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CPTnet stories » AL-KHALIL (HEBRON) REFLECTION: The Israeli Paradigm, Part I
CPT 21 May 2012 AL-KHALIL (HEBRON) REFLECTION: The Israeli Paradigm, Part I by Anonymous CPTer I have been reading Ilan Pappé’s (1) book Forgotten Palestinians. I find his writing to be informative and thought provoking and so was excited a couple weeks ago, when the team and I got a chance to hear Pappé speak at the Alternative Information Centre ... [Link]
morepraxis » Day 38ish – Positive Identity – 40/40
Counting down the missing 3 – Sorry I got a bit rushed at Easter. The 40 Developmental Assets over the 40 days of lent. Search Institute has identified the following 40 Assets as building blocks of healthy development that help young people grow as healthy, caring, principled, and productive people. Over lent we will be [...] [Link]
Disarmnowplowshares's Blog » Sunday meditation from Phil Berrigan
Meditation for Sunday, May 20th: a quote from holy outlaw Phil Berrigan: “Nuclear weapons are the scourge of the earth. To mine for them, manufacture them, deploy them, use them, is a curse against God, the human family, and the earth itself.” [Link]
CPTnet stories » UNITED STATES: An invitation to insurrection. Apply for Wild Goose Festival by Monday 21/5/2012 for 15% CPT discount
CPTnet 20 May 2012 UNITED STATES: An invitation to insurrection. Apply for Wild Goose Festival by 21/5/2012 for 15% CPT discount by Peter Haresnape It started with just one or two people refusing to comply. Instead of obeying instructions, they started asking why some of us acting as soldiers were removing people. More people started to notice, turning from the ... [Link]
CPTnet stories » IRAQI KURDISTAN: “We are not grateful to be here”—CPT attends memorial service for Sardasht Osman
CPTnet 18 May 2012 IRAQI KURDISTAN: “We are not grateful to be here”—CPT attends memorial service for Sardasht Osman Saturday, 5 May marked the two-year anniversary of Kurdish journalist Sardasht Osman’s murder. CPTers traveled to Hawler (Erbil) to stand in solidarity with Osman’s family, friends, and colleagues, as they remembered the young man. Osman, who was twenty-three at the time ... [Link]
morepraxis » Uniting Justice Action on NT Intervention
Hi guys I thought I would give another home to this action from Uniting Justice- get busy. The Stronger Futures debate in Parliament will resume 18th June. This gives us a few more weeks to voice our opposition to the introduction of the legislation. The Stronger Futures legislation is a series of Bills that will determine what [...] [Link]
CPTnet stories » TORONTO, ON: The freedom to say no
CPTnet 17 May 2012 TORONTO, ON: The freedom to say no by Rebecca Johnson “By the mixing of our waters, it becomes your responsibility to protect our water, and our responsibility to protect your water.” Hereditary Chief Pete Erickson of the northern British Columbia Carrier Sekani First Nation completed the final water ceremony before a crowd of over four hundred ... [Link]
CPTnet stories » COLOMBIA: Building bridges across borders
CPTnet 16 May 2011 COLOMBIA: Building bridges across borders by Wilson Tan [Note: Tan is a member of the CPT and was a recent participant in CPT Colombia's "Learning Experience" which included members of CPT's Race Relations Council and Steering Committee.]During our Learning Experience in Colombia at the end of April, we visited the community of Garzal in the Simiti ... [Link]
CPTnet stories » Prayers for Peacemakers, May 16, 2012
PRAYERS FOR PEACEMAKERS, May 16, 2012Pray for Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike to protest detention without charges or trials, and other punishments. CPT members joined the fast May 15, the anniversary of the 1948 expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes. [Link]
CPTnet stories » UNITED STATES: An invitation to insurrection
CPTnet20 May 2012UNITED STATES: An invitation to insurrectionIt started with just one or two people refusing to comply. Instead of simply obeying instructions, they started asking why individuals were being removed. More people started to notice, turning from the speaker to watch people being detained, and those detaining them. Some moved closer, ignoring the authorities’ commands to stay away. Before ... [Link]
CPTnet stories » IRAQI KURDISTAN REFLECTION: "…live justly and peaceably with all creation."
