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 On Anniversary Of Bombing Afghanistan, We Need A Surge In Diplomacy by Kelly Campbell
 The Price of Peace Activism by Nancy Meyer
 9/11 Families and the Military Commission Trials by John Leinung
 Whoever Says by Siena Faughnan
News
 Anniversary of the Bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
 Remembering the London Bombings
 PT Member attends Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan by Terry Rockefeller
 Peaceful Tomorrows members visit Groton Middle School and contribute to “The World’s Largest Book on Peace”  by Terry Greene & Anthony Aversano
Media
 Patriotism on the Baseball Diamond by Neil Demause
 PT member appears on WBAI's "Heart of Mind" to speak about PT's work with LAONF
 U.S. to televise Guantanamo trials to 9-11 families by Jane Sutton
 Stonewalk, Korea
  
"Afghanistan: Ending A Failed Military Strategy" --- A Primer for Activists --- Available Online Now Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, many in the US initially supported the war in Afghanistan because they believed that it would reduce the threat of another attack on US soil, and that it would enable the US to bring to justice Osama bin Laden and others responsible for the attacks. Once the Taliban fell, the war was touted as a success. However, while public attention shifted to the war in Iraq, the conflict in Afghanistan entered a new phase of violence and decay. Read More »
Attacks in MumbaiIt seems as though in every corner of the globe, there is violence spreading like an air borne virus. It infects people in cities and villages, in the mountains and the barren plains, in weather hot and dry or in the sharp freezing winds that cut through all manner of protective clothing. Violence spreads easily, for human beings are given to anger and hatred. Peace does not spread easily; it must be achieved through difficult sacrifice and hard won good will.

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"Afghanistan: Ending A Failed Military Strategy" --- A Primer for Activists --- Available Online Now

Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, many in the US initially supported the war in Afghanistan because they believed that it would reduce the threat of another attack on US soil, and that it would enable the US to bring to justice Osama bin Laden and others responsible for the attacks. Once the Taliban fell, the war was touted as a success. However, while public attention shifted to the war in Iraq, the conflict in Afghanistan entered a new phase of violence and decay.

Change in America Gives Hope to One who has been Hurt by U.S. Policies

A letter from brother of Guantanamo detainee expresses hope and joy for America after presidential election.

On Anniversary Of Bombing Afghanistan, We Need A Surge In Diplomacy

The day we started bombing Afghanistan, was another family's 9/11, a day when something fell out of the sky and crushed their innocent loved ones whose only crime was to be at the wrong place at the wrong time...

Sign the Letter of Support for LaOnf

Today in Iraq, there is a growing movement of citizens pursuing an end to violence, occupation and corruption through nonviolent means. LaOnf is a network of Iraqi organizations and individuals, from all religious and ethnic groups, with different ideological and political backgrounds, who have joined together to promote nonviolence as the most effective way to struggle for an independent, democratic, and peaceful Iraq.

PT Members interviewed on Democracy Now on the 7th Anniversary of 9-11.

In two separate segments on Democracy Now, Amy Goodman interviews Terry Rockefeller, just returned from her second trip to Iraq where she met members of a new Iraqi peace group called "LaOnf," and Rita Lasar, who went to Afghanistan a few months after losing her brother Abe in the World Trade Center attacks...

In Pursuit of Justice: Prosecuting Terrorism Cases in the Federal Courts

Some critics have argued that federal criminal courts are simply not equipped to handle the challenges posed by international terrorism cases. Some endorse the use of the military commissions or creating “national security courts,” or detention without charges or trials.

Human Rights First holds that the federal criminal courts offer the best line of judicial defense against extremist terrorism.


Events

Peaceful Tomorrows Brochure [pdf]
"What's Next?" Resources for Action [pdf]
Afghan Portraits of Grief [pdf]
Steps to PeaceStreaming Video [15 mins]
Steps to Peace Song, by Derrill Bodley [mp3]
Art of Being Kind by Kristina Olsen Tynes[mp3]
 

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