Recent Posts by katie gladstein

Defense Department needs a partner

15 Mar 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

Published on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 by CommonDreams.org
Defense Department Needs a Partner
by Sean Gonsalves
They used to call it the War Department. Now it’s the “Defense Department,” which is kinda ironic considering that our current SecDef is presiding over a pre-emptive war launched under false pretenses against a nation that had nothing to do with 9/11.
It [...]



Encampent to Stop the War

09 Mar 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

As the violence in Iraq continues, next week becomes a crucial moment for antiwar activists as Congress votes on a bill which will either increase or cut off funding for this war. The antiwar movement will be present in Washington in full force as many camp out in front of the White House to demand [...]



A lesson in stifling violent extremism

09 Mar 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

Crimea’s Tatars have created a promising model to lessen ethnoreligious conflict.
By Waleed Ziad and Laryssa Chomiak
WASHINGTON, February 20, 2007 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The effort to help Muslim moderates and democratic reformers, President Bush
insists, is a primary bulwark against ethnoreligious conflict and the terrorism it
breeds. Yet, five years into the war on terror, real-world examples to [...]



Peace March for a Free Tibet

06 Mar 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

Sent by Email[Friday, March 02, 2007 13:45]
Press Release: Organizing Committee Peace March for a Free Tibet
Over 150 monks from mostly Sera Monastery of Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in Periyapatna Taluk will be undertaking a Peace March from Mysore to Bangalore city from 3rd March to 10th March to commemorate the 48th Tibetan National Uprising day [...]



Give Department of Peace a Chance

28 Feb 2007 in Nonviolence in the News

by US Rep. Jim McDermott
Published on Monday, February 26, 2007 by the Seattle Times (Washington)
In a world torn by conflict, I can’t think of a better time, or a greater need, for America to act as a force for good at home and around the world.
A bill recently was reintroduced in Congress that will go [...]



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