors’ Organization”

August 15, 2016 No Comments

This year has seen an uptick in debates about the draft. Since Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced in December that all combat positions would become open to women, the idea became feasible that women will soon be required to register for the draft. In June, the Senate passed a bill that would do just that. Last week, conservative lawyer Phyllis Shlafly penned an op-ed that questioned

When the Fellowship of Reconciliation was the “Conscientious Objectors’ Organization”

August 15, 2016 No Comments

This year has seen an uptick in debates about the draft. Since Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced in December that all combat positions would become open to women, the idea became feasible that women will soon be required to register for the draft. In June, the Senate passed a bill that would do just that. Last week, conservative lawyer Phyllis Shlafly penned an op-ed that questioned

Khizr Khan’s DNC Speech Addressed the Soul of a Nation

August 3, 2016 No Comments

Although there were hundreds of speeches delivered at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, only one will be remembered past November. It was the one given by the parents of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004 when a car blew up after he told his troops to stand back. He took 10 steps forward to

Khizr Khan’s DNC Speech Addressed the Soul of a Nation

August 3, 2016 No Comments

Although there were hundreds of speeches delivered at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, only one will be remembered past November. It was the one given by the parents of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004 when a car blew up after he told his troops to stand back. He took 10 steps forward to

The Person who Challenged Internment

August 2, 2016 No Comments

On May 16, 1942, every Japanese American in Seattle was either at an internment camp or on their way to one, except for one person. That day, Gordon Hirabayashi was at an FBI office in Seattle, in violation of an executive order from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, handing over a document to a special agent called “Why I Refuse to