General News
Iran a U.S. Ally? Who Would Have Thunk It?
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It’s crucial to understand the role of myth in political life. It’s equally crucial to see that political myths can change surprisingly quickly.
Culture
Stop Drone Warfare
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Stopping Drone Warfare is just one of the campaigns sponsored by Tikkun and the Network of Spiritual Progressives. But we are one voice that is not just against! Unlike many voices in the progressive world that know what they are against but rarely put forward what they are for, we have a positive vision and a plan.
General News
Q & A with Coleen Rowley, F.B.I. Whistleblower: Part One
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Arguably were it not for former F.B.I. agent Coleen Rowley, one of Time Magazine’s 2002 Persons of the Year, the American people would never have known that 9/11 may have been prevented. In a far-ranging interview with Tikkun Daily, the famed whistleblower shares her views on government service and a host of other issues.
art
The Art of Revolution: The War on Irrational Fear
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What if the War on Terror is like using dynamite to eradicate the family of mice living in your walls? A recently launched campaign, The War on Irrational Fear, doubts that the actual threat of terror warrants the massive public expenditures and suspended articles of the constitution that it results in today.
War & Peace
A Return to the Draft? Or an End to War? (UPDATED: See Below)
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An important debate on the U.S. military and war: How can we stop spinning our national wheel in the mud of war and aggression?
War & Peace
Let Them Be Slaughtered?
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The Central African Republic might be on the brink of genocide. We need to reform the for-pay U.S. military enlistment system to meet international moral challenges such as these.
Culture
NSP's Global Marshall Plan: Moving Forward!
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Congressman Keith Ellison, who represents Minneapolis/St Paul in the U.S. House of Representatives, introduced a resolution in effect endorsing the NSP version of a Global Marshall Plan into the House of Representatives as H Res 439.
Culture
Reflections on Madiba: Nelson Mandela and the Power of Dignity
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Sunday, December 8, 2013 was a day of reflection upon the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of South Africa who died December 5, 2013 at age 95. As I reflect upon the meaning of this extraordinary life, I return again and again to his dignity and to the power this sense of self bestowed upon him, even before the South African people elected him to lead them.
Healing Israel/Palestine
Nelson Mandela: A Jewish Perspective
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Jews love and loved Nelson Mandela. He inspired us with his insistence that the old regime of apartheid would crumble more quickly and fully when faced with revolutionary love and compassion than when faced with anger and violence. Mandela also challenged us to think deeply about whether the current situation in Israel/Palestine reflects the ethic of compassion that is so central to Judaism.
Inter-Culturalism
Why Mandela Forgave the Butchers
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Back in the early 1960s, black South African lawyer and activist Oliver Tambo was asked to describe a colleague who had just gone to prison for resisting white minority rule in that country. He replied that this man is “passionate, emotional, sensitive, quickly stung to bitterness and retaliation by insult and patronage.” Tambo was talking about his law-firm partner, Nelson Mandela – remembered today for his grace, humor, and empathy, as well as his remarkable courage and leadership. What happened to Mandela in prison, what changed him so radically, is still a bit of mystery in my mind. He was often asked about a slice of this question – how he let go of the anger he felt specifically toward whites – and his responses were usually of a fairly standard therapeutic variety.