"When I sit in jail thinking of war and peace and the problem of human freedom," Dorothy Day once wrote, "of jails, drug addiction, prostitution and the apathy of great…
Good evening and welcome everyone, and especially, a very happy birthday to our friend and special guest of honor, Dr. Paul Farmer. I went to college at Duke University with…
A Letter to President Elect Obama, Published in Tikkun magazine, January, 2009, by John Dear Thank you President Elect Obama, for writing of the audacity of hope. Now I urge…
A Persistent Peace Interview with John Dear By John Malkin Part 1 September, 2008 I submit that the only thing you can say for sure about Jesus is that he…
It was six o’clock on April 5th,1968, a Friday morning. My mother came into my room, shook me awake and said, “John, Martin Luther King has been killed. You have…
“Peace Activist Vows to Defy Court” “Antiwar Demonstrator Among Six Found Guilty for Protest at Sen. Pete Domenici’s Office” Santa Fe New Mexican, Friday, January 25, 2008 By Doug Mattson…
BY Archbishop Tutu Dr Leo Rebello, World Peace Envoy from Bombay, India and Dr Charles Mercieca, President of International Association of Educators for World Peace, USA have nominated the Reverend…
There were many consoling, inspiring, uplifting moments last Friday, October 26th, 2007, in Linz, Austria at the beatification of the anti-war hero Franz Jagerstatter. The resounding applause for his 94…
On Thursday, September 6th, 2007, six of us were found guilty in Federal court in Albuquerque, NM by a Federal judge for trying to visit the office of our senator.…
This week in Tucson, Arizona, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale, along with my Jesuit brother Steve Kelly, will stand trial. They're being tried on thin and haughty charges -- trespass and…