A Quaker activist learns firstâhand about the medical costs of U.S. sanctions.
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An American Casualty of U.S. Economic Sanctions on Iran
David Hartsough is a Quaker from San Francisco, author of Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist, director of Peaceworkers, and co-founder of World Beyond War and Nonviolent Peaceforce.
For more info on the trip, see Code Pink's "Blogs from Iran." For more info on the effect of U.S. sanctions on Iran, see World Beyond War's "Iranian Sanctions: Iraq Redux?" and "Fear, Hate and Violence: The Human Cost of US Sanctions on Iran."
This article was originally printed online on April 12, 2019.
Posted in: Humor in Religion, Witness
Court Watch
FJ Poetry: âAll rise!â / Judge enters the court, robe trailing / Eyes downcast
Helen Fox lives in Bokeelia, Fla.
Posted in: February 2019, Poetry
Eleven Steps toward an Enduring World
A fiercely idealistic vision of a humanity cured of its addiction to violence and war.
Robert Dockhorn, a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., was trained as a European historian. He is a former administrator of Testimonies and Concerns programs for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and a former senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Features, February 2019
Asylum Seekers Need Action, Not Apathy
How do we respond to the unthinkable?
Janice Pulliam is a resident of Patagonia, Ariz., and a member of Athens (Ga.) Meeting. She is also a member of Voices from the Border, a southern Arizona nonprofit, grassroots community action alliance dedicated to promoting human rights and environmental justice. Learn more at facebook.com/voicesfromtheborder.
Posted in: Features, February 2019
Why I Got Arrested at the Border
A walk along the beachâand an interfaith plea for the soul of a nation.
Lucy Duncan is the director of Friends Relations at American Friends Service Committee. She is a settler, currently residing on unceded Lenni Lenape territory, a storyteller, and an anti-racist activist and teacher.
This article was first published on January 16, 2019 on Friendsjournal.org. It appears in the February 2019 print issue of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Features, February 2019Viewpoint: Jesus, Forgiveness, and Nonviolence
Nonviolence does not mean that we do not resist evil.
Marsha D. Holliday lives in Washington, D.C.
Posted in: February 2019, Viewpoint
Writing Opp: Friendly Competition? (deadline extended to Feb 25)
Learn more about writing for our May issue on competition.
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
Are We Ready to Make the Necessary Changes?
What barriers prevent a racially diverse Religious Society of Friends in the United States?
Vanessa Julye leads workshops, and speaks and writes articles on issues regarding racism. A member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting, who travels under a concern for addressing racism in Quakerism with a travel minute from her meeting, Vanessa is Friends General Conference's coordinator for the Ministry on Racism, Youth, and Institutional Assessment.
Posted in: Features, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
By Francisco CantĂș. Riverhead Books, 2018. 256 pages. $26/hardcover; $17/paperback (available February 2019); $12.99/eBook. Almost four years ago, I reviewed [âŠ]
David Austin is a member of Haddonfield (N.J.) Meeting. He lives in Marlton, N.J., where he teaches middle school world history. He is currently writing a book about the Holocaust for young adults.
Posted in: January 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
Civility Can Be Dangerous
In 1934, AFSC coâfounder Henry Cadbury advised Jewish rabbis to be gentler on Hitler. Is civility a substitute for morality?
Lucy Duncan is the director of Friends Relations at the American Friends Service Committee.
Posted in: Meetings and Money, Online Features
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April 2019
Features
Fox News: George Fox Speaking by Donald W. McCormick
Laughing for the Wary by Howard R. Macy
Finding Lightness in the Light by Kerry OâRegan
Satire, Peace, and the Mennonite Tradition by Andrew J. Bergman
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I Have Learned by Marion Goldstein
Blessing by Ken Gibble
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