Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Sarah Ball, published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, October 26, 2020 On October 24th, in Afghanistan, a deadly explosion hit Kabul’s Kawsar e Danish tutoring center, killing 24 people, most of whom were students, aged 15-26. At least 57 people were injured. A wave of violence has spiraled across the country, including U.S. aerial attacks against Taliban targets in[…]
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Photo: Young people from the APV Borderfree Center on a field trip to a river on the outskirts of Kabul to study permaculture. ~Dr. Hakim by Kathy Kelly, Published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, February 13, 2019 Hossein, a member of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, (APV), which hosted my recent visit to Afghanistan, rolled up his sleeve to show me[…]
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by Buddy Bell, published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, September 6, 2018 On the cusp of July and August, nearly 200 students and 150 adults participated in a 3-day march in opposition to the construction of a second airport on Jeju-Do, South Korea. The plans include leveling two small mountains on the eastern side of the island and the likely[…]
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The People’s Peace Movement ( PPM ) walking barefoot to the Northern provinces of Afghanistan, led by a blind member of their group, Zindani. Photo taken from PPM’s Facebook Page by Dr. Hakim Young, from CounterCurrents, August 21, 2018 It’s frustrating that whereas all human beings wish to live meaningful lives, we seem helpless in the face of a few[…]
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Photo: Girls and mothers, waiting for their duvets, in Kabul. Credit Dr. Hakim. by Kathy Kelly, originally published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, June 26, 2018 Writing this week for the Chicago Tribune, Steve Chapman called a U.S. Government report on the war in Afghanistan “a chronicle of futility.” “The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction” report says the U.S.[…]
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