Voices’ co-coordinator Kathy Kelly returned to Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! news program on June 8, 2018. The full show is available at https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2018/6/8 and both segments with Kathy are viewable below.
Category: Afghanistan
Digging Deeper – Kathy Kelly
Above: Afghan Peace March – Mohammad Omar Lemar June 5, 2018 Here in Kabul in early June, outside the home of several Afghan Peace Volunteers, a large drilling machine is parked on what was once aContinue reading
Dr Hakim – Where on Earth is the Just Economy That Works for All, Including Afghan Children?
photo: class at the Street Kids School. April 14, 2018 Political and business leaders have refined the art and science of lying about the economy. From their suites, chauffeur-driven limousines, private yachts and jets, theyContinue reading
Robert Koehler – Change Is Coming
The cries of loss and anguish become public, at last. A million young people seize the truth: “Half of my seventh grade class was affected by gun violence. My own brother was shot in theContinue reading
Teen Solidarity Against the Merchants of Death – Kathy Kelly
Afghan Peace Volunteers and friends celebrate International Day of Peace in Kabul, Sept 2017 March 1, 2018 Here in Kabul, as the rising sun begins to warm our chilly rooms, I hear excitedContinue reading
Day and Night in Kabul – Ken Hannaford Ricardi
We’re just now posting this piece from Ken’s January 2018 visit with the Afghan Peace Volunteers (www.ourjourneytosmile.org), ably representing Voices. Early on the first day of 2018, as first light got a tentative fingerhold onContinue reading
Kathy Kelly in Boston Sunday 2/18
In Boston, Massachussets starting at 3pm this Sunday (2/18), Kathy Kelly will give a talk at the Community Church of Boston (565 Boylston St in the 2nd-floor wheelchair-accessible Lothrop Auditorium), with music by CommUnity VoicesContinue reading
Fly Kites Not Drones 2018 – Maya Evans
Over the last 5 years, UK anti-drone campaigning activities have included entering the drone control base at RAF Waddington to plant a peace garden and carry out a citizens’ inspection; blockading Israeli drone manufacturer ElbitContinue reading
The Kids the World Forgot – Ken Hannaford-Ricardi
Our friend (and Voices representative) Ken Hannaford-Ricardi writes from Kabul, as a guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers. I spent much of yesterday with some kids the world forgot. Young, remarkably sturdy and resilient, theyContinue reading