Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with peace www.salem-news.com 2010 The Transitional Justice Coordination Group appreciates the ten-year achievements in government-building, and other fields that have been reached with the participation of the people by the government and the international community for fulfillment of democracy. However, those trends have not taken root in our country... http://salem-news.com/articles/may192012/chicago-conference.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may192012/chicago-conference.php Sat, 19 May 2012 20:58:00 PDT In the week Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he ordered bombing attacks on Yemen, killing a reported 63 people, 28 of them children. When Obama recently announced he supported same-sex marriage, American planes had not long blown 14 Afghan civilians to bits. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/gay-marriage-jp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/gay-marriage-jp.php Fri, 18 May 2012 04:06:00 PDT No news from Iceland? Why? Last we heard, people were rising up and overthrowing the bankers. Then, no news on the television or newspapers for two years. What happened? Why won’t the papers and TV tell us how the bankers successfully crushed or minimized another rebellion? Because… THEY DIDN’T! This time, the people won. http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/iceland-revolution.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may182012/iceland-revolution.php Fri, 18 May 2012 02:41:00 PDT As the living conditions of ordinary people inevitably worsen under capitalism and as its wars cause increasing devastation, tides of protest rise up from the population. The ruling elite then seek to stem these tides before they reach flood state. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/tides-protest-wh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may162012/tides-protest-wh.php Wed, 16 May 2012 12:45:00 PDT An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its decision in our case brought on behalf of veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In its decision, the Ninth Circuit held that a federal statute closes the courthouse door to constitutional claims by veterans. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/vuft-newsletter.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102012/vuft-newsletter.php Thu, 10 May 2012 16:01:00 PDT Does America do anything these days with a sincere purpose? Afghanistan's violence is our doing; it is a result of the contrast between stated intentions and reality. It's strangely sad that the only time of peace that this country has known in modern time, was a result of Communism. http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/abandoned-afghanistan.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may072012/abandoned-afghanistan.php Mon, 07 May 2012 01:34:00 PDT The ethical standards of American liberals are more malleable than they would admit: In practice they "do not oppose the violation of civil or human rights, be they those of Americans, Iraqis or anybody else. http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/liberal-standards-ld.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/liberal-standards-ld.php Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:33:00 PDT “The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis” is the subject of Bruce Gagnon's six-city tour of Washington State. Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and long-time member of Veterans For Peace. http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/gagnon-speech-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april242012/gagnon-speech-le.php Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:01:00 PDT The Associated Press printed a short article about a SANITY BOARD HEARING for Sgt Robert Bales and that his civilian attorney John Henry Browne had advised him not to participate based on his Fifth Amendment rights. This is appropriate in view of the Army’s motto “Rank is always right”. http://salem-news.com/articles/april192012/bales-court-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april192012/bales-court-pl.php Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:22:00 PDT US military occupation forces in Afghanistan and Iraq under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 84 casualties in the period ending April 17. The total includes 79,493 casualties since the US invaded Iraq in March, 2003 (Operations "Iraqi Freedom" and "New Dawn"), and 33,574 since the US invaded Afghanistan in November, 2001. http://salem-news.com/articles/april182012/war-casualties-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april182012/war-casualties-mm.php Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:23:00 PDT Did you know that 10 to 18% of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans may have post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD? Do you know the signs and symptoms and where to turn for help? A team leader at the Salem Oregon Veterans Health Administration, will speak on these issues and answer questions at an informative lecture on our returning veterans and post-traumatic stress disorder on Thursday, in Stayton. http://salem-news.com/articles/april172012/ptsd-stayton.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april172012/ptsd-stayton.php Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:20:00 PDT Wave of coordinated attacks were unleashed by the Taliban militants in Afghanistan Sunday. It brings the grim realization that Western backed Afghan President Mr. Karzai’s staked peace deal efforts with the Taliban aren’t working. http://salem-news.com/articles/april172012/no-afghan-peace-kn.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april172012/no-afghan-peace-kn.php Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:53:00 PDT One of the most vivid memories I have of my service in the U.S. Senate was of an early Democratic caucus. It was in January of 1973, not long after President Richard Nixon and his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, had ordered the carpet bombing of Hanoi in an effort to strong arm the Vietnamese into surrendering. http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/no-me-war-ja.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april132012/no-me-war-ja.php Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:24:00 PDT Here is the letter I just wrote to the two Senators and the Governor of Rhode Island. If you can send a similar letter in behalf of the family this young man left behind, I would personally appreciate it. Thanks. Here are the addresses you would need if you can find it in your heart to dedicate the time it takes to write those letters. http://salem-news.com/articles/april082012/dennis-weichel-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april082012/dennis-weichel-bc.php Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:37:00 PDT The 2011, SMITHSONIAN EDITION of “THE JEFFERSON BIBLE: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French and English” also opens a window into the spirit of a revolutionary complex and contradictory man. Jefferson understood himself to be a true Christian and he proved so by remaining mute to the brutal and unjust accusations against him of being a deist, an atheist, anti-religion and antichrist. http://salem-news.com/articles/april072012/jefferson-earth-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april072012/jefferson-earth-ef.php Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:16:00 PDT I have rarely ever come face to face – only inches in fact – with such anger. Certainly not at an academic conference. And certainly not from such a prominent figure: chancellor of Australian National University, former attorney-general and foreign minister, former head of the International Crisis Group, and one of the world’s most prominent global thinkers. http://salem-news.com/articles/april062012/gareth-evans-sz.