February 2010

This is Why Life is Hell

For Whom the Bell Tolls

 

It was a quiet gathering — except for the constant tolling of a church bell.

The bell, which sat on the top of the United Methodist Church in Corvalis, WA church’s front staircase, sounded exactly 999 times Sunday, February 21, 2010 to mark the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Not in Our Name

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."  Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Voices in Wartime Preview

British Poet Laureate Writes Questions

Big Ask

Carol Ann Duffy
(In memory of Adrian Mitchell)

What was it Sisyphus pushed up the hill?
I wouldn't call it a rock.
Will you solemnly swear on the Bible?
I couldn't swear on a book.
With which piece did you capture the castle?
I shouldn't hazard a rook.

A Soldier's Poem For His Comrades

 

Sunset Vigil

Staff Sergeant Andrew McFarland

 

The news is spread far and wide
Another comrade has sadly died
A sunset vigil upon the sand
As a soldier leaves this foreign land

Peter Roscoe (American)

For a Moment, Freedom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peqhu7STxiM

U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan Week of February 1, 2010

The Impact of War on Women and Children

Photo by Abdi Sami

As an Iranian witness and civilian victim of the bloody war between Iran and Iraq in 80s and as a Peace advocator, during these days of Iranian nuclear spotlight and a possibility of another war in my region, I try to learn more about the impact of war on human health and environment.

The World’s Children Speak of Peace

 Is it not worth working for?

Voices of Human Rights in Iran. The Persian version of "Imagine".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeohJ9qKhhY&feature=related

Magic Not Needed to Bring about Change

U.S. Fatalities in Afghanistan - Week of January 24, 2010

 

In Memoriam


 

Total U.S. Fatalities

Operation Iraqi Freedom: 4,361

Operation Enduring Freedom: 963 

1.03 million Iraqis are believed to have died since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Opinion Research Business, London England


The Elders and the Youth