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Final Victory For Peace Protesters Against Arms Company’s High Court Harassment Claim FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7th May 2006: The attempt by arms manufacturers EDO MBM to restrict protest outside their Brighton, UK factory has ended in expensive failure. EDO have ...
Read More »Activists Aim to Kick Apartheid Out of Football
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, April 22nd, 2006 Palestine activists have launched a move to get Apartheid Israel suspended from the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) in protest against the ongoing subjugation of the Palestinian people and ...
Read More »Rachel Corrie Foundation Peaceworks Conference
Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice Peace Works Conference Olympia, Washington, USA April 20th, In Lecture: Arun Gandhi, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi April 21st, Putting Justice into Action: Exchanging Organizing Strategies and Addressing Issues of Identity and Oppression in ...
Read More »Rachel Corrie is the new Anne Frank
1) Katharine Viner, co-editor of the play, “My Name is Rachel Corrie”, on the controversy over the postponement of her play. Link 2) Debate Between NY Theater Workshop and Katharine Viner. Transcript MP3 Download 3) Democracy Now, Rachel Corrie’s Parents ...
Read More »CPT Statement: CPTers Released
Released by the Christian Peacemaker Teams Our hearts are filled with joy today as we heard that Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember have been safely released in Baghdad. Christian Peacemaker Teams rejoices with their families and friends ...
Read More »Three peace activists freed in Iraq
From the BBC Norman Kember, 74, of Pinner, north-west London, James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, were three of four men seized in Baghdad in November. Mr Kember is said to be in a “reasonable condition” while the two Canadians ...
Read More »Events All over the world in Memory of Rachel Corrie -Non-violent Activists Beaten
Today, March 16th, the third anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie, events in honor of her memory are taking place in 13 different countries. Nine events are taking place in Palestine and Israel and 41 events are taking place ...
Read More »The Association of Muslim Scholars in Palestine calls for the release of the remaining hostages
English translation of the statement: In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, The Association of Muslim Scholars in Palestine deeply regrets the killing of the peace activist Tom Fox on Iraqi land. We were shocked and grieved to ...
Read More »Another Fallen Friend and Martyr
The death of Tom Fox and a true test of solidarity By Joe Carr I first met Tom Fox in Chicago at a Christian Peacemaker Teams’ training and we became good friends through our work together. He was a father ...
Read More »Action Alert: The New York Times Distorts Key Facts About Cancellation of Play on Activist Rachel Corrie
Please read, write, and forward widely! In his March 6, 2005 New York Times article “Too Hot to Handle, Too Hot Not to Handle”, New York Times cultural critic Edward Rothstein comments on the New York Theatre Workshop’s “postponement” of ...
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