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Wandering Star

They have stolen your smile and even your tears have sunk in the bitterness of your existence. You don’t understand the hatred, but the blood gushes out, leaving the rivers bitter red and dry of hope. You don’t understand so…

Latin America in front of the Palestinian Genocide

“It is not acceptable that the millions of people around the world who oppose the genocide and dispossession of the Palestinian people are powerless to stop the genocide. We can demand that the governments of Latin American countries withdraw their…

In war there are no winners

The testimony and message of an Israeli woman DEA is an Italian-Israeli citizen who has just fled Israel with her family. She has lived in Israel for twenty years. She wanted to give us her testimony and her appeal. Here…

Veterans For Peace responses to AARP’s contribution to war machine propaganda

Letter to AARP by Mike Ferner, Interim Director of Veterans For Peace, first published by World Beyond War Letter to the AARP: A friend forwarded to me a notice of your event planned for November 11, described in this poster.…

War, day 4 (life in Tel Aviv)

I walk through streets with few people, it’s four o’clock in the afternoon and very hot, but the intense humidity weighs most heavily. Suddenly there are alarms about a missile attack. I continue walking quietly, but I see people running…

What to do when societies become powerless in the face of the absurd?

For at least twenty years, the majority of the world’s population has lived in a state of growing anxiety in the face of the obvious inability of world leaders to agree on the immediate adoption of radical, although well-known and…

Rondine on the war in the Middle East

When a war breaks out it is as if a conversation, a journey were interrupted. At Rondine it is the discourse that addresses the conflict, it is the path that looks towards peace. In these tragic days in which war,…

Hamas’ Brutal Attack Could Have Been Avoided

I certainly join the voices of many leaders who condemned Hamas’ attack in the strongest terms. That said, I am not as surprised as many that this attack in fact has taken place and claimed the lives of so many…

War, Day 3

The streets of Tel Aviv remain empty, and stores are closed except for a few selling food… schools are suspended, the country remains in a state of emergency and under a declaration of war! There is disbelief among journalists and…

Anak Datu: Myth, Memory and History Interweaves and Stages a Tale for Peace

To hear the kulintang, gongs, and drums play is enough to connect you and me to our Muslim brothers and sisters living in Mindanao. To see and hear their heartfelt stories of what happened during the Mindanao war, in song…

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