1.19 cycles of violence

A Community Stands with its Military Women: Vigilers Grieve Four Murders in Nine Months

Fort Bragg, NC, October 8, 2008. Former army Captain Michael McPhearson, now executive Director of Veterans for Peace, joins a vigil at the gates of the Fort Bragg military base for four women killed locally by military men over the preceding nine months.
Authors: Ann Wright

Summary:Because the preventive action being taken by the military is not enough, 40 women and men from around North Carolina and the nation stood at the Fort Bragg entrance gate to commemorate the deaths and call for action to prevent any others.

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The Challenges of Reconciliation: Learning from Survivors in Rwanda and Burundi

Listening exercise for Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities workshop in Rwanda. photo: African great lakes initiative
Authors: David Zarembka

Summary:

When reconciliation occurs, people report feeling that they have rejoined the human family.

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Stop the Killing: Arab Activists Call for Ending the Death Penalty in Arab Countries

Egyptian labor bloggers Hossam el-Hamalawy and Kareem el-Beheiry. Kareem was jailed from April to early June 2008 after promoting and covering an April 6 general strike (partially organized via Facebook!) and ongoing independent labor union activism cente
Authors: Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

Summary:

Sharia'a law insists that room be left for forgiveness and reconciliation.

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The Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change

Authors: A coalition of Syrian democrats

Summary:

The process of change has begun. It is not directed against anyone, but requires everyone's efforts.

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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
Authors: Dr. Radwan Ziadeh

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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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Diversity is the Revolution: The Tharwa Manifesto for Nonviolent Change in the Middle East

Families of Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, and Egyptian men who disappeared into Syrian prisons during the Lebanese civil war staged a sit-in protest in front of the UN House in Beirut for more than a year. photo: E. Zarwan,June 27, 2006
Authors: Ammar Abdulhamid

Summary:

We approach our struggle in the spirit of hope, love, and magnanimity.

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Coming to Terms: Bereaved Families Take Action Against the War

War is Not the Answer
Authors: Gilda Carbanaro

Summary:

This country must come to terms with what was done in our name. I will make this my life's work if need be.

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When Silence is Deadly: A Quaker Calls for Radical Nonviolence in Our Streets

Authors: Greg Williams

Summary:

We need to learn how to celebrate and develop our resilience. When we can do that, we bring life back into our lives and into the lives of our communities.

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Silence the Violence: A Healing Vigil in Oakland

Authors: The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

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Mobilizing Mothers: Transmuting Rage & Sorrow into Peacemaking

Woman with Silence The Violence Sign
Authors: Tina Chéry

Summary:

We need to learn how to celebrate and develop our resilience. When we can do that, we bring life back into our lives and into the lives of our communities.

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