H. PATRICIA HYNES, 11/11/2019 Watching Londoners reveling in the streets on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, the war critic and pacifist Bertrand Russell commented that people had cheered for war, then cheered for peace…
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H Patricia Hynes Originally published in The Montague Reporter, October 31, 2019 Last summer I saw a young man standing by a large dusty gray turtle on the Turners Falls bike path, shielding this fellow…
“There were many trails of tears all over North America of indigenous peoples who were forcibly removed by government forces. The indigenous peoples who are making their way up from the southern hemisphere are a…
By Suzanne Carlson, 9/20/19 Thirty-five years ago I walked across the country – all but 6 weeks of the 7-month Walk for the Earth 1984 from Pt. Reyes National Seashore (CA) to Washington DC. Everywhere…
By ANNA GYORGY Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder 9/16/2019 1:20:34 PM Two lives are remembered in the pages of local and national newspapers. How differently they lived and led, and impacted the world they…
By Pat Hynes Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder: 9/3/2019 9:05:19 AM In early 2019, the White House threatened to invade Venezuela, take down the government and replace it with their choice of president and…
Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder. Published: 8/12/2019 2:00:15 AM Like 1,000 paper cranes being folded to commemorate the prayers of Hiroshima children for peace, the 100 paperback books that are flying into the hands…
By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN, Staff Writer Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder Published: 8/27/2019 5:59:23 PM NORTHAMPTON — Legendary anti-war activist and longtime city resident Frances Crowe died on Tuesday morning at the age of 100….
Children in Sierra Leone hold books they were given by the Greenfield-based Traprock Center for Peace & Justice. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Published: 8/12/2019 2:00:15 AM By Richie Davis. Originally published in the Greenfield Recorder. Like 1,000…
Originally published on August 7, 2019 in the Greenfield Recorder. Venerable Brother Towbee Keyes, Venerable Brother Gyoway Kato and Sister Clare Carter, from the New England Peace Pagoda, offer chants and prayers as people gather…