Should you be afraid of the fascists in your community?
“I get accused of “being over-the-top” and using hyperbole by conservative friends and acquaintances with increasing frequency. This is caused, …” Author: Wim Laven Published in: Sierra County California Prospect, Covering Lines, Smirking Chimp, Berlin New Hampshire Daily Sun, Common Dreams, Boulder Colorado Weekly, Middletown Pennsylvania Press & Journal, Sumter South Carolina Item, Bainbridge Island […]
An Open Letter to Venango County Court
“My friend and his family are people of color, innocent, American, and just a family…” Author: Wim Laven Published in: Sierra County California Prospect, North Ogden Utah Sentinel News, Counterpunch Date: 2019, August 2, 4, 9 1106 words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
What Makes America Great?
“On Saturday January 18th, 2019 during the Indigenous People’s March in Washington D.C. Nathan Phillips showed what makes America great…” Wim Laven Published in: Superior Telegram, Bainbridge Island Review, Gilmer Free Press, Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, The Sunburg News, Sentinel News, Brewminate Date: January 21,22,24,29,2019 1072 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
No More Whitewashing Hate
“Pro-Trump extremist Cesar Sayoc was arrested and charged last Friday (10/26) for mailing multiple pipe bombs. The apparent motive for the crime: politics. Saturday (10/27), Robert Bowers was arrested for murdering 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburg PA, he gunned them down yelling “All Jews must die!” during Sabbath. Among his […]
How to respond when someone uses a vehicle as a weapon of terror
“The use of vehicles as weapons to kill civilians has sparked global fear and attention. Such attacks can be carried out in any populated area, against any random group of people…” Patrick T. Hiller Published in: World Beyond War, The Sentinel-Progress, Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, The PeaceWorker Date: November 4,8,10,12,15,2017 885 Words For the full […]
Farewell, Steve Bannon
“Steve Bannon’s rise to fame and (some) power was at least as much the product of the media as of his intellect. He proffered various cockamamie ideas about the Deep State…” Mel Gurtov Published in: Lahaina News, Satish Sharma Blog, Sierra County Prospect, LA Progressive, Counterpunch Bainbridge Island Review, Mel Gurtov Blog Date: August 23,24,31,2017 […]
Facing History In the Age of Trump
so achieves nothing beyond a fleeting sense of satisfaction…” Robert C. Koehler Published in: Common Dreams, Free Press, Tribune Content Agency, Sierra County Prospect, Counterpunch, Huffington Post, LA Progressive, Common Wonders, Newberry Observer, Truthout, The Raven Foundation, Bainbridge Island Review, The Smirking Chimp, News.Co, Grassroots Press Date: August 23,24,25,29,30,2017 975 Words For the full article: […]
Radical Love
“I used to think of love as a side dish to social political change – the green beans next to the meat and potatoes of power and struggle.” Rivera Sun Published in: Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, The Tomahawk, Transcend Media Service, LA Progressive, The Johnstown Breeze, Gilmer Free Press, Rivera Sun’s Blog, Kankakee Valley Post […]
Trump’s America—and Ours
“Abraham Lincoln once said: “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.” Donald J. Trump’s Inaugural…” Mel Gurtov Published in: Counterpunch, Mel Gurtov Blog, Gilmer Free Press, Lahaina News, Sierra County Prospect, Southern Rhode Island Newspapers, The Sunbury News, Gulf […]
Countering Hate and Discrimination
“Many people in the United States are expressing concern over the rise of hatred, hate crimes, bigotry, racism, sexism, and Islamophobia…” Rivera Sun Published in: Counterpunch, Gilmer Free Press Date: November 27,2016 839 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Let us build bridges
AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT. Copy and use freely. Please help PeaceVoice by notifying us when you use this piece: PeaceVoiceDirector@gmail.com “At times of increased tension, both ISIL and racists in the west are taking a similar path to polarize the public. I’d propose an alternative approach to avoid a bleak future with limited civil liberties.” Author: […]