Issue 382 - February 2008

February 2008 cover

Peacemakers in Kenya

  • Peacemakers in Kenya
  • Gaza Stories
  • Anti-War Organizing
  • Remembering the Solidarity Movement


In This Issue

Bury Apartheid

The two employees formed the Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement, which demanded that the company disengage from South Africa and contribute its profits made in South Africa to recognized African liberation movements.

Doctor with non-working defibrilators

The level of despair grows daily. Yet the world hears almost nothing of this humanitarian crisis.

Women rescue a man.

What changes can we make so that Kenyans can promise each other, "Never again"?

Civil Rights Photographer Ernest Withers

Withers documented the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Medgar Evers funeral, the integration of Little Rock High School, the March Against Fear, the Memphis sanitation workers' Strike and the assassination and funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bush's Visit: The View from Ramallah

Olmert's blather would have made excellent comedy material -- not to mention President Bush's weird facial expressions as he sought to evade the barrage of questions from reporters.

A Kenyan Epiphany

What is being revealed is the fragility of Western political and economic "solutions" for Africa.

No Justice, No Peace: Listening to the Youth

The poor and the youth of this nation must be given a say -- not a token!

From the Editor's Desk
Gate A-4 (poem)
Whisperings of Truth: A Pastoral Letter from The Friends Church of Kenya

Refusal to fight with weapons is not surrender -- we are not passive when threatened by the greedy, the cruel, the tyrant, and the unjust.

The Long Arc of Movement-Building: United for Peace and Justice Coalition Lays Out 2008 Plans

Many people want to see a mass mobilization in Washington on the fifth anniversary of the invasion…Others see a need to build the movement's base before we can expect huge numbers of people to travel to D.C. for another demonstration.

Action Alert: Debt Relief in Africa
Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
Charges Against Veterans Day 18 Dismissed, No Court Costs
Bits & Peaces