VOL 73, NO. 10-12 Winter 2008 

On September 20, 2007, tens of thousands marched in Jena, Louisiana for justice for several young black teenagers. The march came to represent the ongoing challenge to end racism in the United States.
(Photo by Andre M. Perry, Ph.D. of the University of New Orleans.)








Mission Statement

The Fellowship of Reconciliation seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. We are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change. We educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally.

 

 


A Saffron Revolution in the Making? Or Defeated?
by Richard Deats

Blind in the Darkness
by Mi Pone

The Culture of White Privilege Is to Remain Silent
by Liz Walz

2007 Top Ten Muslim "Good" News Stories
by Mas'ood Cajee

The Geography of Hope
by Lynn Gottlieb

Hope Comes from Letting Go
by Patricia Ackerman

Sexual Violence as a Tool of Conquest
by Fellowship staff, based on reporting by Amnesty International

Poetry

Those Who Stood Up for Tolerance
by Hafez, translated by Mahmood Karimi-Harak and Bill Wolak

Today
by Magdalena Kaluza

Jena 6
by Decora of the ReadNex Poetry Squad

War
by Mary Embree


Editorial:
Resisting Silence
by Ethan Vesely-Flad

Letters to the Editor

International FOR:
Nonviolence Activism in the U.S.: A Visitor Reflects
by Martin Smedjeback

News of the Fellowship

Heartbeat: Crazy Compassion
by Rabia Terri Harris

Reviews: How Nonviolence Protects the State; Jasmine and Stars; Rethinking Global Sisterhood; Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future; Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security?; Satanic Purses; Targeting Iran; A Power Governments Cannot Suppress; Army of None; Divine Duality: The Power of Reconciliation Between Women and Men; Empire and the Bomb

Obituaries

Recommended Resources

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