Zimbabwe

Peace News: Summer 2008

Posted July 29th, 2008 by FOR
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[Iraqi boys giving peace sign, by Christian Briggs]
Iraqi boys outside the Amiriya bomb shelter memorial in Baghdad. Christiaan Briggs, 2003.

We may be feeling the summer doldrums, but they won't last for long. FOR is currently ramping up for our 4th annual Festival of Peace on September 14th, and also preparing to organize a series of local solidarity events in support of the Iraqi Week of Nonviolence in the Fall.

  1. LaOnf: saying no to violence in Iraq
  2. Fourth annual Festival of Peace
  3. Hope for Zimbabwe
  4. Witness: summer member newsletter
  5. Program updates
  6. Upcoming events

Hope for Zimbabwe

Posted July 23rd, 2008 by Ethan Vesely-Flad
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The news from Zimbabwe, for the first time in many months, offers a modicum of hope. This week we heard that the ruling Zanu-PF party, led by Robert Mugabe, had provisionally agreed to a power-sharing proposal that would bring the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by Morgan Tsvingarai, into the government. This is a very shaky moment, with many opportunities for violence or other obstacles to emerge.

Ask Congress to work for peace in Zimbabwe

Posted June 27th, 2008 by Ruby Sinreich
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In addition to the request we posted earlier calling on African leaders to save Zimbabwe from Robert Mugabe, we also invite you to send an e-mail to your U.S. Senators urging congressional action for peace and the restoration of democracy.

Here is the letter we hope you will send:

Online resources

Posted June 26th, 2008 by Ruby Sinreich
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Some informative resources for understanding the situation in Zimbabwe, please add more links in the comments.

 

Action for Zimbabwe

Posted June 26th, 2008 by Ruby Sinreich
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Mbeki No doubt you have been hearing about the violence in Zimbabwe which seems designed to thart a democratic electoral threat to dictator Robert Mugabe. FOR-USA has strongly expressed our support and solidarity with FOR-Zimbabwe, but there is more we can do to help.

Click here to sign the AVAAZ petition urgng African leaders to take the initiative to restore peace and justice in Zimbabwe.

Supporting FOR-Zimbabwe in this time of political crisis

Posted June 24th, 2008 by Ethan Vesely-Flad
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From Friday through Sunday, June 20-22, 2008, the National Council (governing board) and national staff of the U.S. Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR-USA), held its semi-annual meeting in Nyack, New York. In response to the deepening political crisis in Zimbabwe and a call from FOR-Zimbabwe for support, FOR-USA issued the following statement by unanimous acclamation:

The continuing crisis in Zimbabwe: two calls for support

Posted June 5th, 2008 by Ethan Vesely-Flad
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The news from Zimbabwe over the past several weeks has been deeply disturbing to all those who care about human rights and democratic elections. Today's international media reported the arrest yesterday of the opposition presidential candidate, Morgan Tsvangarai, who is trying for the third time to achieve victory over President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, which has ruled Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980.

As someone who has traveled to Zimbabwe, a spectacularly beautiful country with a highly-educated population, and been blessed to know many people from that nation, I have personally felt incredible pain and sadness at the reports I have been reading. I know many Zimbabweans who have left the country in recent years, mostly black, and have heard their stories of the economic despair in the country as well as the political repression that has increased each year.

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