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• Announcing the Dave Dellinger Essay Contest by 10/5/07

  Published: August 7, 2007, 11:00 pm

  Tags: Nonviolence, News

  http://warresisters.org/dellinger-2007.htm Announcing the Dave Dellinger Essay Contest Following in the Footsteps of David Dellinger I wanted to bring closer the day when the whole country (and the world) would adopt nonviolent force as the only sane and ultimately successful way of securing and defending justice and freedom. — David

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• Fr. George Zabelka: The Conversion of the Atomic Bombers' Chaplain

  Published: August 8, 2007, 10:35 am

  Tags: Catholics, Nonviolence, Nuclear Weapons, War

  the Center for the Study of Nonviolence at the University of Notre Dame, was leading a workshop on nonviolence at Zabelka's church. The two men fell into the first of several conversations about the issues raised by the workshop. Some time later, Zabelka reached the conclusion that the use of violence under any circumstances was incompatible

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• Mapping military money & deaths

  Published: August 13, 2007, 3:58 pm

  Tags: Nonviolence, International Politics, Peace

  from the Daily Mail Military Spending Aa the world’s biggest military spender in 2002, the U.S. appears hugely bloated in this map, taking up 45 per cent of the world’s land mass. It spent $353 billion on arms, out of a world total of $789 billion. While America spent the money, it reaped hardly any of the consequences - the U.S.

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• Two Weeks to Save Kenneth Foster’s Life! by 8/30/07

  Published: August 15, 2007, 9:22 am

  Tags: Nonviolence, Action Alert, Death Penalty, Activism

  NEW YORKERS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY www.nyadp.org URGENT ACTION! KENNETH FOSTER TO BE EXECUTED ON AUGUST 30th New York Abolitionists: Thanks to your letters, phone calls, and spreading the message, Troy Davis, only a hours from execution, was granted an appeal by the Georgia Supreme Court to present evidence that shows he is innocent of

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• Dick Cheney video: How many dead Americans is Saddam worth?

  Published: August 16, 2007, 9:27 am

  Tags: International Politics, Nonviolence, Us Politics, Peace, Video, Politics

  Video of and interview with Vice President Cheney in 1994 saying that invading Iraq would create a quagmire. (This video aired on C-Span)

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• A Legacy of Peace by Mary Nelson

  Published: August 16, 2007, 11:09 am

  Tags: Nonviolence, Nuclear Weapons

  While vacationing in northern Minnesota, we take an early morning walk down a country road. We note changing weather, the sound of birds, an eagle flying high, the beauty of a leaping dear across the field. After just about a mile, we turn around at a well-cared-for cemetery, a reminder to make the most of each day. We've been reading Herbert

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• CA Greens pressure Democratic Congress to end war

  Published: August 19, 2007, 10:36 pm

  Tags: International Politics, Nonviolence, Third Party, Third Parties, Green Party, Anti War, Politics, Press Release, Activism, Us Politics, News

  Democratic members of House pressed by Greens, others in their home districts to sign pledge to stop funding the war; Lawmakers refuse, arrest visitors California Greens this week continued to help anti-war activists pressure state Democratic Party congressional lawmakers to make good on election year promises to bring state military personnel

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• Not Your Soldier fall intern by 9/7/07

  Published: August 18, 2007, 9:50 pm

  Tags: Job Posting, Nonviolence, Job Opportunity, Nonprofit

  Not Your Soldier / War Resisters League http://www.notyoursoldier.org Youth Organizing Internship WRL National Office, New York City The Not Your Soldier Project is looking for a New York City based fall intern. We organize to shut down the military invasion of our schools, our communities and our future. We are committed to creating positive

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• B is for bomb

  Published: August 28, 2007, 3:36 pm

  Tags: Nonviolence, Anti War, Ecology, Health

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• Green party supports MLK Memorial

  Published: September 2, 2007, 11:15 pm

  Tags: Social Amp 038 Economic Justice, Nonviolence, Green Party

  Green Party to Appear on List of MLK Memorial Supporters T. E Smith with Merchandise Committee Co-Chair LaVerne Butler at the Green Party Office. photo: E. R. Citkowski Thanks to DC Statehood Green T. E. Smith, the Green Party will now be listed among the organizations supporting the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial to be built on the National

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• NVC Role Plays at Vox Pop Cafe

  Published: September 5, 2007, 9:40 am

  Tags: Nonviolence, Education

  An fun, interactive way of learning about Nonviolent Communication (NVC), deepening your understanding of NVC practice, and sharing it with others—via role play! Come with a challenging situation you’d like insight or support around and watch it “replayed” making use of compassionate communication. Bring along family,

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• Six Found Guilty Of Trying to See Their Senator (by John Dear)

  Published: September 10, 2007, 3:09 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Nonviolence, Peace, War

  On Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007, six of us were found guilty in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by a federal judge for trying to visit the office of our senator. We will be sentenced in a few weeks. It all started one year ago on Sept. 26, 2006. That day nine of us entered the Federal Building in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and tried to take

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• How I Celebrated 'Patriot Day' (by Shane Claiborne)

  Published: September 12, 2007, 10:59 am

  Tags: Film, Nonviolence, Peace, Violence

  A few weeks ago we looked at the calendar and saw that Sept. 11 is now officially titled "Patriot Day." We started thinking of what would be an appropriate way to celebrate and remember this day, especially for those of us who have caught a little of the ex-patriot spirit of a new kingdom you know, an "in the world but not of it" sort of thing.

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• A Teachable Moment (by Jim Wallis)

  Published: September 26, 2007, 5:13 pm

  Tags: Churches, Evangelicals, Iraq, Jesus, Nonviolence

  Before it began, many evangelicals were strong supporters of a war with Iraq. As the death and destruction have continued, some are rethinking that view and coming to oppose the war. David Gushee, professor at Mercer University, has an important piece Our Teachable Moment - on Christianity Today online. Gushee writes: Such deep public

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• God Not Guns Sabbath 9/30/07

  Published: September 27, 2007, 11:26 am

  Tags: Gun Control, Spiritual Study, Calendar, Events, Nonviolence, Brady Center, Riverside Church, Sabbath

  In partnership with Riverside Church in New York City, the Brady Center’s God Not Guns Coalition is coordinating a nationwide “God Not Guns Sabbath” for this upcoming weekend. The Coalition invites communities of every faith to commemorate the lives lost to gun violence and renew the commitment to a vision of a peaceable world.

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