Category — Peace Movement

When Bush was president he made laws by asking lawyers to write secret memos “legalizing” blatant crimes, most famously torture. Bybee signed the worst of the torture memos and was rewarded with a nomination to a life-time seat as an appeals court judge in the Ninth Circuit (west coast) Continue reading

Americans want peace! Join the movement and show your support! Continue reading

Rethink Afghanistan is a Robert Greenwald’s new ground-breaking, full-length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding this war. Continue reading

After Downing Street is a nonpartisan coalition working to expose the lies that create and sustain wars and occupations and to hold accountable those responsible. Continue reading

President Obama vows to veto any defense bill that promotes defense contractor and Pentagon special interests rather than the life and death needs of U.S. troops. He criticized projects and weaponry geared toward the now-defunct Cold War rather than battling today’s insurgents in rugged terrain. Continue reading

200 million people will celebrate Peace Day, participating in 10,000 events sponsored by 3000 organizations. Learn how to find an event in your neighborhood and tune into the first-ever 24-hour Peace Day web-cast. Continue reading

In 2008, in Afghanistan, The Taliban agreed to a three day ceasefire enabling 14,000 health workers to vaccinate 1.8 million children for Polio. In 2009, health workers will redouble their efforts during the Peace Day celebration and ceasefire. Continue reading

Pathways To Peace (PTP) is a non-profit, international peacebuilding. For 28 years PTP has helped to build Peace Day into a global phenomenon. Continue reading

In 2009, hundreds of publishers will print Peace Day on their calendars, reaching a billion people world wide. This all started with one man reaching out to a few friends. Continue reading

IVAW gives a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent. Continue reading

Obama administration seeks to end occupation of Iran on an expedited, but responsible basis. Defense Secretary Gates sees possibility of accelerated schedule. Continue reading

In a new Q&A written from Dubai, Carnegie’s Karim Sadjadpour discusses the president’s overture, its likely reception among Iranians, and next steps for U.S. policy makers. Continue reading

80% of Palestinians would support a large-scale non-violent protest movement and 56% would participate in its activities. 78% of Israeli Jews believe that the Palestinians have a legitimate right to seek a Palestinian state, provided that they use non-violent means. Continue reading

Foster, develop, defend, protect and further mobilize moderate American Muslims in their progress toward integration as an equal and respected religious community in the American interfaith environment. Continue reading

Remember 2001, Right Wing Republicans were pushing Americans to war with Iraq. Most of us supported the invasion. Now, we know that those Right Wing Republicans lied to us. Continue reading

The Obama Administration commits to a foreign policy that ensures the safety of the American people. President Obama denies the false division between our values and our security; the United States can be true to our values and ideals while also protecting the American people. Continue reading

Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is key to the US administration’s plans for the region. From the day he took office six months ago, Obama has made the search for peace between Israelis and Palestinians a priority. Continue reading

Their work for nonviolent revolution has spanned decades and been shaped by the new visions and strategies of each generation’s peacemakers. Continue reading

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Rethink Afghanistan is a ground-breaking, full-length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding this war. By releasing this film in parts for free online, we are able to stay on top of news of the war as it continues to unfold. We hope to raise critical questions regarding Afghanistan that Congress must address in oversight hearings, which inform the public and challenge policymakers… Continue reading

Some of the most successful political movements in the twentieth century have been based upon the principle of non-violence. However, Islamic political movements have remained relatively unaffected by widespread ideological moves towards non-violence, as these were generally developed in non-Muslim contexts; Mahatma Gandhi’s peaceful resistance against the British, for example, was never integrated into a Muslim religious framework. Continue reading

Manila, Philippines – Over 60 percent of Filipinos have a favorable opinion of Islam, believe Islam respects the beliefs of non-Muslims, and agree it is a peaceful religion, according to an opinion poll. Continue reading

American planes, full of holes and wounded men and corpses took off backwards from an airfield in England. Over France a few German fighter planes flew at them backwards, sucked bullets and shell fragments from some of the planes and crewmen. Continue reading

Retool weapons makers, redeploy military personnel and re-purpose military bases. Continue reading

Check out these examples of government agencies abusing powers to spy on americans who just want peace.. Continue reading

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates that US military spending equals all other countries combined. And, that’s just looking at the tip of America’s military spending iceberg (and ignoring at $400 billion in annual spending). Continue reading

“Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
-Hermann Goering, commander of the NAZI Air Force Continue reading

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A written exam administered by the Pentagon labels “protests” as a form of “low-level terrorism” — enraging civil liberties advocates and activist groups who say it shows blatant disregard of the First Amendment. Continue reading

Newly leaked Pentagon documents have confirmed the military has been monitoring and collecting intelligence on anti-war groups across the country. Peace protests are being described as threats and the military is collecting data on who is attending demonstrations. We speak with William Arkin, the former Army intelligence officer, who obtained the secret Pentagon documents. Continue reading

Many Muslims see People in Western Culture as Selfish, Arrogant and Violent
Many Non-Muslims see Muslims as Fanatical, Viloent and Arrogant. Continue reading

Le Moyne College/Zogby Poll shows just one in five troops want to heed Bush call to stay “as long as they are needed” Continue reading

A simple Google search on the phrase “violence and Islam” will, more often than not, bring up Web sites that brand Islam as a violent and belligerent faith. Continue reading

Non-violence should never be confused with inaction or passivity. Non-violence is action in the full sense of the word. Rather it is more forceful an action than that of violence. It is a fact that non-violent activism is more powerful and effective than violent activism. Continue reading

The Dalai Lama said Sunday that “it’s totally wrong, unfair” to call Islam a violent religion. Continue reading

Whenever one wishes to speak about Islam as a religion of peace, the question
naturally springs to mind that whereas there are so many religions in the world such
as Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc., when it comes to finding out
whether Islam is a religion of peace, why should Islam be the odd one out? Continue reading

Pessimism among Israelis and Palestinians regarding the prospects for a settlement and a Palestinian state in the next few years, but majorities on both sides support a two-state solution.

Following Obama’s Cairo speech, Israelis’ pessimism decreased somewhat and support for the two-state solution increased slightly. Continue reading

(CNN) — In a new public opinion poll before Iran’s critical June 12 presidential election, by large margins, most Iranians said they support an American-Iranian rapprochement for bringing a new era of peace to the Middle East. Continue reading

WASHINGTON — Seventy-two percent of troops on the ground in Iraq think U.S. military forces should get out of the country within a year, according to a Zogby poll released Tuesday. Continue reading

It’s been more than a year since the death of 18-year-old Lucien Christalin, but memories of the Cambridge teen live on through the actions of his peers. Continue reading

United States seeks a “prompt resumption and early conclusion” of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Washington’s special Mideast envoy said after talks Wednesday with Palestinian leaders. Continue reading

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu threw a rhetorical bone to President Obama in his much anticipated speech on June 14, when he used the term “Palestinian state.” Continue reading

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is now closer to achieving peace, as government representatives start back-channeling efforts to finalize agenda and talking points when peace talks finally resume. Continue reading

DAMASCUS, Syria – Former President Jimmy Carter Thursday reiterated that there can be no peace between Israel and the Palestinians without involving the militant group Hamas. Continue reading

AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah urged Israel and Palestinians on Thursday to build on the momentum generated by U.S. President Barack Obama’s peace drive to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Continue reading