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No War is Holy: James Carroll's Journey Opposing Christian Militarism

View through the Sistine Hall towards the Vatican Library, July 30, 2007. PHOTO: BROTHER LAWRENCE LEW
Authors: Melony Swasey

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In the film Constantine's Sword Carroll calls for Christians to repudiate a legacy of anti-Semitism and religiously promoted wars.

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Robust Utopias: A Conversation with Science Fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson

Students at a demonstration in Paris, March 26, 2006. PHOTO: MALIAS VIA FLICKR

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A Conversation with Science Fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson By Sam Diener

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Modern Day Abolition: Acting on a Moral Imperative

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Authors: Becky Bavinger

Summary:A review of Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves by Kevin Bales.

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Anti-TortureActivists Convicted: Guantánamo Prison Put On Trial

The thirty five defendants stand in front of Superior Court, Photo: Bill Ofenlach, www.witnesstorture.org
Authors: Frida Berrigan

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We have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous.

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The Burmese Cyclone, Nonviolent Action, and the Responsibility to Empower

Pushing the relief truck out of the mud, photo: Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Patrick Meier

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It is not acceptable to let regimes like Burma's dictate the rules of humanitarian intervention.

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Syrian Human Rights Defenders Brave Jail: Repression Met with Waves of Resistance

Syrian stamps celebrating the UN Declaration of Human Rights, Photo: Joseph Morris

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Ali Abdullah has been jailed three times. One of his sons is serving a five-year sentence for involvement in a pro-democracy youth group. The other chose exile.

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Fighting Repression with Love: The Traumatic Effects on Women who Speak Out

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Instead of addressing the issues that the women are protesting about, the government has responded by using brutal force and attacking anybody who engages in peaceful demonstrations and protests, even peaceful ones.

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"Z" is for Zimbabwe: Silence & Turmoil as a Country Potentially Unravels

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Authors: Bill Fletcher Jr.

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Colleagues of mine in Zimbabwe were jailed and tortured by the Mugabe administration, but I was expected by pro-Mugabe activists in the USA to say nothing, and indeed, to deny everything.

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Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan

Silver Spring, MD, March 2008. Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan. PHOTO: © Diane Greene Lent 2008

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I was explicitly told by my chain of command that I could shoot anyone who came closer to me than I felt comfortable with.

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Road Test: NY Activists Create a New Poor People's Campaign

Bushwick, NY, February 2008. A protest against a negligent landlord. PHOTO: Make the Road New York
Authors: Melony Swasey

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Make the Road New York is admired for its consensus-based, collective decision-making, an intensive process that builds strong, trusting relationships, leadership, and shared agreement among members.

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