Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : War and peace issues

Dec. 5, 2011 issue

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  Photo by Claire Unruh/Bethel College

  Students protest military academy

  NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Eleven Bethel College students climbed on a charter bus at 10 p.m. Nov. 17, joining other students from Hesston College, McPherson College and Newman University in Wichita, as well as non-students.

  They made a long trek to Columbus, Ga., for the 21st annual vigil at the gates of Fort Benning, home of the U.S. Army School of the Americas.

Nov. 7, 2011 issue

• Peace lecturer questions assumptions about World War II

  BLUFFTON, Ohio — The necessity of World War II isn’t as clear cut as widely believed, Bluffton University’s Keeney Peace Lecturer told a campus audience Oct. 25.

Oct. 3, 2011 issue

• Brainwashed by the military?

  At the Mennonite Church USA convention in Pittsburgh this summer I led three sessions on “Options After High School,” two for high school youth and one for sponsors. I mentioned in the session description that military recruitment would be part of the presentation.

Sept. 19, 2011 issue

• Our world needs fewer bombs, more ice cream

  PHILADELPHIA — On the eve of Sept. 11, a peace activist and an entrepreneur helped us reflect on our post-9/11 world and imagine a better reality — one with fewer bombs and more ice cream.

Sept. 5, 2011 issue

• Challenge, affirmation in decade after 9/11

  “9/11 changed everything” is a mantra for many, especially in the United States. The terrorist attacks had lasting impacts for many around the world, though some Mennonite organizations found Sept. 11, 2001, fundamentally affirmed strategies they already were using.

• Churches to mark 9/11 anniversary with peace witness

  Staff at Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Ariz., plan worship services far in advance.

Aug. 8, 2011 issue

• Paraguay proposes new alternative service program

  Mennonites in Paraguay are facing changes in the national system of military conscription and alternative service. At stake is the foundation of Mennonite relationships with the government.

May 16, 2011 issue

• Fuel for extremism is beyond bin Laden, EMU prof says

  HARRISONBURG, Va. — Pakistan-based graduates of Eastern Mennonite University say U.S. military policy in their country has fed extremism and that, sadly, such extremism may not subside with the death of Osama bin Laden.

May 9, 2011 issue

• No peace in cycle of retaliation

  The celebration that followed the killing of Osama bin Laden is both expected and understandable. It is also troubling.

March 14, 2011 issue

• Mideast’s nonviolent change

  Those of us who believe in nonviolent social change have eagerly watched people in North Africa and the Middle East using nonviolent tactics to depose or challenge dictators over the last few weeks.

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