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IN MORTAL HANDS – A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age

Written on May 4, 2011 by ME in News & Events

By Stephanie Cooke February 11 was a very significant day this year. By chance in late 2010 I heard a religious radio program giving dozens of connections through the numbers of various Biblical verses to prove that the world would end on 2/11/11. IT DIDN’T! Good news. But the bad news is that we’re still…

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The Spring EPW is now online!

Written on April 27, 2011 by ME in Uncategorized

The spring edition of the Episcopal Peace Witness can be found here. In addition, we will be rolling out specific articles from this print edition over the coming few weeks. Hope you enjoy!

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Wisdom of the Elders: Bullying

Written on April 27, 2011 by ME in News & Events, Nonviolence

On the first day of training, my colleague was late. The opening ceremony was finished–welcomes from the Minister of Education and the Minister of Local Government, the national anthem, of Trinidad and Tobago, and introductions to the participants. It was time for me to begin Day 1 of four days; the focus: bullying prevention and…

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Chair’s Corner – Dr. Linda Gaither

Written on April 21, 2011 by ME in News & Events

What happens in the hearts and minds of soldiers in that split-second decision in combat to kill or not to kill, to throw the grenade or refrain, can never be forgotten or undone. In modern warfare against so-called insurgents who emerge from and disappear into crowds of civilians, the decision to kill, to pull the…

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Launch of Palestine Israel Network (PIN)

Written on April 21, 2011 by ME in Israel/Palestine

This past mid-October eighteen Episcopalians from Maine to Oregon met in Chicago to commit to establishing a network dedicated to a more vibrant Episcopal church witness for justice and peace in Israel and Palestine. We are convinced that, given the death of the Oslo peace process, the increasing militarization of Israeli culture and institutions abetted…

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Unending War

Written on April 21, 2011 by ME in Uncategorized

By Brother James Michael Dowd, OHC as part of an ongoing series called View from the Monastery Hanging on many walls of the monastery are various winter-scapes, all painted by a deceased brother of ours, Bernard van Waes. Bernard was a rather prolific painter, and somehow it seems appropriate, that so many of his paintings are these…

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Ithaca Peace Groups March Against Drones

Written on April 21, 2011 by ME in Nonviolence

By Rachel Stern at the IthacaJournal.com. Click here for the full article. “Robotic warfare is enticing because some believe it is cheaper, cleaner and risks less American lives,” Grady said. “Yet the track record shows that the majority of people killed by drones are innocent civilians.” After the American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of…

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Film Explores Human Rights in El Salvador

Written on April 5, 2011 by ME in News & Events

by Mark Moring at Christianity Today’s Entertainment Blog Return to El Salvador, narrated by Martin Sheen, explores the reconstruction of El Salvador, post-civil war. The 12-year conflict (from 1980 to 1992) killed over 75,000 people and displaced nearly one-fifth of the population. the documentary brings the struggles of this beleaguered country back into view and…

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Ethical Musings on the Libyan No-Fly Zone

Written on April 2, 2011 by ME in News & Events, Nonviolence

Acting in response to a United Nations authorizing resolution, the United States, along with some of its NATO allies and France, established a Libyan no-fly zone. The allies have succeeded in implementing the no-fly zone as well as enabling Libyan rebels to retake some of the ground they can initially captured and then lost to…

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Are the Coalition strikes against Libyan targets morally justified?

Written on March 24, 2011 by ME in News & Events, Nonviolence

Are the Coalition strikes against Libyan targets morally justified? How do we balance the U.N. obligations to the “Responsibility to Protect” with the moral criteria of Just War Theory? Just War and Libya – From Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Does the international intervention in Libya meet just war standards? Certainly the cause of protecting civilians…

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