July 28, 2020 “When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!”When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable, the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fallContinue reading
This Sat. July 18 – Peacestock via ZOOM with Norman Solomon, Andrew J. Bacevich, and David Swanson – register now
Veterans for Peace in Red Wing, MN will welcome Andrew Bacevich, David Swanson, and Norman Solomon to their July 18th annual gathering. It begins at 1:00 p.m. CDT. For information about how to register forContinue reading
Battleground States: The Time for Manufacturing Weapons of War Has Passed as a Viable Industry for Our Nation
By Kathy Kelly, June 26, 2020 The time for manufacturing of weapons of war has passed as a viable industry for our nation, despite the way some of our political leadership clings to economies ofContinue reading
Dear Joe Biden
Letter to the Biden (and Trump) Campaigns for a Fair and Just Foreign Policy Regarding Israel and Palestinian Right This letter, signed by more than 100 progressive, anti-war, and faith-based U.S. organizations, urges presumptive DemocraticContinue reading
Weapons that Protect White Privilege Prevent Sustainable Community Change – Kathy Kelly
Kathy Kelly reflects on weapons and systems white people use to protect their white privilege, recalling that Dr. King called U.S. militarism “a demonic suction tube.”
Listening to our Anger and Angst – Dr. Hakim Young
June 4, 2020 – COVID-19 is clarifying a significant source of global anger and angst: inequality. At the start of the COVID-19 crisis, Afghanistan had 300 ventilators, only one ventilator for every 110,000 Afghans. AsContinue reading
Our Disaster – Kathy Kelly
June 1, 2020 An entire generation of Yemeni children has suffered the traumas of war, many of them orphaned, maimed, malnourished, or displaced. The United Nations reports a death toll of 100,000 people in that nation’s ongoingContinue reading
Beating Swords to Plowshares
by Kathy Kelly Inscribed on a wall across from the United Nations in New York City are ancient words of incalculable yearning: “They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.Continue reading
Memorial Day Car-a-Van for Peace and Disarmament
Starting at noon on Memorial Day 2020 (Monday May 25), Voices hosted a Chicago Car-a-Van for Peace and Disarmament traveling from Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood near the Voices office down to Henry Moore’s ominous “Nuclear Energy”Continue reading