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april062012/gareth-evans-sz.php Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:36:00 PDT The story of Rhode Island soldier Dennis Weichel makes it easy to remember why I left Afghanistan in 2007 thinking that a lot of good Americans were engaged in that conflict. They were there then and they are there now, as this father of three who gave his life to save an Afghan child, showed us. http://salem-news.com/articles/april022012/dennis-weichel-th.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april022012/dennis-weichel-th.php Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:51:00 PDT RADICAL PEACE is a collection of reports from peace activists in the USA, Europe, Iraq, and Afghanistan. An American exchange student in one of my courses here in Germany contributed the following essay about how she became an anarchist for peace. http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/keep-rockin-wh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march312012/keep-rockin-wh.php Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:56:00 PDT International peace activist and organizer Bruce Gagnon comes to Washington State April 24 to April 30, 2012 to engage local communities around the theme “The Deadly Connection: Endless War and Economic Crisis.” Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, and long-time member of Veterans For Peace. http://salem-news.com/articles/march262012/bruce-gagnon-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march262012/bruce-gagnon-le.php Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:44:00 PDT Americans for Peace Now, J Street and the New Israel Fund today issued their first-ever joint statement condemning the unseemly attack on President Obama by the Wall Street Journal’s Bret Stephens. Stephens focuses on the President's association with our organizations and some of our key supporters. This is simply the latest in a litany of partisan attacks on the President for standing for and with the values that are actually at the very heart of the Jewish community. http://salem-news.com/articles/march072012/jewish-peace.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march072012/jewish-peace.php Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:48:00 PST Ibrahim Gambari, special representative for the joint African Union-UN, recently attended the wedding ceremony with very questionable guests. It was attended by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who the International Criminal Court seeks to arrest over two warrants relating to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. http://salem-news.com/articles/march052012/sudan-bashir-wg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march052012/sudan-bashir-wg.php Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:45:00 PST Americans for Peace Now (APN) commends President Obama for an AIPAC speech that was staunchly pro-Israel, unabashedly pro-peace, and responsible yet sober on Iran. APN President and CEO Debra DeLee, says the President’s AIPAC speech was a valuable reminder from the leader of Israel’s greatest ally that supporting Israel means supporting peace and sparing no effort to avoid war. http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/apn-aipac-obama.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/apn-aipac-obama.php Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:43:00 PST Gross National Happiness, rather than Gross National Product (GNP), is the national goal of the small Himalayan country of Bhutan. Occupy Salem member Laurie Dougherty recently visited Bhutan and will present what she learned about this remarkable concept in an exclusive presentation on March 7 at 7 p.m. in the Oregon PeaceWorks office. http://salem-news.com/articles/february292012/occupy-salem.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february292012/occupy-salem.php Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:38:00 PST To celebrate Armed Forces Day the military base near my seminary held an open house, to improve their image and boost recruiting. They invited the public in for a marching band parade, a precision flying show, and sky divers, even free lemonade and cookies. http://salem-news.com/articles/february222012/refusing-war-wh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february222012/refusing-war-wh.php Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:04:00 PST Israeli Ynet admitted today that an Israeli air force attack on Iran is unrealistic. The Israeli paper quoted a New York Times article that described such an attack as ‘highly complex operation’. http://salem-news.com/articles/february202012/israel-iran-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february202012/israel-iran-ga.php Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:57:00 PST David Rovics sings of connections between Khader Adnan's current hunger strike to the IRA hunger strikes of 1981: "As, no doubt, the Israeli occupation of Palestine is more than a little reminiscent of the British occupation of Ireland..." http://salem-news.com/articles/february192012/palestine-belfast-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february192012/palestine-belfast-ef.php Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:30:00 PST Khader Adnan is on his 64th day of a hunger strike, and today the High Court of Justice (HCJ) decided to postpone to Thursday dealing with the urgent appeal in his case. Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, which supports the appeal, noted that would be Adnan’s 68th day of his hunger strike, and there is no guarantee that the justices will bother to make their decision then. http://salem-news.com/articles/february192012/adnan-delay-yg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february192012/adnan-delay-yg.php Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:37:00 PST Even as I write this, the bulldozers have been busy throughout that one indivisible country known by the bifurcated term Israel/Palestine. Palestinian homes, community centres, livestock pens and other “structures” (as the Israel authorities dispassionately call them) have been demolished in the Old City, Silwan and various parts of “Area C” in the West Bank... http://salem-news.com/articles/february192012/pa-must-go-jh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february192012/pa-must-go-jh.php Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:53:00 PST Dear brother, dear comrade: As you continue to defy oppression and as you continue to struggle for freedom, in your name and in the name of every Palestinian and in the name of every conscientious human, listen to the voices around you. Listen to the voices of the walls of the dungeon that hold you captive, listen to their silent whisper... http://salem-news.com/articles/february172012/khader-adnan-gw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february172012/khader-adnan-gw.php Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:04:00 PST The right-wing government leaders of the state of Israel, bolstered by their powerful US allies, are trembling with excitement at the prospect of a military attack against Iran. Everything is in place for Iraq Redux. This time the Extremists are determined to get it right. No ground troops, just highly sophisticated bombing runs that will target nuclear targets in Iran. http://salem-news.com/articles/february172012/radical-zionism-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february172012/radical-zionism-jw.php Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:57:00 PST