We went to Iran because you have to see these places before the U.S. blows them up, and it’s very good to see you here today in downtown Chicago, that’s also precious, for a similarContinue reading
Category: U.S. – Russia Tensions
Demonization of Russia in a New Cold War Era – Mairead Maguire
September 13, 2018 In examining the future, we must look to the past. As we watch the media today, we are spoon fed more and more propaganda and fear of the unknown, that we shouldContinue 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
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
Resistance and Resolve in Russia: Memorial HRC
In late October, while traveling in Russia with a small delegation of peace activists from Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org), a young Russian lawyer and his brother took me to Dacha Na Pokrovke, a MoscowContinue reading
A Visit to Russia for “Life Extension” of the Planet
On October 9, I was in the Nevada desert with Catholic Workers from around the world for an action of prayer and nonviolent resistance at what is now called the Nevada National Security Site, theContinue reading
At Risk of Being Dupes
Here in Russia, where I have been traveling as part of a small delegation organized by Voices for Creative Nonviolence, the people with whom we have spoken have no illusions about war and its effects.Continue reading
What’s at Stake
June 23, 2016 In the historic port city of Yalta, located on the Crimean Peninsula, our delegation to Russia visited the site where Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, in February of 1945, concluded negotiations ending World WarContinue reading
Why go to Russia?
B61 nuclear missiles. Photo Credit U.S. D.O.D. (SSGT Phil Schmitten) June 17, 2016 Since 1983, Sharon Tennison has worked to develop ordinary citizens’ capacities to avert international crises, focusing on relations between the U.S. andContinue reading