• New Print Newsletter May 2020

    The latest print edition of Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation’s newsletter, May 2020 “Pacific Call” is now available in pdf form. Click here to view. Contents include May 2, 2020, Spring Assembly information “Stop state budget cuts during coronavirus pandemic and focus on tax reform” an Op Ed by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility activists Mark Vossler, Max Savishinsky, and Stephen Bezruchka “COVID-19 lesson: The free market failed us. For this crisis and the next, we must manage our future better than we have our past.” by Stan Sorscher Two Poems by Larry Kerschner: “Arrested Development” and “Folks call me Moses” Newsletter articles can also be seen (some in longer versions) at our newsletter webpage, https://wwfor.org/category/the-pacific-call/ As always, events can…

  • New Print Newsletter March 2020

    The latest print edition of Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation’s newsletter, March 2020 “Pacific Call” is now available in pdf form. Click here to view. Articles include “Deployment of low-yield nuclear weapons lowers the threshold for war.”  by Bruce Amundson and Joseph Berkson “Stop the Economic Sanctions against Venezuela and Iran: Economic sanctions are violent bullying (even without bombing or sending troops)” by Glen Anderson “Voter Suppression in the USA” by John M Repp “This Is How Civilizations Collapse from Within” by Bruce Amundson The articles can also be seen (some in longer versions) at our newsletter webpage, https://wwfor.org/category/the-pacific-call/ As always, events can be seen on our calendar page, https://wwfor.org/calendar/  UNFORTUNATELY all events in the next few weeks have been…

  • U.S. Supreme Court v. Democracy

    by John M Repp A review of Thom Hartmann’s book The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America (Oakland: Berrett-Koehler, 2019) This short book in the Hidden History series was published in October 2019. The author, Thom Hartmann, is a progressive talk radio host who can be heard weekdays in the Seattle area on KBCS, 91.3 FM from 9 am to noon. Sadly, the political talk show radio format is dominated by right-wing hosts nine to one over progressive hosts, according to a page on the Center for American Progress website from 2007. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/general/reports/2007/06/20/3087/the-structural-imbalance-of-political-talk-radio/. I suspect the overwhelming dominance of conservative over progressive talk shows remains today. In the recent (late 2019) news coverage on the…

  • New Newsletter: Jan. 2020 Pacific Call

    The latest print edition of Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation’s newsletter, January 2020 “Pacific Call” is now available in pdf form. Click here to view. Articles include “N30: WTO Protests, 20 years later” by Stan Sorscher“Resolution from the People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons” Written up by Carly Brook“Many People Support The Abolition of Nuclear Weapons ” Testimony from the People’s Town hall on Nuclear Weapons “U.S. Supreme Court v. Democracy” by John M Repp A review of Thom Hartmann’s book The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America “Bolivia: US-backed Coup ” a leaflet from Veterans for Peace written by Kim Loftness The articles can also be seen (some in longer versions) at our newsletter…

  • print version newsletter Oct 2019 has been posted

    See https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/PacificCall1019.pdf for the latest print version of Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation’s newsletter Pacific Call. We Can Reverse Global Warming by John M Repp features a lovely picture of 2017 Mike Yarrow Peace Fellow Jamie Margolin alongside Greta Thunberg, both teenagers speaking out on Climate Change. Other articles by Pacific Call editor, John Repp, include Another Boeing Is Possible and Deep Cooperation Made Us Human .   Warheads to Windmills comes from a leaflet by the Seattle Anti-War Coaliton, as does the article Why are Central Americans  seeking asylum in the U.S.? A poem by Wesdon Nisly Chaos and Choice rounds out this issue. The articles can also be seen (some in longer versions) at our newsletter webpage, https://wwfor.org/category/the-pacific-call/…