January 10, 2020 Try as I did, I found it impossible to send New Year’s greetings to friends in Iraq given the unthinkable and shameless actions of Trump and his regime in the last weeks.Continue reading
Category: Iran
An eyewitness to the horrors of the US ‘forever wars’ speaks out
by Kathy Kelly Originally published by National Catholic Reporter at https://www.ncronline.org/node/18664. The 2003 “shock and awe” bombing of Iraq had finally stopped. From the balcony of my room in Baghdad’s Al Fanar Hotel, I watched U.S. MarinesContinue reading
Sat Jan 4 – U.S. Out of Iraq Nat’l Day of Action – Chicago protest 12 noon Sat at Wacker/Wabash
This Saturday, January 4, CODEPINK, the ANSWER Coalition, Veterans for Peace, United AntiWar Coalition (UNAC), World Beyond War, Popular Resistance, and Voices for Creative Nonviolence (among others) have joined in calling for a National DayContinue reading
LUSH Out of Saudi Arabia! VCNV/CODEPINK Sat Dec 14 noon
Voices has stepped up to represent Chicago in CODEPINK’s holiday season of “LUSH Cosmetics Leave Saudi Arabia” protests – we’ll be outside LUSH’s 746 N. Michigan Ave store from noon to 1pm on Saturday DecContinue reading
Chicago area Iran flyering
— ON HIATUS during Coronavirus’ arrival. We kept going throughout the winter and plan to be back out as soon as self-distancing relaxes. — PLEASE NOTE 5:30 Trump Tower protest still on for the dayContinue reading
Sarah Ball on Iran and Afghanistan – 3CR Tuesday Hometime
Voices’ Sarah Ball recently appeared on Jan Bartlett‘s Tuesday Hometime program (on Melbourne, Australia’s 3CR Community Radio) to discuss her travels this year in Iran and Afghanistan. Parts I and II of the interview, fromContinue reading
Talk Nation Radio: Kathy Kelly on Peace, Afghanistan, Yemen, Ireland, and the United States
Kathy Kelly has traveled to war zones and lived alongside ordinary people in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, and Lebanon. She and her companions in Voices for Creative Nonviolence believe the U.S. should end all U.S. militaryContinue reading
Iran War protests in Chicago: 1) Friday July 12th rally, 2) ongoing Tuesday AM vigils, and 3) the post-attack emergency response
On Friday July 12th please join a 5:30pm rally at 190 N. State St, by the Lake St “L” near the Chicago Theater, at ABC7-TV Studios. Every Tuesday (planned) from 7am-9am, please consider dropping byContinue reading
An Honorable Course in Iran: End Sanctions, Resume Dialogue
The greatest outlier in terms of possessing nuclear weapons is the U.S. Kathy Kelly June 25, 2019 Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wroteContinue reading
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Wed Jun 12 FREE TRIP TO EGYPT screenings
Voices for Creative Nonviolence is happy to help promote simultaneous screenings of the documentary FREE TRIP TO EGYPT to occur in 500 theaters nationwide at 6:30pm Central Time this Wednesday, June 12th. The film followsContinue reading