Jim Douglass’ new book, ‘Gandhi and the Unspeakable’ by John Dear SJ National Catholic Reporter February 3-16, 2012 On the Road to Peace Jim Douglass is one of the world’s great teachers, theologians and practitioners of Christian nonviolence. I regularly return for inspiration to his classic works The Nonviolent Cross, Resistance and Contemplation and Lightning…
John Judge, Executive Director of COPA has been invited to address these students in early March. Brattleboro students learn from JFK investigators Feb 14, 2012 8:59 PM By Adam Sullivan – WCAX.com Students in Brattleboro [VT] are learning about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy from those close to the tragedy and the investigation.…
Some interesting details. For an excellent summary of what Sims and Boyd heard Oswald say during his captivity, see “The Last Words of lee Harvey Oswald” by Mae Brussell in People’s Almanac #2. She reconstructs his interrogation and statements from both press interviews where he was present and the statements of others about what he…
Long-Secret Fallout Shelter Was a Cold War Camelot October 1, 2011 New York Times By LIZETTE ALVAREZ PEANUT ISLAND, Fla. — A nuclear bomb shelter was a must-have in the 1950s and ’60s. Magazines displayed backyard do-it-yourself versions. Castro Convertibles pitched its foldaway “jet beds” as bunker-ready. And a pair of publicity-savvy newlyweds actually spent…
First you assassinate the person, then you assassinate his character. Yet another contribution to the uninformed drivel that is fit to print in the “newspaper of record” about President Kennedy and his assassination. Only someone so out of touch with the facts of history and the murder of the president could write so arrogantly about…
Hardly a dead issue where the public is concerned, with or without mainstream press coverage. Kennedy assassination tapes a hit on FDsys site By William Jackson Feb 07, 2012 The Government Printing Office’s online site for official government documents received a record number of visitors after the Jan. 30 release of recordings of radio traffic…
One June 10, 1963, at the inauguration address to the graduating class of American University, President John F. Kennedy outlined his call for an end to the Cold War, a lasting peace and the end to the nuclear arms race and testing. This put him directly at odds with the hard-line Cold Warriors in the…
February 07, 2012 Democracy Now! February 07, 2012 “Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder”: New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Guevara’s Death Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith are the co-authors of a new book about the U.S. role in the killing of Cuban revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Born in Argentina…
College student uncovers tape of forgotten Malcolm X speech Recording of 1961 Brown University address sat in a box of mementos for decades msnbc.com news services updated 2/6/2012 4:31:45 AM ET PHOTO Image: Malcolm X at a rally in Washington, DC, in 1963 Hulton Archive via Getty Images, Malcolm X speaks at a rally in…
Averting the “Final Failure”: John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings Journal article by Jeffrey W. Taliaferro; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 34, 2004 [Excerpt] Averting the “Final Failure”: John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings. by Jeffrey W. Taliaferro Averting the “Final Failure”: John F. Kennedy and the Secret…
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