Chicago, IL - Three of us from Voices in the Wilderness--Amy Mooney, Heidi Holliday and Ceylon Mooney-- celebrated Ash Wednesday at Boeing World Headquarters, 100 North Riverside Plaza in downtown Chicago. As our nation moves closer to war, we found it necessary to confront Boeing World Headquarters, in the tradition of nonviolence, with the consequences of their business of … [Read more...] about -ASH WEDNESDAY AT BOEING WORLD HEADQUARTERS
World News
-Confronting the War Machine-April 5-6 2003
London, 3 March 2003 Reclaim The Bases: War Resisters' International calls for nonviolent action at military bases on 5/6 April 2003Dear friend, After the impressive demonstrations on February 15th, War Resisters' International is now calling for nonviolent action at military bases on 5/6 April 2003.This call to "reclaim the bases" is a specific call following our "Say No!" … [Read more...] about -Confronting the War Machine-April 5-6 2003
-An Appeal from Dr. Helen Caldicott to the Pope
Please read the following appeal and if it makes sense to you, do as suggested and write to His Holiness. Time is short. If you think this action could make a difference, do it now!In peace and hope, Heather SouterPS Please note that I added the sentence regarding Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the sample letter found at the end of the appeal.Dear FriendsI write this … [Read more...] about -An Appeal from Dr. Helen Caldicott to the Pope
-North Korea and the U.S. Spy Plane
By Conn HallinanWhile the Bush Administration is calling the recent interception of a U.S. spy plane by North Korean fighters a "provocation," it is instead the logical outcome of a deeply flawed U.S. policy toward Pyongyang, and one that threatens a potentially devastating war on the peninsula.There is a history here that predates the confrontation between the U.S. RC-135S … [Read more...] about -North Korea and the U.S. Spy Plane
-Mobilize For The Next Phase
https://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=1&ItemID=3099Unprecedented in size, breadth and diversity, the world-wide February 15 demonstrations proved invaluable to the campaign against renewed war on Iraq. The millions of us who rallied and marched for peace in well over 600 cities from New York to Rome to Ramallah to Melbourne, communicated in no uncertain … [Read more...] about -Mobilize For The Next Phase