Dear friends, 50,000 casualties. Millions of refugees. Democracy in retreat. That’s what experts fear could be the deadly cost of Putin’s senseless invasion of Ukraine. Efforts to prevent war have failed, but efforts to end it must succeed. Fast. Civilians are being killed right now because Putin believes the world is too divided to hold him to account. Let's show him he's wrong, with a massive, urgent open letter from people everywhere calling on governments to impose far-reaching … [Read more...]
Leymah Gbowee – WOMAN of ACTION™
April 3, 2013 by
A Celebration of Women™ is elated and deeply moved to Celebrate the Life of this wealth of spirit, working her courage through every fiber of her body, for the sake of women and girls' human rights through peace. Her mission of peace tells our world; "We are tired of war, we are tired of our children being raped, we are tired ... " WOMAN of ACTION™ Leymah Gbowee Leymah Roberta Gbowee (born 1 … [Read more...]
The Brookings Institute asks “End the War in Syria? How? When?”
August 20, 2012 by
“The beginning of wisdom,” a Chinese saying goes, “is to call things by their right names.” And the right name for what is happening in Syria — and has been for more than a year — is an all-out civil war. Syria is Lebanon of the 1970s and ’80s. It is Afghanistan, Congo or the Balkans of the 1990s. It is Iraq of 2005-2007. It is not an insurgency. It is not a rebellion. It is not Yemen. It is certainly not Egypt or Tunisia. It is important to accept this simple fact, because … [Read more...]
