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landscape

Recognition of nonviolent peacemaking

In April 2009, I joined a CPT delegation to Iraqi Kurdistan. I was surprised by the lush green mountains in the spring, capped with snow

A broken window at the Emad Herbawi yogurt factory

It is genocide

It’s been 426 days since the systematic genocide of Palestinians in Gaza began, and it seems like the world is still debating whether it’s a

A bird sits on tree roots on a river

The poor pay the price of colonialism

I remember my first visit to the community of El Guayabo. We arrived on public transport speed boats that operate on the Magdalena River. I

a group of women walk in a line in a field

On-the-ground experiment in nonviolence

The work of international solidarity peacemaking is sometimes inaccessible. How does one contribute to the discourse and action for nonviolent change in a country that

Black and white image of people holding placards at a protest

Radical Love. Radical Resistance.

Solidarity does not necessarily need to be cohesive, but it is a movement of togetherness. It is a wave of inclusion that brings together our

Man holding a poster of Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo petro

Resist violence and imperialism

In the summer of 2018, I remember watching Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro livestream his arrival at an election event in the northern border city

Desecration

The resistance of being at the receiving end of the spear of extractive capitalism is what ties the experience of Indigenous peoples worldwide. In collusion

A vehicle with a bonnet open and a man standing beside it talking to a man on a motorcycle. The road is muddy with high embankments.

Saying farewell

I knew this day would come and it’s been on my mind for a long time. When you start something you inherently know that, logically,

A group poses for a portrait

Las Pavas receives land titles

The work of solidarity accompaniment is granular, detailed and calculated, often dealing with the immediate context while illumining the larger structural issues that create injustice and violence.

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