Author: Chuckjones

What happened in Nahr Al Bared? by Michael Birmingham The systematic burning and destruction of a Palestinian camp in Lebanon – the media is banned and the world is silent? Nahr Al Bared is a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of Lebanon which has been home to about 40,000 Palestinian people, most of whom… Continue reading What Happened in Nahr Al Bared?

Friend of Peace, RIP “We are not the first group to call for impeachment. We have decided to add our voice to the call. All the reasons given for the invasion have shown themselves to be half-truths or misleading. The conflict continues to drag on taking the lives of our soldiers and innocent Iraqis. It… Continue reading Dave Cline Friend of Peace RIP

Open Letter to Progressive Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejadfrom the Columbia Coalition Against the War As Columbia only very recently announced, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be speaking in Roone Arledge auditorium this Monday. A number of students and student organizations have already announced plans for a protest rally the same day. We are not among… Continue reading Open Letter to Progressive Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

From Socialist Worker ALAN MAASS reports on the successful struggle to save Kenneth Foster. IN AN inspiring victory for the anti-death penalty struggle, Kenneth Foster Jr. won clemency August 30, hours before he was scheduled to be executed in Texas’ death chamber. For more than 10 years, politicians, prosecutors and judges at every level failed… Continue reading Victory in Texas for Kenneth Foster

RANGEL SHUTS THE DOOR ON KENNETH FOSTER by Ben Davis August 28, 2008 Barring a miracle – and miracles are in short order on Texas’ death row – Kenneth Foster is likely to die Thursday. The battle around his case has been a heroic one. Kenneth’s horrifying story of being condemned to death on a… Continue reading Kenneth Foster to die Thursday

We Shouldn’t Be Causing This by Kathy Kelly Amman, Jordan August 22, 2007 Here in Amman, Jordan, a British teenager, Sonia, age 12, recently spent four days interviewing and befriending Iraqi youngsters close to her in age. She wanted to learn, firsthand, about the experiences of Iraqi youngsters who have fled war and violence in… Continue reading We Should Not be Causing This

GET TO WORK! By Kathy Kelly Amman, Jordan August 12, 2007 “GET A JOB!” These three words are very familiar to activists bearing signs calling for an end to war, whether standing on street corners, walking along highways, holding vigils, or nonviolently occupying the offices of elected representatives. Listen to the activists, and you’ll often… Continue reading Get to Work by Kathy Kelly

She Stands At Every Door By Kathy Kelly Amman, Jordan August 6, 2007 At a small, informal school in the basement of a church in Amman, many strings of colorful paper cranes bedeck walls and windows. The school serves children whose families have fled Iraq. Older children who come to the school understand the significance… Continue reading She Stands at Every Door by Kathy Kelly

The Slide Cindy Sheehan Day 11 of our Journey for Humanity and Accountability found our caravan group at the Charlottesville, VA home of David Swanson who is director of AfterDowningStreet.org. I got to know David after my group Gold Star Families for Peace became one of the first organizations to sign on to ADS when… Continue reading The Slide by Cindy Sheehan

Torture is a War Crime Journey for Humanity and Accountability Day 5 Cindy Sheehan Today our Journey took us to Ft. Benning, Ga, where the cancer of the School of Americas (WINSEC) is housed. I have written on torture before and I believe that BushCo’s policy of imprisoning people without their basic due process and… Continue reading Torture is a War Crime by Cindy Sheehan