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| OBAMA'S HOMETOWN KICKS OFF "CAMP HOPE" | Sub-freezing temperatures and a brisk wind did not darken the day in Drexel Park for the kick off of Camp Hope, an 18-day vigil just down the street from Barrack Obama's home on Chicago's south side |
| Criminal on Wheels? | The officer who was taking the lead yelled at the youth in a commanding voice: “get off the bike, get OFF the bikes!” |
| Shoes Thrown in Iraq | an essay from Middle East coordinator for Direct Aid Iraq, Najlaa Al-Nashi |
| Refugee Narratives: A reflection by Cathy Breen | I arrived four days ago from the Middle East and find myself caught as it were between two worlds. |
| Camp Hope - Countdown to Change | A presence in Hyde Park January 1st-19th, 2009 |
| Resettling by Cathy Breen | I learned that among the things he was forced to leave behind was a large feather pillow his mother had made about seventy years ago. |
| 8 Arrested in Kansas Protesting Hawgsmoke 2008 | The heartland says no to biennial war making competition. |
| Report on La’Onf #2: Highlights of Day One of the Week of Nonviolence | The La'Onf Iraqi Nonviolence Group initiated its third annual Week of Nonviolence on Saturday, October 11, 2008. |
| Report on LaOnf #1: The Week of Nonviolence has begun in Iraq | A Letter from Terry Rockefeller from September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows |
| Recipients of the 2008 WNPJ Peacemaker and Lifetime Achievement Awards: | several Witness Against War participants recieve award from WNPJ |
| Support LaOnf Week of Nonviolence | Organize Solidarity actions for week of nonviolence in Iraq |
| Update from Cathy Breen | I wasn't prepared for the extent of impoverishment I would see in Syria |
| Building Peace in Iraq | David Smith-Ferri writes about Direct Aid Iraq |
| Walk Blog: from Josh Brollier: Of the RNC, the Presidential Race, and “American Exceptionalism” | ...resonated with the words of Eugene Debs; "I have no country to fight for, my country is the earth, I am a citizen of the world." |
| Veterans for Peace march ends in 9 arrests in civil disobedience at RNC | Veterans for Peace march ends in 9 arrests in civil disobedience at RNC |
| Witness Against War walks 500th mile in to St. Paul | at Vets for Peace March, walkers prevented from dialoging with RNC attendees |
| Walk Blog: Walking against war in God's country | Bill Christofferson write about the final week of the Witness Against War walk |
| To Witness Against War -and Vårberg Violence... | "Whatever polished ideals and brave ideologies I may have to claim for my pro-peace/anti-war stand on Iraq they would still only make a skeleton image of the very human face to war. To suffering." |
| Peace Pirates | Cathy Breen writes from Amman, Jordan |
| Fort McCoy: Concerts and Patriotic Encounters | Reflections on the August weekend at Fort McCoy |
| Walking with War On Our Mind | Gene Stoltzfus reflects on his participation in Witness Against War. |
| Walking as Healing | Josh Brollier reflects on his time on Witness Against War |
| VIDEO: Witness Against War -Fort McCoy | On Sunday, August 10th, Members of Witness against War walk from Chicago to St. Paul attempted to enter the base and have conversations with soldiers. 13 were arrested. |
| Walk Blog: Josh Brollier, Civil Disobedience a Success? | Josh Brollier writes about the non-violent act of civil resistance at Ft McCoy |
| Letter from Cathy Breen: "How can the walls ever come down?" | An Iraqi friend told me recently that the lack of electricity and jobs continue to fan the fires of anger and resistance. "Violence would decrease 50%" he said "if there were electricity." |
| My visit to Ft. McCoy with Witness Against War | Iraq Veterans Against the War member Todd E. Dennis writes about the action at Fort McCoy |
| Closed Navy "Nuclear War Trigger" Still Casting Long Shadow | Arrest warrants issued for charges a decade old |
| 13 Arrested at Fort McCoy for Opposing Iraq War | Arrests at Fort McCoy Wisconsin on August 10 |
| The Big Voice | Our "Witness Against War" walk is in Wisconsin, traversing traditional land of the Ho- Chunk Nation, also known in English translation as "People of the Big Voice." |
| PHOTOS: Witness Against War, Aug 3-6 | |
| Walk Blog: Alice Gerard (Baraboo to Reedsburg) | |
| AUDIO: Kathy Kelly interview with The Progressive | |
| Walk Blog: Alice Gerard (Lake Mills to Cottage Grove) | "That is what this walk is about… talking, listening, and making connections." |
| Letter from Cathy Breen | "Despite the Iraqi government’s current campaign to get Iraqis to return to their country, no Iraqi here that I’ve spoken with is willing to return." |
| Walk Blog: Josh Brollier, from Baraboo to Reedsburg | "Maybe we do not need to wait on iconic figures or saints. Maybe it is time that ordinary people everywhere stood up and resisted this current incarnation of oppression." |
| Walk Blog: Visit to Governor Doyle's office (Madison, WI) | delivery of a letter to Governor Doyle |
| VIDEO: Witness Against War from Cottage Grove to Madison | 3 short videos of the walk |
| Pictures From Summer Camp | Joel Gulledge attacked by Israeli settler while escorting children to summer camp |
| Letter from Cathy Breen | What would you do if your child was kidnapped? |
| Walk Blog: Josh Brollier, July 25 | Josh Brollier write from Lake Mills, Wisconsin |
| Witness Against War Photos: 2 Days in Milwaukee | photos by Susan Ruggles |
| What a wonderful WAW-walk (Waukesha to Sullivan) | Heléne Hedberg contributes by writing a poem on the adventures along the walk |
| Walk Blog: Walking across Wisconsin, witnessing against war | Bill Christofferson joined the walk and wrote and took photos |
| Walk Blog: Dan Pearson, July 21 | Witness against war: from Oak Creek to Milwaukee |
| Walk Blog: Alice Gerard, July 20 | Witness against war: Art and Action from Racine onto Milwaukee |
| Photos of Witness Against War by Leah Patriarco | Photos of the first week of the walk |
| Walk Blog: Kathy Kelly, July 14 | Signs of hope in a collective witness against war |
| War and Memory | Karl Meyer answer the question; why go on foot to the Republican National Convention? |
| Walking 400+ Miles to Republican Convention to Protest Illegal Deployment, Illegal War | Meg White writes about the Witness Against War walk to the Republican Convention |
| Cold Shoulders | In Amman, Jordan, Kathy regularly visited the family of Umm Hamdi |
