How “Witnesses of the Unseen: Seven Years in Guantánamo” Opens Up the Horrors of Torture
Thursday, 27 July 2017 06:37 ROBERT C. KOEHLER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT photo above: As Guantánamo remains open and the Endless War continues — and no one is held accountable — there is no ending to the stories of Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir, just an open wound. (Photo: Witness Against Torture) WN: The degree […]
Salvation as At-One-Ment
book cover above: Stricken By God? is an anthology of papers by authors from all the major Christian traditions, arguing for a nonviolent atonement. WN: My paper1 specifically argues for a restorative justice view in contradistinction to the the retributive view of justice as described below, one that flows out of a violent atonement theory. […]
Church program offers hope to released sex offenders
CATHOLIC VANCOUVER JUL 17, 2017 BY AGNIESZKA KRAWCZYNSKI photo above: Maureen Donegan heads the Archdiocese of Vancouver’s prison ministry, including the COSA program for released sex offenders. (Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic) WN: I had the good fortune for many years of helping lead CoSA with Maureen Donegan. I also am fortunate to now serve on […]
Now Is The Time For Prophetic Moral Action
Published on Monday, July 17, 2017 by Red Letter Christians photo above: arrest of Rev. Barber. “It’s time,” writes Rev. Barber, “for those of us who are called to proclaim and embody God’s Word to put on our clerical robes, take up our holy books, and speak truth in the public square.” by Rev. Dr. […]
Pope Francis allies accuse Trump White House of ‘apocalyptic geopolitics’
Article vetted by the Vatican offers scathing critique of Steve Bannon, who is Catholic, the Trump White House and ‘evangelical fundamentalism’ in the US photo above: Ivanka Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and President Donald Trump stand with Pope Francis during a meeting at the Vatican on May 24, 2017. Evan Vucci—AP WN: Utterly appalling and […]
The Demolition of U.S. Global Power
Donald Trump’s Road to Debacle in the Greater Middle East Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Trumping the Empire Posted by Alfred McCoy at 4:23pm, July 16, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. By Alfred W. McCoy excerpts: Trump’s Demolition Job Despite the obvious differences in their economic circumstances, there remain some telling resonances between Britain’s postwar politics and America’s troubles today. […]
The Fallout
Report Climate & EnvironmentHealthJustice July 10, 2017 In St. Louis, America’s nuclear history creeps into the present, leaching into streams and bodies. By Lacy M. Johnson photo above: For the first three months, the AEC didn’t own the property onto which it was dumping. The drivers worked for an independent company; one, Tom Greene, was a […]
Trump Bet Americans Would Like His Un-Presidential Antics. He May Be Right.
Posted on Jul 15, 2017 By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company WN: Of course nonsense about “American exceptionalism” stinks to high heaven! Always has! Most of the rest of the world is too aware of that – and increasingly so with President Ultimate American Con, President Ultimate Ugly American. (OK! I know! Christians are to love their enemies. […]
Courts Must Hold Executive Branch Accountable for Drone Strikes
Thursday, July 13, 2017 By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis WN: Of course all Presidents by definition are mass murderers. Trump is on track to be the worst of them all. an excerpt: Judge Brown Invites Courts to Review the Legality of Drone Strikes In addition to writing the majority opinion, Judge Brown also authored a separate […]
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Aiding and Abetting the Tweeter-in-Chief
The Insult Wars in Washington How They Blind Us to Our Troubles By Tom Engelhardt Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 5:15pm, July 9, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. photo above: From the article highlighted below is this: But one tweet truly caught my attention, even if it was at the very beginning of a donnybrook that, with twists […]
Doctrine of Discovery Task Force – Christian Reformed Church of North America
WN: There are so many in dominant North American culture who simply deny any relevance in the past treatment of indigenous peoples to North American realities of today. At least, if acknowledged, they say that nothing can be done about it, and that indigenous peoples should just “get over it, and move on”. They usually […]
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Two Impulsive Leaders Fan the Global Flames
Posted by Dilip Hiro at 6:51am, July 6, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. image above: Winning entry of this year’s International Trumpism Cartoon and Caricature Contest in Tehran. WN: The article highlighted below shows two impulsive leaders, Trump and Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Salman, to be hell-bent on fanning the flames of the Middle East, and thereby […]
The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests
We may not like it, but nuclear weapons may be all that stands in the way of another US-conducted “regime change.” By Patrick Lawrence July 6, 2017 2:05 PM photo above: South Korean and U.S. Army tanks fire live rounds during a joint live-fire military exercise near the demilitarized zone in Pocheon, South Korea, April 21, […]
For the US and Its Allies, the Road to Tehran Runs Through Damascus and Southern Lebanon
JULY 5, 2017 by JOHN WIGHT WN: The image above presents Trump, now de facto leader of the Western world, as Planet Enemy Number One. This rings true again in light of the article highlighted below. I have written that claim several times. (Now, how do we Christians “love” this leading Planet Enemy? OK: this […]
We Are the 99 Percent—Except for the Top 20 Percent of Us
In a new book Dream Hoarders, Richard V. Reeves argues that members of the upper middle class, not just the ultra-wealthy, are making our society profoundly unequal. By Bryce Covert JULY 3, 2017 WN: What the author calls for in the article highlighted below is what biblical Jubilee Justice repeatedly heralds: that for everyone “enough should be […]
Urgent Special Appeal From Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPJ)
We Need You! Dear Friends, On April 19, 2017, Issam Al Yamani, a prominent Palestinian activist in the Greater Toronto Area, was told by Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) that they will enforce a deportation order that was issued in 2005. Issam could be deported as early as next month. Please help us keep Issam in […]
Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington
Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington The notorious US spy agencies invented this monster, first with the Stuxnet virus against Iran—but then they lost control over it. By William Greider JUNE 30, 2017 WN: Of course, the United States has never been the “peacekeeper that upholds the world’s higher values”, as […]