by Nada Khader | Jun 28, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
I was in 5th grade when I learned about the Trail of Tears and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Native Americans. I’m not sure what Mrs. Gary, my teacher, expected us to think or feel – but the lessons I learned were about unthinkable horror,...
by Nada Khader | Jun 28, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Thank you very much to all those that signed the statement. It’s a really great list of 153 signatories from 24 different countries! The final statement and list of signatories is below and...
by Nada Khader | Jun 28, 2013 | Communities & Focus Areas, Movement Building
David Bromwich London Review of Books July 4, 2013 Most Americans who know anything about the National Security Agency probably got their mental picture of it from a 1998 thriller called Enemy of the State. A lawyer (Will Smith), swept up by mistake into the system of...
by Nada Khader | Jun 26, 2013 | Blogs, Director's Blog
Dear WESPAC Friends, Yesterday, President Obama announced he will ask the State Department to deny the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline if it is shown that it will lead to a “net increase in greenhouse gas emissions”. Some feel this leaves the door...