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Remembering George Willoughby
There’s a nice remembrance of George Willoughby by the Brandywine Peace Community’s Bob Smith over on the War Resisters International site. George died a few days ago at the age of 95 [updated]. It’s...
View ArticleIraq Ten Years Later: Some of Us Weren’t Wrong
Ten years ago today, U.S. forces began the “shock and awe” bombardment on Baghdad, the first shots of the second Iraq War. President Bush said troops needed to go in to disable Saddam Hussein’s weapons...
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Remembering Juanita Nelson
One of the coolest activists of her (or any) generation is gone. Juanita Nelson’s obituary is up on the national war tax coalition’s site. My favorite Juanita story was when some agents came to arrest...
View ArticleThe PTSD of the suburban drone warrior
Something I’ve long wondered a lot about, As Stress Drives Off Drone Operators, Air Force Must Cut Flights.: What had seemed to be a benefit of the job, the novel way that the crews could fly Predator...
View ArticleShouting for Attention
Burning up the blogosphere is a post and discussion on Michael J Totten’s site about the “Workers World Party and International ANSWeR”:http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/000131.html. He calls them...
View ArticleFeds targeting activists at airports
There is now some hard evidence in the charges that the federal agency overseeing airlines has compiled a list that targets and harrasses activists. A Freedom of Information Act request has not turned...
View ArticleWhere’s the grassroots contemporary nonviolence movement?
I’ve long noticed there are few active, online peace sites or communities that have the grassroots depth I see occurring elsewhere on the net. It’s a problem for Nonviolence.org [update: a project...
View ArticleThe Quaker Peace Testimony: Living in the Power, Reclaiming the Source
The Quaker Peace Testimony is one of the popularly well-known outward expressions of Quaker faith. But have we forgotten its source? In a meeting for worship I attended a few years ago a woman rose and...
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Hometown Heroes
Josh Talbot is back looking at public recognitions that imply that patriotism is exclusive to military service: Within the last month I became aware of the “Hometown Heroes” program. Hanging from...
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