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• Puttaparthi and Misconduct of Sathya Sai Baba’s Officials

  
  Call For Media and Government Investigation — Authority: 123
  A correspondent, who has a noted role within the wider Hindu community, has just written to me: “I visited Puttaparthi several times when I used to live in India and work at a nearby place called Anantapur, which was about 50 km from where Sai Baba lived. What I used to notice most during my visits was the ...
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• Flip sides: Poetry, War and Peace

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 434
  Last month, we posted an open letter from Maxwell Corydon Wheat, Jr., a poet of the peace community, who asked that President Obama read poetry before any discussions of military strategy. Max believes that this would help impress upon leaders the cost of war, and lead us towards peace.In sharing Max’s thoughts, a ...
  15 hours ago

• Advent devotion - December 15, 2009

  
  Swords into Plowshares — Authority: 133
  Scripture - Psalm 33 Who is it the psalmist awaits? To whom is this believer singing praises? This writer praises the one, yes, the only one who is able to deliver on his promises and “redeem the people from death and keep them alive in famine” (Ps. 33:19). Like the psalmist, we are surrounded by myriads of ...
  22 hours ago

• Budrus: That Terrible Wall

  
  Jewbonics — Authority: 125
  Click here to view the embedded video. "For fifty years Ive been watering these olive trees. And now they want to uproot them? Then they have to uproot me, too." [Thanks Ziyaad ] Technorati Tags: apartheid wall , non-violence , occupation , Palestine , resistance , West Bank Related posts: Berlin ...
  23 hours ago

• Obama’s Nobel Speech: Reflection and Response

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 665
  President Obama laid out a moral defense of the use of force in his acceptance speech in Oslo after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. It was a more philosophical, and even theological, lecture than presidents normally give — and therefore worthy…
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• Not finished with your shopping?

  
  Swords into Plowshares — Authority: 133
  Still looking for a gift for that someone special? Consider a gift that works for peace. Support the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program . There are several options. Give to: Peacemaking Offering - provide basic support for the Presbyterian Peacemaking Programs ministry Conference scholarships - help persons ...
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• No Such Thing as Evil, Only Ignorance

  
  Velvetpark | Dyke Culture in Bloom — Authority: 142
  “Evil does exist in the world…”  Obama proclaimed in his Nobel acceptance speech, as justification for our “Just” war.
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• Organizing The Beloved Community

  
  NLN — Authority: 122
  Human Rights Commissioner Galen Kirkland (Photo: Thomas Good / NLN) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When asked what he thought of western civilization, Mohatma Gandhi famously quipped, “I think it would be a good idea.” New York State Human Rights Commissioner Galen Kirkland agrees. On Wednesday, December 9, The ...
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• Organizing The Beloved Community

  
  NLN — Authority: 122
  Human Rights Commissioner Galen Kirkland (Photo: Thomas Good / NLN) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — When asked what he thought of western civilization, Mohatma Gandhi famously quipped, “I think it would be a good idea.” New York State Human Rights Commissioner Galen Kirkland agrees. On Wednesday, December 9, The ...
  3 days ago

• Obama: the Complete Nobel Peace Prize Speech. Video:

  
  elephant journal — Authority: 431
  President Barack Obama defends War even as he receives the Nobel Peace Prize. He speaks of Gandhi, MLK Jr….and Hitler, and Al Queda…and receives positive reviews. Full text at nytimes.com. Intro via AP: A more powerful intro, via CBS: An even more powerful intro, via Jon Stewart: The Daily Show With ...
  3 days ago

• The Self-Immolation of a Monk: Non-Violent Resistance.

  
  elephant journal — Authority: 431
  This iconic photo shocked, horrified and yet inspired the world. The Self-Immolation of a Monk: the Ultimate Expression of Non-Violent Resistance. A New Musical Contemplation. Via the artist: Fire Someone yells fire They scream of a fire Closed Eyes Calm mind The peaceful resistance We know Brings more ...
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• U.S. Military Aid and the Paramilitaries Behind the Philippine Election Massacre

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 665
  For many of us in the U.S., the sometimes vicious attack ads of last year’s presidential election are more than just a recent memory. The Philippines, a longtime ally of the U.S.,  is gearing up for its own round of elections…
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• Revitalizing the Antiwar Movement

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 434
  from Truthoutby Camillo “Mac” BicaWith Nobel laureate Barack Obama’s announced escalation of the occupation of Afghanistan, even those who believed his rhetoric of hope and change, who supported and voted for him in the last election, have realized at last that his administration represents neither, that the ...
  4 days ago

• President Obamas Nobel Prize Speech and the Politics of Optimism

  
  Worldchanging: Bright Green — Authority: 652
  Alex Steffen: President Obamas Nobel Prize acceptance speech is a truly remarkable piece of writing. He manages, in an incredibly conflicted moment, to neither dodge the conflicts...
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• The Auction of Your Dreams

  
  Isak — Authority: 531
  Its the last day to bid in WAM! Online Benefit Auction ! Have you bid yet? Every bid supports gender justice in media ... oh, and you get awesome items and experiences in return for yourself or as a stunning holiday gift. Such as: Chances to meet Tegan and Sara , Lily Tomlin , Cyndi Lauper , and Margaret Cho ...
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• Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech and Just Peace Theory

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 665
  If all we notice in President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture is a justification of war, we will miss the 21 st century import of his thinking and the hope of peace he called forth.  President Obama spoke of just peace, the middle…
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• Women human rights defenders under attack

  
  Gender Masala — Authority: 112
  Let’s do a quick review of women and violence in the news in the last weeks. Whats in the news on Human Rights Day? Why today? Because it’s the last of the 16 Days against Violence against Women, arguably the best known global campaign of the women’s movement, and also Human Rights Day. Today, Sahrawi ...
  5 days ago

• Vacancy: Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, Otago

  
  g.blog — Authority: 413
  I’m passing this around, in case any greenies are so inclined & qualified. Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies (Confirmation Path) National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Applicants should possess a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies or a cognate discipline, and have an established or emerging ...
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• Jail Journal: The Boomerangs of Biblical Wrath

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 665
  The following is part of the author´s “jail journal,” written in early 2004 while he was serving a 90-day sentence in Georgia for having “crossed the line” at Ft. Benning in protest against the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas .…
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• Second Round for The Second Sex: A New Translation of de Beauvoirs Masterpiece

  
  Isak — Authority: 531
  Back when I read Simone de Beauvoirs The Second Sex , in the very early days of this website, I had this to say about it: This book is peculiar and dense--heartening and illuminating atpoints; at others odd, what with its 50-year-old biology. Also strangeis the experience of reading a book that Ive already read ...
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