CPTnet14 May 2012IRAQI KURDISTAN REFLECTION: "…live justly and peaceably with all creation."by Kathy Moorhead Thiessen “A world of communities that together embrace the diversity of the human family and live justly and peaceably with all creation.” I had CPT’s new vision statement in mind as I set out on the half hour walk to Suleimaniya’s Azadi Park. The dust storm ... [Link]
Disarmnowplowshares's Blog » Celebrating Mother’s Day in a BIG Way at Ground Zero
Dear Friends, Yesterday was a great day to be outdoors (not a cloud to be seen), and people gathered at the Main entrance gate to the Bangor Trident submarine base to demonstrate our resistance to the most horrific weapon (system) of mass destruction ever devised – TRIDENT! Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action held its annual Mothers Day Weekend action ... [Link]
CPTnet stories » AL-KHALIL (HEBRON) ACTION ALERT: Fast with the prisoners of Palestine
CPTnet 11 May 2012 AL-KHALIL (HEBRON) ACTION ALERT: Fast with the prisoners of Palestine On Monday 7 May 2012, the Israeli High Court of Justice denied the petition of two hunger-striking Palestinians against their administrative detention, meaning the Israeli authorities have never charged them with any crime or given them a trial. The two prisoners continue their hunger strike, are ... [Link]
CPTnet stories » IRAQI KURDISTAN: April Update
CPTnet 10 May 2011 IRAQI KURDISTAN: April Update Members of the team participated in Holy Week and Easter services with the Christian communities of St Joseph Church in Suleimaniya and Virgin Mary Church in Kirkuk. Both conducted ceremonies team members had not encountered before. The two-hour Holy Friday service in Suleimaniya ended with a funeral procession that featured a board ... [Link]
Disarmnowplowshares's Blog » Berkeley gathering to welcome Susan out of prison
The day after I was released from FCI Dublin, friends and peace activists had organized a gathering at the Berkeley Unitarian Fellowship Hall. It was so wonderful to see friends and people who have all worked so hard in different areas for justice and social change.. It was wonderful to be with people who have hope that things can be ... [Link]
morepraxis » Bill Loader on Marriage Equality
Theologian & UCA Minister Bill Loader has written a submission to the Senate inquiry on Marriage Equality. Worth having a read particularly if you are heading up to UCA National Assembly in July as it will be on the agenda. The Senate Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 Dear Secretary, I thank you for the opportunity ... [Link]
CPTnet stories » Prayers for Peacemakers, May 9, 2012
PRAYERS FOR PEACEMAKERS, May 9, 2012 Give thanks for the CPT Holy Week delegation to Southern Bolivar, Colombia. Pray for delegation members as they work in solidarity with communities ravaged by internal conflict with their lands coveted by armed groups for their wealth of natural resources. [Link]
CPTnet stories » AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Israeli military demolishes cistern in Beqa’a Valley
CPTnet 8 May 2012 AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Israeli military demolishes cistern in Beqa’a Valley At 8:30 on the morning of 2 May 2012, the team received a call from a friend in the Beqa’a valley to inform the Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron the Israeli military was destroying his cousin’s reservoir. Two CPTers went to the valley. Upon arriving, they saw ... [Link]
CPTnet stories » COLOMBIA ANALYSIS: Mirage and Reality in Southern Bolivar
CPTnet5 May 2012COLOMBIA ANALYSIS: Mirage and Reality in Southern Bolivar by Isaias Rodriguez Arango, Holy Week delegation member "Colombia is a social state under rule of law, organized in the form of a unitary, decentralized Republic, autonomous from its territorial subdivisions, democratic, participatory and pluralistic, founded on respect for human dignity and on the work and solidarity of the people ... [Link]
Disarmnowplowshares's Blog » Tacoma Peace Community Honors Bruce Gagnon, Welcomes Susan Crane out of prison
At a gathering at Jean’s House of Prayer in Tacoma, the Tacoma Peace Community sends a message to Steve Kelly, SJ who is still in prison. The community was gathered to have a dinner with Bruce Gagnon, and to welcome Susan Crane who is just out of prison. Bruce had just given a talk at the University of Washington in ... [Link]