Three Catholic anti-nuke activists were sentenced yesterday (February 18) in Knoxville, TN. I was truly blessed to attend their sentencing along with many other supporters and came home deeply impacted, moved...and sad. Their court witness, their being surrounded by many old faces of the Catholic Left, many of them participants in previous Plowshares actions, and the entire court process was simply an amazing event to be present at.
Read MoreI was at Quaker House in Fayetteville, North Carolina, participating in the joint Quaker House-Baptist Peace Fellowship Friendship Tour September 7-9. 2013. The new Quaker House directors, Lynn and Steve Newsom, attended the BPFNA Peace Camp in 2012 and were eager to find ways to partner on peace issues.
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Estaba en Quaker House en Fayetteville, Carolina del Norte, participando en la articulación Quaker House-Gira de Amistad de la Comunidad Bautista de la Paz del 7 al 9 de septiembre de 2013. Los nuevos directores de Quaker House, Lynn y Steve Newsom, asistieron al Campamento de la Paz de BPFNA en 2012 y estaban ansiosos por encontrar formas de asociarse en cuestiones de paz.
We can end hunger. What we lack is the political will. Children and adults go hungry in the world, not because we don’t have enough food, but because alleviating world hunger has not ranked high among the list of priorities of the rich nations of the world. This is not a human problem that we can’t figure out; it is not a disease that would require a revolution in agriculture or science. Those revolutions have already occurred. What is needed, as Martin Luther King, Jr. so accurately expressed 50 years ago, is a “revolution of values.”
Read MoreI’m feeling confused in general these days, especially about the threatened attack on Syria. We have a President who was elected in part because of his criticism of the war in Iraq, and a Secretary of State who had a hard time, originally, getting elected to the US Senate because earlier in his life he was an outspoken critic of the war in Vietnam. These two public figures are dual drum majors in the march to war with Syria, while many Republican war hawks are saying “hold on, not so fast.”
Read MoreOn March 28, 2012, BPFNA Board of Directors approved the organizations official statement regarding a possible war with Iran. The statement, An Open Letter to President Obama has been sent to the US president. The Board is working on modifying the US version to send to other North American leaders.
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