“I was frightened. I cried,” she seemed like both a statue and a radio, numb and alive, not shy about the horrors she had survived. “There were bombs dropping from the heavens, and firing fromContinue reading
Yemenis Endure World’s Largest, Rapidly Worsening Humanitarian Crisis While Subject to a Sea Blockade and Constant Bombing
Dear Friends, On April 10, 2017, members of the New York Catholic Worker community, Code Pink, the Upstate Coalition to End the Wars and Ground the Drones, Friends of Franz and Ben, and Voices forContinue reading
Shut Down Creech 2017!
Announcing the 3rd Annual SHUT DOWN CREECH Mobilization on April 23-29, 2017 Killer Drones- Obama’s Tragic Legacy and a Blunt and Homicidal Weapon Handed to His Successor! Join Voices for Creative Nonviolence, CODEPINK, VeteransContinue reading
BIG BOOKS DRONE RESISTERS ACQUITTED!
March 3rd, 2017 Contact: Danny Burns, Ithaca, 607-280-0369 (cell) Brian Hynes, Bronx, 718-838-2636 (cell) Ed Kinane, Syracuse, 315-478-4571 (home) James Ricks, Ithaca, 607-280-7794 (cell) Upstatedroneaction.org BIG BOOKS DRONE RESISTERS ACQUITTED! Four drone resisters,Continue reading
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Contact: Ed Kinane 315) 478-451 home _____ February 2017 Other defendants (see below) FIVE DEFENDANTS FACE DEWITT TOWN COURT JURY 5 PM TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28 FOR THEIR 3/19/15 “BIG BOOKS” ANTI- WEAPONIZED DRONEContinue reading
Voices for Creative Non-Violence UK February 2017 Newsletter
This update includes articles by Ellis Brooks and Maya Evans who have just returned from Kabul. During their trip they worked with 100 street kids, delivered conflict resolution workshops to the Afghan Peace Volunteers, collectedContinue reading
Kabul Diary by Maya Evans
February 21, 2017 Highlights from this trip include sharing a room with Zarghuna’s mother Farzana, which allowed me to hear a Bamiyan woman’s life story. She talked about spending 6 months in Kabul when sheContinue 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
Duvet Distribution January 2017
On the morning of distribution, the truck full of duvets got stuck in the slush, snow and ice. The wheels spinning, spitting rocks and mud, on the young men and the driver while they wereContinue reading
Fifteen years in Afghanistan: Same Questions, Same Answers-And Now Four More Years of the Same by Ann Wright
Originally posted on opednews. February 12th, 2017 The withdrawal of U.S. troops would also be good for the Afghan people, as the presence of foreign soldiers has been an obstacle to peace talks. The AfghansContinue reading