By Dr Hakim I’m so often caught up in the daily concerns of work and the wars raging across Afghanistan and many parts of the world that I forget how remarkable it is that atContinue reading
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Afghan Peace Volunteers, Drones, Middle East, Migration & Refugees, Nonviolent Resistance Actions, Prisons
World Beyond War: Politics Beyond Partisianship
World Beyond War, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, and DePaul University Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies Dept. invite you to a panel discussion with Kathy Kelly, Mary Dean, Brian Terrell, and Metasabia Rigby, international antiwar activists,Continue reading
Reality and the U.S.-Made Famine in Yemen
March 20, 2017 This week at the Voices for Creative Nonviolence office in Chicago, my colleague Sabia Rigby prepared a presentation for a local high school. She’ll team up with a young friend of ours,Continue reading
Yemenis Endure World’s Largest, Rapidly Worsening Humanitarian Crisis While Subject to a Sea Blockade and Constant Bombing
Dear Friends, On April 10, 2017, members of the New York Catholic Worker community, Code Pink, the Upstate Coalition to End the Wars and Ground the Drones, Friends of Franz and Ben, and Voices forContinue reading
Shut Down Creech 2017!
Announcing the 3rd Annual SHUT DOWN CREECH Mobilization on April 23-29, 2017 Killer Drones- Obama’s Tragic Legacy and a Blunt and Homicidal Weapon Handed to His Successor! Join Voices for Creative Nonviolence, CODEPINK, VeteransContinue reading
BIG BOOKS DRONE RESISTERS ACQUITTED!
March 3rd, 2017 Contact: Danny Burns, Ithaca, 607-280-0369 (cell) Brian Hynes, Bronx, 718-838-2636 (cell) Ed Kinane, Syracuse, 315-478-4571 (home) James Ricks, Ithaca, 607-280-7794 (cell) Upstatedroneaction.org BIG BOOKS DRONE RESISTERS ACQUITTED! Four drone resisters,Continue reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ed Kinane 315) 478-451 home _____ February 2017 Other defendants (see below) FIVE DEFENDANTS FACE DEWITT TOWN COURT JURY 5 PM TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28 FOR THEIR 3/19/15 “BIG BOOKS” ANTI- WEAPONIZED DRONEContinue reading
Voices for Creative Non-Violence UK February 2017 Newsletter
This update includes articles by Ellis Brooks and Maya Evans who have just returned from Kabul. During their trip they worked with 100 street kids, delivered conflict resolution workshops to the Afghan Peace Volunteers, collectedContinue reading
Fifteen years in Afghanistan: Same Questions, Same Answers-And Now Four More Years of the Same by Ann Wright
Originally posted on opednews. February 12th, 2017 The withdrawal of U.S. troops would also be good for the Afghan people, as the presence of foreign soldiers has been an obstacle to peace talks. The AfghansContinue reading
Christmas in Karbala
Dec. 25, 2016 Karbala, Iraq–It is Christmas day, and I am in Karbala with dear friends. We awoke to a second day of rain, and pictures of flooding, especially in Baghdad, are being shown onContinue reading