An extract from Kathy Kelly’s recent interview about the Afghan War withdrawal with Chris Cook on Pacific Free Press’ “Gorilla Radio” (12/3/20). The full interview is listenable at http://www.gorilla-radio.com/2020/12/02/gorilla-radio-chris-cook-kathy-kelly-pete-rockwell-janine-bandcroft-december-3-2020/ . I think there is a possibilityContinue reading
Author: Kathy Kelly
Like a Rocket in the Garden: The Unending War in Afghanistan – Kathy Kelly
People in the United States continue to pretend that the despair and futility we’ve caused isn’t our fault.
Reversal – Kathy Kelly
August 6, 2020 With survival at stake, can weapon makers change course? Today, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the atomic attack on Hiroshima, should be a day for quiet introspection. I recall a summer morning followingContinue reading
Yemen: A Torrent of Suffering in a Time of Siege – Kathy Kelly
July 28, 2020 “When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!”When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable, the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fallContinue reading
Weapons that Protect White Privilege Prevent Sustainable Community Change – Kathy Kelly
Kathy Kelly reflects on weapons and systems white people use to protect their white privilege, recalling that Dr. King called U.S. militarism “a demonic suction tube.”
Our Disaster – Kathy Kelly
June 1, 2020 An entire generation of Yemeni children has suffered the traumas of war, many of them orphaned, maimed, malnourished, or displaced. The United Nations reports a death toll of 100,000 people in that nation’s ongoingContinue reading
“He’s Got Eight Numbers, Just Like Everybody Else” – Kathy Kelly
Trident nuclear disarmament activist Steve Kelly, a Jesuit priest, begins his third year imprisoned in a county jail as he and his companions await sentencing.
Making the Pandemic Worse – Kathy Kelly
March 25, 2020 During the United States’ 1991 “Desert Storm” war against Iraq, I was part of the Gulf Peace Team—at first, living in a “peace camp” set up near the Iraq-Saudi border. We foundContinue reading
Camp Bucca, Abu Ghraib and the Rise of Extremism in Iraq – Kathy Kelly
“If he’s a good guy, you know, now he’s a bad guy because of the way we treated him.”
Trident is the Crime – Kathy Kelly
by Kathy KellyOctober 25, 2019 On October 24, following a three-day trial in Brunswick, GA, seven Catholic Workers who acted to disarm a nuclear submarine base were convicted on three felony counts and one misdemeanor.Continue reading