Here in Kabul, young friends with the Afghan Peace Volunteers look forward to learning more about “The Tea Project” in late December, when Aaron Hughes arrives, an artist, a U.S. military veteran, and a coreContinue reading
Category: Nonviolent Resistance Actions
Breaking Bread in Kabul
Here in Kabul, over breakfast with Afghan Peace Volunteers, or APVs, we easily recalled key elements of the conflict resolution and peer mediation “train the trainers” workshops that Ellis Brooks, with Voices for Creative Nonviolence-UK,Continue reading
Make Peace the “First Strike”
This short article first appeared in the November issue of Gangjeong Village Story. In the Fall of 2015, I traveled to Okinawa for the first time and to Jeju Island for my second visit.Continue reading
Exposing the Killer Drones of Hancock Airbase’s 174th Attack Wing
Every first Tuesday of the month since 2010 a handful of us have been protesting the weaponized Reaper drone at Hancock Air Base. In milder weather – from April to November – we also protestContinue reading
Henoko takes on U.S. Imperialism
by Maya Evans, in Japan Henoko Town, Okinawa, around one hundred and fifty Japanese protesters gathered to stop construction trucks from entering the U.S. base ‘Camp Schwab’, after the Ministry of Land over-ruled the localContinue reading
The U.S. Ought to Un-Swivel Its China Pivot
For the last week, I’ve been walking on a peace march organized by the Nipponzan Myohoji order of Buddhist monks. This march is similar in some ways to another: the Okinawa “Beggars’ March” of 1955-1956.Continue reading