Ask your Members of Congress to urge the State Department to firmly appeal to the Israeli government to stop demolishing Palestinian property. Ask Congress to insist that U.S. military aid be conditioned on Israel’s compliance with U.S. law and policy, including respect for human rights.
As trade representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico meet today to begin renegotiations of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), we name areas of the agreement that need to be revised in order to be more equitable, inclusive and sustainable.
In a stunning turn of events, the Labour Party in the U.K., led by Jeremy Corbyn, defied expectations in a snap general election on June 8 and gained 30 seats in the House of Commons. The following article, published in the July-August 2017 issue of NewsNotes, examines Labour’s proposal for ownership reforms, which, if implemented, could…
President Trump’s new executive order on climate change is a big turn in the wrong direction. Call your Senators and join us at the People’s Climate March.
Learn how the new executive order affects U.S. efforts to address climate change and what can you do right now to protect the Earth.
from the Catholic Climate Covenant: Learn how to meet and communicate effectively with your legislator! Attend our free lobby day training the day before the People’s Cliamte March, Friday, April 28th starting at 9:00 am. Afterward, go meet with your members of Congress. The training is just a few blocks away from the Capitol. For more…
The executive orders of the initial days of the Trump administration are causing a mixture of fear, concern and uncertainty for many of the leaders and people of the US, Israel, the Moslem nations and most of the world.
Read and share Pope Francis’ World Day of Peace 2017 message available on or around December 8 at https://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/peace.index.html
Read about the on the Israel/Palestine conflict as both peoples remember the establishment of the state of Israel on the one hand and the Nakba (catastrophe) on the other.
The first Sunday of Advent 2015 falls just before the 35th anniversary of the martyrdom of the four North American churchwomen in El Salvador. This reflection is prepared by Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International and former director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
The six featured articles in this issue of Middle East Notes focus on the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) recent report on last summer’s fighting between Israel and Hamas, along with support and criticism of the report’s allegations, plus news about efforts to raise Israel’s human rights violations at the International Criminal Court, and the release of the U.S. State Department’s 2014 report on human rights.
All of the resources in the July-August 2015 NewsNotes relate to Laudato Si’, the encyclical released on June 18.
This issue of Encounters includes a report on Japan’s shifting economy, news about a Universal Basic Income, and the focus on building local food infrastructures of new farmers using sustainable farming methods, among other items.
The following article was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
Written by Gabriela Romeri (writer/editor with Revista Maryknoll), Chelsey Clammer and Rae Bryant, and published originally on The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review website.
The National Weekend of Prayer is a coalition of abolitionists and prayer leaders. The mission of the Weekend of Prayer is to mobilize prayer in the U.S. and to encourage awareness of the issue of human trafficking which is correctly called modern day slavery. Isaiah 61:1: “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on…
The December 4 typhoon that hit Mindanao is the latest indicator of the critical importance of addressing climate change.
Read previous weeks’ Middle East Notes here Please note: Opinions expressed in the following articles do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. Also, starting this week, Middle East Notes will publish every other week. See you on December 20. Graphic of the Holy Family at the separation wall by…
