Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism. ... A genuine revolution of values means in the final analysis that our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Every nation must now develop an overriding More
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/4401078] from Playing For Change PLUS playingforchange.com - As we made our way around the world we encountered love, hate, rich and poor, black and white, and many different religious groups and ideologies. It became very clear that as a human race we need to transcend from the darkness to the light and music is our weapon More
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/84181582] From Bill Sorem January 14, 2014 The complete presentation by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, associate professor of justice and peace studies at The University of St. Thomas, St. Paul MN, spoke at the Every Church A Peace Church January Potluck, January 13, 2014. The group met at the Spirit of St. Stephen's Catholic Community. The event More
By Sami Rasouli Muslim Peacemaker Team WAMM Newsletter November/December 2013 On September 21, 2013, local NGOs in Najaf, Iraq, led by a group of young people called the Moja Team, held an event. Youth collected hundreds of weapon-toys from local Iraqi kids in Najaf prior to the event. The toy weapons were displayed in More
Nelson Mandela’s Inspiration (Revised) By Richard Falk 9 DEC Global Justice in the 21st Century Editor's Note: Of interest because of Mandela's comments shifting the responsibility for violence from the oppressed to the oppressor. Not only in the case of Israel/Palestine. We have seen this double standard in the U.S. with Occupy, a basically nonviolent movement More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/jNpXUC391vc] Published on Dec 11, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - As the world focuses on Tuesday's historic handshake between President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro, we look back at the pivotal role Cuba played in ending apartheid and why Castro was one of only five world leaders invited to speak at Nelson Mandela's memorial. In the words of More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/zPDv_1peapY]Published on Dec 5, 2013 Robert Malin via The Raw StoryFull Blog post on Huffington Post. Please paste comments there. Getting Serious With the Gospels: Chomsky on the Church http://huff.to/1cnL3yb via @HuffPostReligNote from Abel Collins " I sat down to discuss a wide range of topics with the idol of my high school days, Noam Chomsky, in early October. This More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/zPDv_1peapY]Published on Dec 5, 2013 Robert Malin via The Raw StoryFull Blog post on Huffington Post. Please paste comments there. Getting Serious With the Gospels: Chomsky on the Church http://huff.to/1cnL3yb via @HuffPostReligNote from Abel Collins " I sat down to discuss a wide range of topics with the idol of my high school days, Noam Chomsky, in early October. This More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/mMT36t6BADc] Published on Jun 13, 2013 Here is a 1990 video from my collections. I got this tape from ABC in a VHS in 1990, I recently transferred it to a DVD format so I can share with all. It is a 1990 Town Hall meeting with Nelson Mandela of South Africa anchored More
South Africa’s apartheid government had been brutally repressive for nearly five decades, and the country’s black majority was justifiably full of anger. Mandela led his people in channeling that anger—not suppressing it but using it in constructive ways. By Eugene Robinson Posted on Dec 6, 2013 Washington Post via Truthdig.com AP/Theana Calitz-Bilt, Pool “Our nation has lost More
By Kathy Kelly Direct to Rise Up Times Open Our Eyes While catching up with one another over the challenges facing ordinary Afghans and Egyptians, Sherif Sameer and I talked about how ‘opening our eyes’ could go a long way to building a better world. We decided to co-write this piece, from Ismailia, Egypt More
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