Recent Posts by katie gladstein

Resisting Fear: the Iraqi Week of Nonviolence

03 May 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

Ismaeel Dawood and Martina Pignatti Morano of Centro Gandhi of Pisa
Un ponte per… Baghdad
27th April 2007
From April 29 to May 6 in Iraq not only the rumble of bombs will
be heard. A network of associations of the Iraqi civil society, belonging to
different political and religious affiliations, will carry on peace
initiatives on the whole national territory [...]



Conscientious tax resisters say they won’t fund war

23 Apr 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

Columbia News Service
By Deena Guzder
Ed Hedemann has not paid any federal income tax since 1970 and has no intention of starting this April. The avuncular peace activist says he owes the government $70,000–a sum worth several cluster bombs at $14,000 each and dozens of $9 hand grenades. Instead, he donated the money to Global Exchange, [...]



Preah Maha Ghosananda, “the Gandhi of Cambodia”, died on March 12th, aged 78

18 Apr 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

Preah Maha Ghosananda
Mar 22nd 2007
From The Economist
ASIA’S great spiritual leaders tend to build shrines round themselves. There they sit, disciples at their feet, handing down instructions for achieving the perfect life. When Preah Maha Ghosananda, in later years, became associated with Buddhist temples in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, his admirers would expect to find [...]



Sierra Leone: Women, Government launch campaign against sexual violence

17 Apr 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

FREETOWN, 4 April 2007 (PlusNews) – Thousands of women recently marched against sexual violence in the main streets of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, as part of a new initiative to end all violence against women; girls as young as 10 years took part in the demonstration that blocked traffic in many parts of the city.
The [...]



Europe-wide Protests Against Nuclear NATO

11 Apr 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

Nik Gorecki
Peace News Magazine
Campaigners in more than 50 cities across Europe have taken part in a month-long action protesting against the nuclear capacity of NATO member states. Concerned citizens have been filing official complaints with relevant authorities on the grounds that NATO’s nuclear capacity is contrary to international humanitarian law, as the weapons’ indiscriminate nature [...]



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