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That We May Know Each Other, the Neighbor I am to Love There is a Sura, a chapter, in the Qur’an in which God speaks to humankind in regard to our own creation, the purpose of our own being, We created you from a single pair of a male and a female, ...
Whose stories are we telling about the war in Afghanistan? On the day following the White House report on the war in Afghanistan that names the war as a qualified success and calls for the U.S. to “stay the course,” we must lift up the alternative stories and reports of this near-decade of occupation, 
Scott Peterson, CS Monitor, December 16, 2010Mr. Mousavi has focused his statements on fighting tyranny and oppression, not unlike Imam Hussein’s struggle 14 centuries ago. “Hossein knew that the mortar between the stones of the palace of power was...
Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian, December 15, 2010There is nothing to compare with being there. Failing that, get a video-link. And suddenly here's Aung San Suu Kyi on a screen in front of us, live from 54 University Avenue, Rangoon.
Truthout, December 15, 2010Last April, writer and historian Barbara Goldsmith announced that Nay Phone Latt was the winner of the 2010 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith "Freedom to Write" award, which honors international literary figures who have been persecut...
Cecilie Suraski, Muzzle Watch, December 15, 2010By the time she was in high school, Sarah Smith had already been named one of the 100 most influential women in Chicago by Chicago’s business magazine, Crain’s. Now Smith, who happens to be Jewish, ...
As President Barack Obama was unveiling a new report on progress of the war in Afghanistan, a lineup of high-profile dissenters joined in an act of civil disobedience organized by Veterans for Peace that ended with about 135 demonstrators being arrested outside the White House Thursday afternoon. A solidarity protest was held in New York
Kayse Jama was a boy in rural Somalia, growing up, he told me, "with the animals." His family led a traditional pastoral life, with herds of goats and other livestock to support them. Born into this ancient lifestyle, he could not have known his unimag...
From AlterNet Dozens of activists, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers on the Vietnam War, were arrested Thursday at the White House as they protested the Afghanistan conflict and defended WikiLeaks. Activists rally during an anti-war protest in front of the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday. Dozens of the activists, including the man
Student protests are occurring world wide in response to fresh financial burdens imposed on them by universities hit by economic difficulties. Protests at the University of California, at Berkeley and elsewhere, have brought in other complaints, e.g. alleged mistreatment of staff and ongoing commitment to the development of nuclear weapons. And
In this 40 minute talk, Michael Nagler speaks about how nonviolence presents us with a higher image of the human being.
On the bus from Incheon Airport to Seoul where we were going to participate in a six-nation seminar on nonviolence and the possibilities for reunification we found ourselves across the aisle from a young fellow who was eager to show us pictures of his recent trip to the North where, we would soon learn,
Greetings from Afghanistan. I arrived here now almost a week ago and there is so much to share about this experience that it’s hard to know where to start. I’d like to offer a few random observations about Kabul that I’m sure will make more sense upon reflection. I was immediately struck by the contrast
Greetings from Afghanistan. I arrived here now almost a week ago and there is so much to share about this experience that it’s hard to know where to start. I’d like to offer a few random observations about Kabul that I’m sure will make more sense upon reflection. I was immediately struck by the contrast
In my field, Conflict Resolution, we have one strand of theory and thinking that I believe falls outside the purview of what our field is and should be, and that is the notion of "mediation with muscle," a term used to describe a mediation/negotiation ...
As we approach the season in which shoppers will sort through the mass of electronic products available, the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee picked up the call to “Hang Up on Motorola.” The more than 40 activists who brought song and dance to a Best Buy and AT&T store were inspired by the recent Philly
