A Book Review from NPR.org Before writing his new book, The War Lovers, Evan Thomas, the assistant managing editor of Newsweek magazine, spent three years researching an event a century removed from his day job: the 1898 Spanish-American War. But he did so, he says, because of similarities he perceived between the way America entered…
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Two Futures Project: Conservative & Progressive Christians
Last week, 47 heads of state met in Washington D.C. for the Nuclear Security Summit. The goal of the summit was to foster international cooperation in locking down insecure nuclear materials. Not being a sovereign nation, the Two Futures Project wasn’t invited to that meeting. But Tyler was in D.C. for the parallel meeting of non-governmental…
Contact Information for Action Groups
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION: Dana Grubb dananmary@verizon.net CUBA: John Surinchak: epfcuba@prodigy.net DEATH PENALTY: Joyce Hardy pjhardy51@comcast.net Colleen Cunningham colleenc@ejusa.org IRAN: Sr. Ellen Francis srellenfrancis@yahoo.com Rev. Richard Deats deatspeace@verizon.net ISRAEL/PALESTINE: Donna Hicks djhicks2790@earthlink.net Newland Smith n-smith1@seabury.edu IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN: Hal Hayek thedean@thecathedral.ang-md.org Rev. Madeleine Beard beardmcd@verizon.net NONVIOLENCE TRAINING: Steve Shanks srshanks@gmail.com NUCLEAR ABOLITION: Bill Exner exner@comcast.net PEACE & MDGs: Rex…
Take Action NOW Nuclear Weapons
We have great news! And a request for ACTION. As you are probably already aware, last Thursday, April 8th, United States President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev signed a new STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) which will reduce United States and Russian nuclear stockpiles by 1/3. This signing came on the heels of…
Act Now on Nuclear Disarmament
“It’s as if we are flinging the creation back in the Creator’s face, as if to say: What You gave us wasn’t good enough.” Jonathan Schell So what do you say we push back with a strong witness to eliminate the nuclear threat? “The 2011 request for Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition is … 39.6% below…
Collateral Murder in Iraq by Amy Goodman
Email Print Share x RSS Feed Digg Facebook TwitThis StumbleUpon Reddit YahooBuzz Email BlinkList del.icio.us Fark Furl Google LinkedIn Mixx MyShare NewsVine Propeller SphereIt Technorati YahooMyWeb // tweetmeme_style = ‘compact’; tweetmeme_service = ‘bit.ly’; tweetmeme_source = ‘truthdig’; // ]]> Share Posted on Apr 6, 2010 A United States military video was released this week showing the indiscriminate targeting…
Litany for Worker’s Memorial Day – April 28th
Memory and Hope Workers Memorial Day is celebrated each year on April 28, the anniversaryof passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. It is an opportunity to remember and honor the people who are killed or injured in workplaces, as well as a chance for people to recommit to making workplaces safer…
Video of Abuna Chacour and Kairos Palestine Document
To read a copy of the Kairos Palestine Document, click here. This video was taken by the Rev. Cotton Fite (Diocese of Chicago) on his last fact finding trip to Israel/Palestine.
The Cross – A Way of Peace
The following sermon was delivered by Linda Gaither, Chair of EPF, at Cornell University in February 2010. It was prefaced by a reading of the names of those who had been killed that week in Iraq & Afghanistan. This evening we are gathered together to focus on matters of the gravest importance to us as…
Video of Truth Commission Coming Soon!
Dear Truth Commission Testifiers, Commissioners, Co-sponsors and Supporters, COMING SOON: VIDEO OF THE MARCH 21 HEARING! Over the next 8 weeks, we will be creating separate segments of each testimony from the March 21 hearing and posting them online. Look for email notifications. We hope you will post these clips on your websites and blogs…
