The USA PotatoI Resigned 23 Years Ago from the U.S. Government over the Bush War on Iraq …And Wish I Had More Resignations to Give!
On March 19, 2003, I resigned from the U.S. Department of State. I was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, and the third U.S. government employee to resign in opposition to the U.S. war on Iraq. I resigned o...
jaimedavid327No War With Iran — A Reflection in the Midst of Escalation
There are moments when the news cycle becomes so overwhelming that it pushes everything else out of your mind. This is one of those moments. The war with Iran is dominating the headlines, dominating conversations, dominating social media feeds, and frankly dominating my thoughts. When something like this happens — when the world suddenly feels like it has tilted toward chaos — it becomes hard to focus on anything else. And since these are my blogs, my spaces to think out loud, to process […]
CarveHerName#OnThisDay, 1 Jan 1983, 44 women climb the fence of Greenham Common airbase and dance on the missile silos.
The women-led Peace Camps at Greenham ran for nearly 20 years, protesting the siting of US nuclear missiles on UK soil. https://greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk/
Photo by Raissa Page.
#PeaceActivism #BritishHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)BDG feature: Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Engaged Buddhism During Wartime Vietnam, Part 6
🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5ytfxdjr
#Buddhism #EngagedBuddhism #BuddhistActivism #ThichNhatHanh #Compassion #Forgiveness #Nonviolence #Peace #PeaceActivism #Vietnam #VietnamWar
Angie Mangino"The Eucharist is in the poor." Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Catholic Worker Movement co-founder Dorothy Day, continues her grandmother's mission of radical Christian discipleship. Day, a candidate for sainthood, co-founded a movement that "took the Sermon on the Mount and Catholic social teaching literally" by feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless.
#DorothyDay #CatholicWorker #SocialJustice #PeaceActivism #RadicalChristianity #Sainthood #ServiceToThePoor
https://www.jesuits.org/stories/how-dorothy-days-granddaughter-martha-hennessy-continues-the-mission/
#DorothyDay #CatholicWorker #SocialJustice #PeaceActivism #RadicalChristianity #Sainthood #ServiceToThePoor
https://www.jesuits.org/stories/how-dorothy-days-granddaughter-martha-hennessy-continues-the-mission/
BDG news: Engaged Buddhism: Soka Gakkai President Issues Peace Statement to Mark 80 Years Since World War II
🔗 Read more at BDG: https://tinyurl.com/4sum8e6n
#Buddhism #EngagedBuddhism #Peace #PeaceActivism #Japan #Hiroshima #SokaGakkai #Nichiren #Compassion #NuclearDisarmament
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮I'm presenting at this seminar (which is also my capstone project for the certificate program in Unbound #Judaism - from the folks at #JudaismUnbound
The program is free and you can participate via Zoom (thanks to The #SpinozaHavurah), in-person in Oklahoma City (thanks to Joy #Mennonite Church) or via recording.
#ConscientiousObjection #CO #Peace #ShalomSalaam #Judaism #Mazeldon #JewishPeace #PeaceActivism #MilitaryLaw #JewishHistory
Paria sans portefeuille#Jadaliyya's screening/streaming of the #documentary #ThePalestineException followed by its co-director, Jennifer Ruth, in conversation with Bassam Haddad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gg5CLZp57o
#Gaza #Palestine #PalestineSolidarity #GazaSolidarity #StudentProtests #USpol #USpolitics #stateRepression #censorship #activism #campusActivism #peaceActivism #cinema @palestine @film
Screening of “THE PALESTINE EXCEPTION” and Conversation with Co-Director, Jennifer Ruth
"Eisenberg brings to life the political and military choices of Richard #Nixon and Henry #Kissinger as they waged brutal illegal wars against #Vietnam, #Laos, and #Cambodia – and demonstrates the influence that the #antiwarMovement actually brought to bear."
Book event w/ #CarolynWoodsEisenberg, author of #FireAndRain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrcrQfR_wLc
#VietnamWar #Indochina #SecondIndochinaWar #UShistory #USimperialism #PeaceMovement #activism #peaceActivism #books @histodons @bookstodon
Book Event Fire and Rain Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia
Trevor BurrowsI love that the Fellowship of Reconciliation calendar is basically a list of important days in the lives of GOATS in civil rights and peace work.
https://forusa.org/for-events/
Including a lot of names that are overlooked or less known.
Bookmarked.
#FellowshipOfReconciliation #CivilRights #PeaceWork #PeaceActivism