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PJSA statement regarding Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project

In response to the recent US Supreme Court ruling in Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project that supports a broad-ranging law that allows Americans who offer advice to banned organizations, including legal assistance and information on conflict resolution, to be prosecuted as terrorists, the Peace and Justice Studies Association makes the

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Tag(s): humanitarianism; Supreme Court; Activism
Added by Randall Amster on 2010-08-06 11:59:06   View Replies (0)            Post Reply



Does It Take a Disaster for Us to Care?

The images coming out of Haiti are unimaginably grim, and as the clock continues to tick while rescue efforts become mired in bureaucracy, the death toll is sure to rise. Still, as is often the case in times of epic tragedy, Americans express their grief and demonstrate their largesse in

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Tag(s): humanitarianism; Haiti; compassion; disasters
Added by Randall Amster on 2010-02-04 16:43:07   View Replies (0)            Post Reply



Haitian Nonviolence

Building on the thesis from Dustin's last post on "Emergency Nonviolence," in this essay (posted by our friends at Waging Nonviolence -- please check them out) I explore nonviolence in Haiti's past, present, and (hopefully) future. Here's the gist:

"If Haitians are to surmount this time of profound crisis and

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Tag(s): Haiti; grassroots; humanitarianism; nonviolence; disasters
Added by Randall Amster on 2010-02-04 16:43:07   View Replies (1)            Post Reply



Interesting story about WWII COs

Intriguing -- and even shows pacifists in a positive light!

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WWII Pacifists Exposed Mental Ward Horrors

by Joseph Shapiro

12/30/09

In September of 1942, Warren Sawyer, a 23-year-old conscientious objector, reported for his volunteer assignment as an attendant at a state mental hospital. The young Quaker was one of thousands of pacifists who had

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Tag(s): pacifism; health care; humanitarianism; WWII; conscientious objectors
Added by Randall Amster on 2010-02-04 16:43:07   View Replies (0)            Post Reply



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