KABUL.- Desde 2009, Voices for Creative Nonviolence ha mantenido un sombrío historial que llamamos “Actualización de las atrocidades en Afganistán”, que da las fechas, lugares, número y nombres de civiles afganos muertos a manos de las fuerzas de la OTAN. Incluso con detalles extraídos de las noticias, esos datos no pueden hacer otra cosa que [...]

Nos enseña Michel Foucault en sus cursos de los años 70 que es necesario distinguir entre dos formas de dominio de las poblaciones: la disciplina y el control. La disciplina pretende normalizar a los individuos de tal modo que su conducta sea previsible y “normal”. Lo consigue mediante aparatos como la cárcel, la escuela, el [...]

KABUL—Since 2009, Voices for Creative Nonviolence has maintained a grim record we call the “The Afghan Atrocities Update” which gives the dates, locations, numbers and names of Afghan civilians killed by NATO forces.  Even with details culled from news reports, these data can’t help but merge into one large statistic, something about terrible pain that’s [...]

Let’s all work together to stop terrorism! The Palm Beach County, Fla. Sheriff’s Office has a new video out urging local citizens to call them if something smells bad or seems a little weird, like, oh, a tourist is taking a picture of a bridge but there’s no one in the foreground — no spouse, no [...]

Contrariamente a lo que afirman fanáticos como Bill Maher, los musulmanes no son más violentos que la gente de otras religiones. Las tasas de asesinatos en la mayor parte del mundo musulmán son muy bajas en comparación con EE.UU.

Contrary to what is alleged by bigots like Bill Maher, Muslims are not more violent than people of other religions. Murder rates in most of the Muslim world are very low compared to the United States.

The horrific bombings of the Boston Marathon produced inspiring images of a spirited, brave Boston refusing to be cowed. Some spectators surged forward toward the danger to apply tourniquets, offer first aid, share blankets, and later to give blood, for the victims.

August 2013 represents the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. Publicly associated with Dr. King’s famous “I have a Dream” speech, this march brought more than 250,000 people to Washington, DC to demand freedom and jobs. Initiated by Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters President A. Philip Randolph, this became a joint project with [...]

If, as Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, “the degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons” then we are a nation of barbarians. Our vast network of federal and state prisons, with some 2.3 million inmates, rivals the gulags of totalitarian states. Once you disappear behind prison walls you become prey. Rape. [...]

On Saturday, March 9, New York City police officers shot and killed 16-year-old Kimani Gray in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. After those seven bullets hit him, he lay on the ground and cried out, “Please don’t let me die.” Please don’t let me die.