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
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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.*
By Peter Clay; reprinted with permission, first published for Friends Peace Teams- see https://friendspeaceteams.org/rwandan-children-and-families/
IN FEBRUARY I HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT TWO OF THE CHILDREN’S PEACE LIBRARIES supported by the Transformational Leadership Center, which is based in Kigali. I met with librarian Tuyizere Jean D’Amour at the Kigali Children’s Peace Library and he explained how the Read Aloud program encourages children to reflect upon the stories they heard with particular kinds of questions. These include “wondering questions” to encourage the children to go beyond the story with deeper reflections.
By Michael Gillespie, April 2024
Before the enemies of peace conspired to assassinate him in broad daylight in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 23, 1963, President John F. Kennedy famously said, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
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By Trust for Public Land and noted by Alana Fink, Associate
Director of Digital Engagement, TPL; reprinted with permission, first published
for Trust for Public Land email and blog March 7, 2024
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By Heidi Schlumpf, Reprinted by permission of NCR Publishing Company-EarthBeat www.NCROnline.org; first published for Earthbeat March 6, 2024- https://www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/faith/you-are-not-alone-community-young-people-find-antidotes-climate-anxiety
NCR Editor's note: This story has been supported by the
Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous
and compelling reporting about responses to social problems.
Mary Rittle says she experiences climate anxiety every single day. It may be a 55-degree January day in Chicago, when she notices that birds that should have migrated are still around. Or it could be after reading about how melting polar ice caps are endangering people around the world. Even her environmental activism can trigger anxiety because it reminds her of the urgent need for such work.
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, March 6, 2024; reprinted with permission
https://worldbeyondwar.org/why-sign-a-declaration-of-peace
At World BEYOND War and other groups that I work for and work with we often flood elected officials with emails or phone calls — or bodies in their offices — with very urgent and specific demands to stop killing particular populations. At the same time, at the height of crises and otherwise, we find it valuable to press in a different direction.
