Our friend Martha Hayward writes of her recent visit to Najaf in Southern Iraq. Photos are from Voices collaborator Cathy Breen’s time with the project in Fall 2017. An Open Letter on Behalf of theContinue reading
Category: Nonviolent Resistance Actions
A Story of Two Blockades- New York City and Yemen
By Brian Terrell On December 11, in response to the growing humanitarian crisis in Yemen, more than 50 concerned people including representatives of various peace, justice and human rights organizations and communities, gathered in NewContinue reading
Kathy Kelly in Iowa City Dec 10
For this year’s International Human Rights Day, on December 10th, 2017, The University of Iowa’s Center for Human Rights and Iowa’s Physicians for Social Responsibility chapter have planned a panel discussion keynoted by Kathy KellyContinue reading
Abolishing War in Singapore – Dr. Hakim
Above: The sole existing photo of Hakim’s paternal grandfather, killed at Changi in 1942 November 3, 2017 On the 28th of June, I spoke at a small event organized by my friends from Amber Air,Continue reading
Anti-War Nuns Carry Message of Nuclear Disarmament to Colorado Springs
by Debbie Kelley for the Colorado Springs Gazette http://gazette.com/anti-war-nuns-carry-message-of-nuclear-disarmament-to-colorado-springs/article/1612308 September 30, 2017 As political tensions mount over North Korea’s ballistic missile testing, two elderly Roman Catholic nuns who have spent decades sounding the plea forContinue reading
University of New Haven and Saudi Police: Big Money Makes Strange Bedfellows
by Samayia Taylor, CODEPINK Sept. 30, 2017 In America, college students are just arriving on their campuses- some for the first time- ready to start the new academic year. They have a wide range of interestsContinue reading
Afghan Peace Volunteers, Afghanistan, Drones, East Asia, Middle East, Nonviolent Resistance Actions, U.S. - Russia Tensions
New Book: VOICES FOR PEACE- War, Resistance and America’s Quest for Full-Spectrum Dominance
This timely anthology edited by T.J. Coles includes articles by Voices for Creative Nonviolence co-coordinators Kathy Kelly and Brian Terrell, along with Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Cynthia McKinney, Bruce Gagnon and others.. It can beContinue reading
Weekly Vigil for Yemen in New York’s Union Square
Dear Friends, You may have noticed that the conflict and catastrophe in Yemen has received a significant up-tick in attention recently, and this is not simply because of the growing cholera epidemic. There is nowContinue reading
Jerry Zawada, Presente!
Fr. Jerry Zawada OFM – nuclear resister, peace and justice activist, Franciscan friar – died on the morning of July 25 at the age of 80. Jerry served his early years as a Franciscan priestContinue reading
“Ain’t No Such Thing as A Just War” – Ben Salmon, WWI resister
July 10, 2017 Several days a week, Laurie Hasbrook arrives at the Voices office here in Chicago. She often takes off her bicycle helmet, unpins her pant leg, settles into an office chair and then leansContinue reading