On Purpose, In Kabul by Kathy Kelly
“In short,” says Chapman, the U.S. government “made things worse rather than better.”
Digging Deeper, Afghanistan, by Kathy Kelly
On May 13, a single-file procession of Pashto men started off on a 400-mile trek along dusty roads from Helmand to Kabul, to call for the Afghan government and the warring parties to end the war.
Refugees: Seeing Flight as a Non-violent Option, by Erica Chenoweth and Hakim Young
One Way to Change the Discourse about the World’s 60 Million Refugees
Kathy Kelly | What Being a Refugee in Afghanistan Means
A single water pump serves all 700 families, and the water isn’t even potable.
Kathy Kelly | Group Calls for a National Debate on U.S. “Regime Change” Policy
We are a group of concerned U.S. citizens currently visiting Russia with the goal of increasing understanding and reducing international tension and conflict. We are appalled by this call for direct U.S. aggression against Syria, and believe it points to the urgent need for open public debate on U.S. foreign policy.
#ENOUGH! WE CAN RESPOND TO THE TEARS OF KUNDUZ REFUGEE, ABDUL FATAH
Hakim: We learnt to do something small and different from 14 years of the ‘same, old’ method of war, and exploitation.
#ENOUGH: Thunderclap for Peace | The People’s Agreement to Abolish War
War costs us everything and resolves nothing.
▶ Kathy Kelly: “When You Are Free, I Will Be Free”
https://vimeo.com/133312169 Kathy is a tireless peace activist, pacifist, author, founder of Voices in the Wilderness and now a co-leader and co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. She spoke about the Christian Peacemakers Team and their role and incarceration in Iraq and about U.S. militarism and activism and dedication to peacemaking. Link to videos of Peacestock’s The More
Kathy Kelly: Uncomplicated, in Afghanistan
On November 7, 2014, while visiting Kabul, The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, noted that NATO will soon launch a new chapter, a new non-combat mission in Afghanistan. But it’s difficult to spot new methods as NATO commits itself to sustaining combat on the part of Afghan forces. At the gate of Emergency Hospital, Kabul More
Kathy Kelly: Another 58.6 Billion for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan?
Americans have a right to learn about people bearing the consequences of U.S. war, but there is scant incentive to exercise this right in a society where militarism is glorified and military spokespeople continually assure the U.S. public that U.S. militarism has improved the lives of women and children in Afghanistan. By Kathy Kelly HuffingtonPost.com More
Kathy Kelly/Dr. Hakim: Celebrating the International Day of Nonviolence in Kabul, Afghanistan
International Day of Nonviolence in Afghanistan: "Where there is love, their is life." Dr. Hakim 4th October 2014 Kabul--“I woke up with the blast of another bomb explosion this morning,” Imadullah told me. “I wonder how many people were killed.” Imadullah, an 18 year old Afghan Peace Volunteer, (APV), from Badakhshan, had joined me at More
Steve Clemens: Going to Jail as Solidarity, Doing Time in Des Moines
Drone Protest Trial By Steve Clemens Mennonista June 27, 2014 I spent 20 hours on the boundary between discomfort and pain. I thought of Martin Luther King writing about redemptive suffering and offered my time in the noisy, cold, boring void of the Polk County Jail on behalf of my despondent and discouraged friends in More