This article first appeared in the National Catholic Reporter, February 8th, 2017. Before making their home in Damascus, Gabe Huck and Theresa Kubasak had regularly visited Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. Through multiple trips andContinue reading
Category: Middle East
Message from Palestine from Cassandra Dixon
Our friend Cassandra Dixon, from the Mary House of Hospitality Catholic Worker in Oxford, Wisconsin, is in Palestine; and forwards us this report as a model of steadfast, undiscouraged resistance. She writes: Dear Friends, ItContinue reading
Najaf, Iraq
January 3, 2017 Najaf, Iraq “ ISIS is not just with guns, but with ideas inside our minds” I almost feel as if this trip has been a set up. Set up to give meContinue reading
What will Baghdad face in 2017?
January 2, 2017 Being stuck in traffic is a daily fare in Baghdad. While checkpoints have been dramatically reduced in recent times, and the number of concrete walls appear markedly decreased, traffic jams still defyContinue reading
Syrian mother interviewed by Sallie Latch
Photo of a Syrian mother refugee hugging her crying baby after arriving on a raft on the Greek island of Lesbos, October 27, 2015. Photo Credit: Giorgos Moutafis / Reuters
“Today Is One of the Heaviest Days of My Life.”
On multiple occasions I have written about Mohammed and use his words in a first person narrative, more recently about their desperate life-threatening journey over a year ago. They went to Finland with the hope thatContinue reading
Zaytouna-Oliva taken in International Waters Whereabouts of Participants Unknown
Zaytouna-Oliva taken in International Waters Whereabouts of Participants Unknown This afternoon, the Women’s Boat to Gaza was making good progress to the shores and the women were emotional about meeting all the people in GazaContinue reading
Brian Terrell on Trial in Wisconsin: Sheriff’s Dept. Associates Nonviolent Demonstrators with “Hate Groups”; Pattern of Police Harassment Alleged
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1:00 pm Juneau County District Court 200 Oak Street Mauston, WI On Friday Brian Terrell will stand trial in Juneau County District Court for his part in a February 23 protest atContinue reading
Don’t Move!
Don’t Move! The major news stories here in the U.S., all chilling, point out how readily U.S. authorities will murder people based on race and the slightest possibility of a threat to those in placesContinue reading
Arriving in Erbil and Wondering: What Lies Ahead
Erbil, Kurdistan–Wherever I look, tall, unfinished concrete buildings, accompanied by construction cranes, loom over the city. It is somewhat eerie because I see no movement inside or around any of the buildings, none whatsoever. IContinue reading