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Inter-Korean Summit and the Hope for Peace

27 Friday Apr 2018

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Donald Trump, Inter-Korea Summit, Kim Jung Un, korea, North Korea, peace, war

Let us pray for peace in the Korean peninsula.

Below is my reflection on the Inter-Korean Summit happening on April 27, 2018.

We all live with hope for peace. Continue reading →

Wars Leave Devastating Impact on Environment

05 Wednesday Nov 2014

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War impacts the environment, particularly when parties in a conflict have deliberately targeted natural resources, Kim and Koenig write. –

My new EthicsDaily.com article “Wars Leave Devastating Impact on Environment” co-written with Mark Koenig.

Please check EthicsDaily.com for more articles, videos and news.

November 6 is the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. Please read below.

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Heartbeats above Drumbeats

23 Monday Sep 2013

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Mark Koenig, military, peace, pray, Syria, war

This post comes from my friend, Rev. Mark Koenig.  it is reposted here with permission.  Please check out his blog site for more interesting posts!

Heartbeats above drumbeats

Prayer vigil Syria

We gathered at the Tillman Chapel of the Church Center for the United Nations – Lutherans, Mennonites, Methodists, Presbyterians, and more. We shared statements Continue reading →

Chris Hedges on Obama’s Decision to Attack Syria and “Give Congress a Voice”

05 Thursday Sep 2013

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Barack Obama, Chemical weapons, Chris Hedges, Syria, Truthout, war

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President Barack Obama speaks to reporters about possible U.S. action against Syria during a meeting with the leaders of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania at the White House in Washington, Aug. 30, 2013. (Photo: Christopher Gregory / The New York Times)

This interview was originally posted on Truthout and it is reposted here with permission.

Click here for the original post.

Chris Hedges and Paul Jay discuss President Obama’s statement that he has decided to attack Syria and seek authorization from Congress … Even though he says he doesn’t need it.

TRANSCRIPT:

PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay. Continue reading →

Chris Hedges: No Other Way Out

28 Thursday Feb 2013

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Afghanistan, Chris Hedges, freedom, Iraq, justice, Op-Ed, Taliban, Truthout, veterans, war, WikiLeaks

This is a repost of Chris Hedges’ original Op-Ed for Truthout.  It was originally posted on Feb 28, 2012 and is reposted here with permission.untitled truth 2

I have watched mothers and fathers keening in grief over the frail corpses of their children in hospitals in Gaza and rural villages in El Salvador, Bosnia and Kosovo. The faces of these dead children, their bodies ripped apart by iron fragments or bullets tumbling end over end through their small, delicate frames, appear to me almost daily like faint and sadly familiar ghosts. The frailty and innocence of my own children make these images difficult to bear.

A child a day dies in war-related violence in Afghanistan. Children die in roadside explosions. They die Continue reading →

Kelly Denton-Borhaug:U.S. War-culture, Sacrifice and Salvation

16 Friday Nov 2012

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AAR, book panel, ethics, Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College, peace, sacrifice, war

There will be a book session at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) for Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug’s new book, U.S. War-culture, Sacrifice and Salvation.  Dr. Mark Heim and myself will be responding to her book.  This session is on Saturday Nov. 17, 2012 at McCormick Place West – 182,  1p.m.

This book grew out of consternation and confusion that I experienced in the post 9/11 period regarding the heightened naturalization of war-culture in the U.S. as an unquestioned and to-be-expected feature of life.  My exploration of the role of the rhetoric, practices and cognitive frameworks of sacrifice as central to this Continue reading →

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