The Place for Justice

Op Ed in the News and Observer by Jim & Barb Fyfe - We have watched the cases of the accused become clouded by secrecy and tainted by the last administration's disregard for the law. We, and many other 9/11 family members, support the Obama administration's decision to move these cases to federal courts where they can finally move forward instead of being caught up in the legal obstacles of the Guantanamo fiasco...

Iraqi Activist Accepts the FOR Prize

Members of Peaceful Tomorrows were delighted to join Abdulsattar Younus of the La’Onf Nonviolence Network at the Fellowship Of Reconcilliation ceremony.

Dear President Obama: Get Us out of Afghanistan

Voices of Peaceful Tomorrows by Rita Lasar
Dear President Obama, Let's get rid of the easy part first. I voted for you joyfully. Let's get to the hard part now. You are absolutely wrong about your policy in Afghanistan. Let me tell you why...

Courage of Conscience Speaking Tour

Israeli Yaniv Rashef was a foot soldier in a sabotage unit of the Israeli Army – and chose to fight no more. Palestinian Bassam Aramin served seven years in jail for planning an attack against Israeli soldiers – and chose no more violence. Two years ago, Bassam lost his daughter to an Israeli soldier’s rubber-coated bullet. They are Combatants for Peace, now over 600 former Israeli soldiers and former Palestinian fighters, working together without revenge to build justice, peace – and playgrounds...

The War on What, Now?

In her book, The Dark Side, Jane Mayer recounts how the so-called “War on Terror” quickly became a challenge to American values. Mayer states that when it came to “fighting to liberate the world from Communism, Fascism, and Nazism, and working to ameliorate global ignorance & poverty, America had done more than any nation on Earth in the name of human rights.” She claims that, in the past seven years, the country has moved further from that sentiment than it has during any point in history.

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."