By Brian Terrell “But what of the price of peace?” asked Jesuit priest and war resister Daniel Berrigan, writing from federal prison in 1969, doing time for his part in the destruction of draft records.Continue reading
Category: Prisons
Camp Bucca, Abu Ghraib and the Rise of Extremism in Iraq – Kathy Kelly
“If he’s a good guy, you know, now he’s a bad guy because of the way we treated him.”
June 15 Marks 6,000 Days of Guantánamo: Rights Groups Tell Donald Trump to Close the Prison, Say “Not One Day More!”
Today, June 15, 2018, is a depressing milestone in the long history of U.S. detention at Guantánamo Bay. Today the Guantánamo prison, set up after the 9/11 attacks, has been open for 6,000 days. MostContinue reading
Kathy Kelly in Boston Sunday 2/18
In Boston, Massachussets starting at 3pm this Sunday (2/18), Kathy Kelly will give a talk at the Community Church of Boston (565 Boylston St in the 2nd-floor wheelchair-accessible Lothrop Auditorium), with music by CommUnity VoicesContinue reading
Solidarity from Central Cellblock to Guantanamo- by Brian Terrell
On Thursday, January 11, the sixteenth anniversary of the opening of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba was marked by a coalition of 15 human rights organizations gathered in Lafayette Park, acrossContinue 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
What Does War Generate?
July 3, 2017 At an April, 2017 Symposium on Peace in Nashville, TN, Martha Hennessy spoke about central tenets of Maryhouse, a home of hospitality in New York City, where Martha often lives andContinue reading
Four Citizen Activists Arrested At Volk Field As They Attempt To Identify The Base As A Crime Scene
By Joy First Wisconsin Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars has held monthly vigils against drones at the gates of Volk Field for over five years. This Wisconsin AirContinue reading
Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars
$17.95 | 192 Pages ISBN: 9781629633794 Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars ______________ Alice and Staughton Lynd ______________ Use coupon code APRIL VALID THROUGH 04/30Continue reading