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Let’s hit the streets!
I didn’t attend my first protest (that I remember, at least) until I was in my late teens or early twenties. It wasn’t that my
Make friends with your neighbors
At the end of a trip to the border, many visitors ask: “what can we do now?” or “how can we help?” “I don’t have
The judicial war on solidarity
Independent border monitoring is under attack. The ongoing prosecution of two outspoken critics of border violence in Greece illustrates how the law is a crucial part of the border regime.
A week of dead ends
This week, a colleague and I travelled to Samos to monitor the trials of eleven defendants charged under smuggling laws. This systematic prosecution of people
“Families should never have to live in fear”: Hebron neighborhoods raided and emptied as CPT team stays with community
HEBRON, Occupied West Bank — Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ operation now underway in Hebron/al-Khalil. Soldiers are raiding homes and ordering
Bring the peace!
Every other week, some of us here at CPT meet to discuss what the upcoming months will look like: organizing public events, planning anniversaries, discussing
How settlers reimagine Hebron’s history
Every Saturday, Israeli settlers tour the Old City of al-Khalil – also known as Hebron – under military protection. A selective history attempts to justify such action as an act of return, while Palestinians are pushed from their own neighborhoods.
Dreaming under occupation
Having dreams and hopes for the future can be very difficult in Palestine. This is not by accident. The occupation creates a situation so unbearable
River Run builds momentum to protect land and water
On 23 September, members of Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) and Wabaseemoong (White Dog First Nation) led 9,000 people in a march through the
Sand in the gears
In Chicago, Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts daily raids. Guided by his time in Occupied Palestine, Mark Frey reflects on how we can all be sand in authoritarianism’s gears.
Shoulder to shoulder
Every year, human rights defenders in Colombia are honored through the National Human Rights Prize presented by Diakonia and ACT Church of Sweden, with support
Thoughts on a delegation week in Lesvos, Greece
After hosting a delegation in Lesvos, CPT’s Aegean Migrant Solidarity team had some time to reflect on the importance of keeping memory alive at Europe’s borders.
Stop the prosecution of Tommy Olsen and Panayiotis Dimitras
While pushbacks continue in the Aegean, the Greek justice system is putting on trial those who document and report them.
When children run
In most places, children running signals joy. Here in occupied Palestine, it is often a sign that the army is nearby. This sight is common
A theology of migration
On August 15, the second annual Friends Across Borders run took place in Douglas, AZ, and Agua Prieta, Sonora. People gathered on both sides of
What has CPT accomplished?
I often get asked, “What has CPT accomplished?” This is a fair question as we celebrate forty years, especially when most organisations measure their work
Travelling doesn’t erase home
What if the most painful displacement is not leaving home, but returning to discover that the place you love is slowly being made to forget you?
And then, hope
If there is one comic strip I remember from childhood, it is the one of Mafalda giving an aspirin to the globe after watching the
Walls
After a CPT delegation in the US-Mexico Borderlands, David Leaman joined our team in Palestine. In both places, he came across oppressive dividing walls. Here, he reflects on their role as colonial tools, and the common call of CPT in different parts of the world to dissolve them.
Speaking Back to Empire: Join Us for Peace Sunday
Across North America and the world, we are seeing a frightening rise in authoritarian governments. In the United States, ICE is tyrannising communities by kidnapping,
Mark Carney hosts a Summit of Environmental Destruction
Next week Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, is inviting the global elite to descend on Toronto for the inaugural “Canada Investment Summit”. Over 100 global
Beautiful Resistance in Zqaq El-Dah
On Zqaq El-Dah street, examples of beautiful resistance abound. Maggie Hindley introduces us to the people of Hebron’s Old City.
Between checkpoints and classrooms
As checkpoints, military restrictions, settler violence and war disrupt Palestinian children’s education, students, teachers and families describe the daily struggle to learn—and resist—under occupation.
Stories of Peacemaking
This year, CPT celebrates its 40th anniversary. Through that time, we’ve shared moments of joy, grief, and everything in between. On 26 September, we’ll be