Aug 2, 2018 Can Afghans convince us that the method of war doesn’t work? Consider their thirst to end the war If we’re still quietly hoping that wars would end and people all over theContinue reading
Tag: Afghan Peace Volunteers
On Purpose, in Kabul – Kathy Kelly
June 26, 2018 Writing this week for the Chicago Tribune, Steve Chapman called a U.S. Government report on the war in Afghanistan “a chronicle of futility.” “The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction” report says theContinue reading
A Mile in Their Shoes – Kathy Kelly
Photo caption: One of several murals being created by Kabul’s “ArtLords” activists to welcome the Helmand to Kabul peace walkers. June 11, 2018 This past Friday in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, Hazara girls joined young PashtoContinue reading
Peace Prospects for Afghanistan – Kathy Kelly on DemocracyNow!
Voices’ co-coordinator Kathy Kelly returned to Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! news program on June 8, 2018. The full show is available at https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2018/6/8 and both segments with Kathy are viewable below.
Digging Deeper – Kathy Kelly
Above: Afghan Peace March – Mohammad Omar Lemar June 5, 2018 Here in Kabul in early June, outside the home of several Afghan Peace Volunteers, a large drilling machine is parked on what was once aContinue reading
Dr Hakim – Where on Earth is the Just Economy That Works for All, Including Afghan Children?
photo: class at the Street Kids School. April 14, 2018 Political and business leaders have refined the art and science of lying about the economy. From their suites, chauffeur-driven limousines, private yachts and jets, theyContinue reading
Day and Night in Kabul – Ken Hannaford Ricardi
We’re just now posting this piece from Ken’s January 2018 visit with the Afghan Peace Volunteers (www.ourjourneytosmile.org), ably representing Voices. Early on the first day of 2018, as first light got a tentative fingerhold onContinue 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
Fly Kites Not Drones 2018 – Maya Evans
Over the last 5 years, UK anti-drone campaigning activities have included entering the drone control base at RAF Waddington to plant a peace garden and carry out a citizens’ inspection; blockading Israeli drone manufacturer ElbitContinue reading