By Christine Sheller
The birthplace of Iowa Peace Network, William Penn University, (a Friends university) recently held it’s Worldview Forum, cosponsored by the William Penn University Campus Ministry. It was entitled “Pacifism and Just War: Pathways to Peace?” It was held September 25, 2024, and began at 6:30 pm, going to 8:30 pm in the George Daily Auditorium, at the Oskaloosa High School.
By Michael Merryman-Lotze; reprinted with permission; originally written for AFSC (American Friends Service Committee) https://afsc.org/news/5-things-know-about-escalation-middle-east; Also, see AFSC's Gaza page: https://afsc.org/crisis-gaza
Updated Sep 25, 2024
By Michael George; reprinted with permission; first
published in the Menno PIN newsletter (Mennonite Palestine Israel Network
newsletter), July 28, 2024. Originally Published
as “Gaza Twinning Update.”
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It has been a privilege and blessing to help coordinate MennoPIN’s “Twinning with Gaza” Initiative over the last four years. Three Mennonite Church USA congregations have built relationships with non-profit groups in Gaza doing wonderful and life-giving work in their communities. Representatives of these dynamic organizations and small groups from congregations met via Zoom regularly to share stories, life experiences, hopes, and challenges. As a result of this consistent and open communication, close friendships have been developed between the “twinning” participants in Gaza and the United States. It has been a gift to get to know our friends in Gaza and we will continue to walk alongside them during this horrific and catastrophic time.
By Christine Sheller
Approximately 50 persons gathered for the annual Hiroshima/
Nagasaki observance on the anniversary of the bombings August 9, 2024 . “The Fierce Urgency of Now,” was the theme
for the evening, a quote by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. August 9 is the anniversary date of the Nagasaki
bombing.
by Michael Gillespie
7.28.2024; reprinted with permission
About 50 Iowa peace and social justice activists gathered in front of the Federal Building in Des Moines at 3 in the afternoon on Wednesday, July 24, in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's presentation in Washington, DC, before many members of the U.S. Congress earlier in the day.
By Edward Hasbrouck
[Stages of mobilization for war. Image from CNAS report based on Department of Defense mobilization plan. Note the absence of a Congressional declaration of war at any stage up to and including total military mobilization.]
[I’m often asked, “Why should we care about draft registration if there isn’t going to be a draft?”
THE FIRST SECTION IS THE AMENDMENTS TO A PREVIOUS RESOLUTION
ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD WITH FOOTNOTES.
This is an amendment to Resolution Number 9522 found on pages 49-50 in the Iowa Book of Resolutions (2023). The purpose of this amendment is to recognize and oppose the change in Israeli policy toward the Palestinians in the Gaza strip.
By Jay Gilchrist
May. 29, 2024 8:38 am; Reprinted with permission; originally
published with The Gazette in
HOME / OPINION / GUEST COLUMNISTS; https://www.thegazette.com/guest-columnists/airport-solar-will-spark-more-community-solar-in-iowa-city/
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Reprinted from the May 31, 2024, issue of the Church of the Brethren Newsline. Copyright © 2024 Church of the Brethren. Used with permission.
Over the last eight months, it has felt, at least to me, difficult to imagine constructively and hopefully. While the work of the Office of Peacebuilding and Policy continues to cover a range of topics and organizational partners, we have spent considerably more time than usual in relation to Israel and Palestine. Much of this has been in collaboration with and in support of Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) and a range of other coalitions such as the Arms Trade Accountability Project and the big-tent Ceasefire Now Coalition.
By John La Forge; reprinted with permission; first published in Nukewatch Quarterly newsletter, Spring 2024, a publication of the Progressive Foundation; see www.nukewatchinfo.org;
Editor’s Note: IPN was informed by author John LaForge at Nukewatch that there is “new, breaking information about the tritium leak: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has acknowledged (in its Draft Site Specific Environmental Impact Statement regarding the reactor operators application for a second license renewal) that Northern States Power/Xcel Energy has admitted that its leaked tritium was detected in the Mississippi River following the massive accidental leak -- after publicly denying it several times.*
