In Court for Protesting— The New Normal

It's Friday morning and I'm standing before the Federal Judge in D.C. Superior Court in Washington, D.C., another hearing for my recent protest and arrest during inauguration week. Another protest,…

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Shackles and Jail for Inauguration Week

On Tuesday, Jan. 17th, 18 of us climbed the steps of the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. to protest the death penalty. We unfurled a huge thirty-foot long banner…

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Taking a Stand at Standing Rock

Like millions of other concerned people, I've followed the standoff at the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota for months. The good people of Standing Rock, including the Dakota,…

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“The Peacemaking Life and Lessons of Daniel Berrigan”

(John Dear gave this talk at the Call to Action National Conference, in Albuquerque, NM, on November 12, 2016) Now that Donald Trump is going to be the president and…

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Politics of Nonviolence

What a summer! Like everyone else, I'm trying to make some sense of it, and figure out a thoughtful response. We've suffered through the mainstream media's non-stop broadcast of the…

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Albuquerque Forum on Gun Violence

(After Fr. John Dear's talk, a panel responded with there reflections, then questions from the audience. The Panel included a city council member; a state senator; the district attorney; the…

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John Dear Speaks on the Beatitudes and Gun Violence

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO (ANS - July 31, 2016) -- Father John Dear was recently in Albuquerque, New Mexico speaking at two different occasions on two separate topics, but with the…

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The Beatitudes of Peace

"The Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount are Jesus' blueprint for peace. I urge everyone to study John Dear's beautiful reflections and join his campaign of peace and nonviolence."…

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