Category: Peacebuilders

• Massacres Under US Hegemony

  

  In the second in a three-part series on the Korean War, Tasha, Munjo, and Tenzin present about the dark history of Korean War massacres under US hegemony.

  Jennie

  January 13, 2025

  In Case You Missed It, Korea, Korea Peace Study Group, USA

• Korea is Increasingly Connected to the Conflicts Around the World

  

  In the midst of a world at war, the Korean Peninsula is not only connected to these global conflicts, but is itself a geopolitical fault line. The author urges the South Korean government to tred cautiously.

  Jennie

  January 9, 2025

  Catholic Institute for Northeast Asia Peace, Cross-Posts, Israel-Palestine, Korea, Militarism, Russia, Ukraine, USA

• Cartoon Recap of South Korean Martial Law in 2024 and 1980

  

  The following South Korean comic takes us into the mind of a soldier during martial law in Seoul, December 2024 – then time travels back as an observer of martial law in Gwangju, May 1980 – returning to Seoul for the overturning of martial law, the people’s protests, and the impeachment of the President -…

  Jennie

  January 7, 2025

  Catholic Institute for Northeast Asia Peace, Cross-Posts, Jesus, Korea, Militarism, Nonviolence

  Catholic Institute for Northeast Asia Peace, Comic, Comic Strip, Emergency Order, Jesuit, Jesuit Research Center for Advocacy and Solidarity, Martial Law, Myeongdong, National Assembly, Soldier, South Korea, Webtoon, Yoon Suk-Yeol

• The Magi’s Nonviolent Resistance

  

  The Magi hold a unique and often overlooked place in the Christmas narrative. Their journey, actions, and choices provide us with a profound model of nonviolent resistance and solidarity. Read more in this cross-post from Sami Awad.

  Jennie

  January 5, 2025

  Church, Cross-Posts, Israel-Palestine, Nonviolence, Nonviolence International, Solidarity, Unarmed Civilian Protection

  Christmas, Christmas Season, Epiphany, Magi, Nonviolence, Way of Peace, Wise Men

• A Call to Repentance and Hope

  

  Cross-posting this essay by Mercy Aiken. It is a call to repentance and hope–and what she is learning from our Palestinian siblings in Christ.

  Jennie

  January 2, 2025

  Church, Cross-Posts, Israel-Palestine, Peace Catalyst International

  Gaza, Israel, Palestine, theology

• 2024’s Top Ten Nonviolence News Articles

  

  Ten of 2024’s best articles from Waging Nonviolence, a news source focusing not just on the problems facing our world, but the solutions — specifically the ones put forth by ordinary people and the movements they build to push for change.

  Jennie

  December 31, 2024

  Advocacy, Cross-Posts, Nonviolence, Waging Nonviolence

  2024, Best of 2024, climate change, Democracy, Gaza, Movements, New, New Year, news, Newspaper, Nonviolence, people power, politics, Social Movements, solutions

• The Nonviolence of Jesus

  

  Gandhi said, “The only people who don’t realize that Jesus was nonviolent are the Christians.” Listen to this recent podcast discussing the nonviolence of Jesus by the Metta Center for Nonviolence and Fr. John Dear.

  Jennie

  December 28, 2024

  Church, Cross-Posts, Gandhi, Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr, Metta Center for Nonviolence, Nonviolence

  Ahimsa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr, Nonviolence

• 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.

  Jennie

  December 21, 2024

  Advocacy, Catholic Institute for Northeast Asia Peace, In Case You Missed It, Korea, Korea Peace Action, Korea Peace Now Grassroots Network, Peace Catalyst International, Peacebuilders, USA

  Democracy, End The Korean War, End War, Korea, Korea Peace Appeal, Korea Peace Now, Korean War, Martial Law, Nonviolence, North Korea, Peace, politics, South Korea

• 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.

  Jennie

  December 19, 2024

  Cross-Posts, Israel-Palestine, Militarism, Nonviolence, Nonviolent Peaceforce, South Sudan, Syria, USA

• Crisis in South Korea, Webinar 12/18 @ 8 pm ET

  

  The South Korean President declared martial law on December 3rd. The world watched with amazement as the Korean people rallied to their National Assembly in the middle of the night. Lawmakers pushed through police, and soldiers to gain access to their parliament and voted to overturn martial law within hours. What lies underneath this strong reaction? What’s…

  Jennie

  December 17, 2024

  Catholic Institute for Northeast Asia Peace, Events, Korea