Category: Nonviolence
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Crisis in South Korea: Understanding the Turmoil Rocking South Korea’s Democracy
This webinar, directed toward an American, Christian audience, provides some context for South Korea’s martial law situation, which has been in the news lately, and offers some ways for Americans to stand in solidarity with South Koreans.
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The Myth of Redemptive Violence
Back in 2017, Robert Koehler wrote this op-ed in response to the Trump administration’s missile strikes in Syria – presenting other options to violent military action.
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Solidarity with South Koreans 🇰🇷
A summary of the last week in South Korea and an invitation to express your solidarity with the Korean people. We need each other! #Solidarity #Justice #Peace #Participation #Democracy
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South Korean Catholic Church Actively Hopes for Peace and Reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula
Urging steadfast commitment to the long and arduous path toward peace, Seoul’s Archbishop Peter Soon-taick Chung opened the Korean Peninsula Peace-Sharing Forum. Article from LiCAS News.
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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is marked annually on the 29th of November. This year, amidst utter destruction, the world’s gaze is on Gaza, where mothers are too hungry to breastfeed, and aid trucks can scarcely deliver. Cross-post from Vatican News.
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U.S. Disregard for the Rule of Law
The United States’ Senate failed to block offensive weapons sales to Israel, disregarding U.S. law to block weapons sales to nations that violate human rights or prevent delivery of U.S. humanitarian aid. #USA #Israel #Gaza #Weapons #Senate #Failure #RuleOfLaw #WarCrime
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Saving Civilian Lives
Cross-posting this email received from Mubarak Awad, founder of Nonviolence International, with more from me afterward. Wednesday, we are expecting to see Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) in the US Senate blocking offensive arms sales to Israel to be brought to the floor by Senator Sanders – and supported by Senators Merkley, Schatz, Welch, Van…
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Meditations on Election Day
Cross-posting these words from Bob Ekblad, biblical meditations for Christians on the United States’ election day. #Election #Meditation #Christian #President #Trump #Harris #Jesus
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Americans, we have a choice.
This is not a drill. Some of my thoughts on ‘the enemy within’ and the choice America faces.
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Our Church Needs to be at the Table of Peace
Crossposting this Video letter on Nuclear Disarmament from Archbishop John C. Wester, from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which he sent to the Catholic Worker National Gathering in Chicago, Oct. 4-6 2024.
