Peaceful Tomorrows report, "Afghanistan: Ending a Failed Military Strategy" presented to Senators Kennedy and Kerry.

On Wednesday, December 17, members of a number of organizations opposed to the military strategy in Afghanistan met in the offices of Senators John Kerry and Edward Kennedy to present the Peaceful Tomorrows report, "Afghanistan: Ending a Failed Military Strategy."

Peaceful Tomorrows Campaign to Close Guantanamo

President-elect Obama has said he will close Guantanamo. This is commendable, but as yet there is no indication how or when this will be accomplished. Those of us who realize the extreme damage Guantanamo has done to our country will be surprised to learn that a November 2008 poll finds 49% of US voters in favor of keeping it open. The numbers are dropping (the July poll found 56% in favor) but it will take a concerted public effort to push the administration into keeping Obama's vow and going further to restore our moral and ethical standing by abolishing torture by any name, black sites and extraordinary rendition. The current detainees must be dealt with justly. We must restore honor in the first days of the new government

"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.

Attacks in Mumbai

It 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.



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...