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MOVEMENT UPDATE

Letter from the Coordinator

2008 January 28

2007 October 1

2007 July 12

2007 April 12

2007 January 10

2006 November 11

2006 August 29

2006 June 30

PARTNERS

Ecumenical consultation demarcates common ground for dialogue with Islam (2008.10.22)

3rd WFTL 2009: Forward a theological Forum in the Amazon Water-land (2008.10.21)

Oikotree ceremonial launch to be hosted by PfL (2008.10.17)

Engage the powers of destruction, churches urged by international feminist theologians (2008.08.18)

Seek spirituality that energizes and sustains justice movements (2008.05.26)

ECOT marks 25th year seeking to ‘transform, re-form tourism’ (2008.04.09)

Faith leaders urge Japan to uphold Article 9 - Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution (2007.11.29-12.01)

LOCAL ADVOCACY

PfL, ECOT, Philippine groups probe impacts of global tourism (2008.10.27)

Tourism in the Philippines: A View from the Underside (2008.09.10)

Tourism in the Philippines: A View from the Underside - PDF version

Media Advisory (2008.10.21)

Filipinos remember 60th year of the Palestine Nakbah (2008.06.26)

Jerusalem Prayer

A Time for Palestine

Palestine Solidarity

EVENTS, CAMPAIGNS AND PROGRAMMES

International Cultural Festival Along The Wall Near Rachel’s Tomb In Bethlehem – 30 April - 1 May 2009

Christmas Pilgrimage for Peace – 28 December 2008 - 10 January 2009

Annual Olive Harvest: Al-Mazzra’a Al-Qubalia – 20 October - 4 November 2008

Peace Cycle Rides for Justice – 14-29 August 2008

INTERFAITH PEACE PILGRIMAGE TO PALESTINE (2007.11.4-13)

Narrative Report (2008.03.10)

Narrative Report - PDF version

List of Participants (2007.11.30)

Confronting Empire: People of Faith in Support of Palestine Media Release (2007.11.13)

PLEDGE OF COMMITMENT: People of Faith with Palestine in Struggle - Amman Conference Declaration (2007.11.12)

Message from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (2007.11.01)

Concept Paper (2007.06.12)

STATEMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES

Israel is Deporting Jerusalem Christians (2008.06.19)

Solidarity prayer for the 60th anniversary of the Nakbah (2008.06.12)

Message of Solidarity for the 60th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (2008.06.07)

World without Empire

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

Project proposal: World Without Empire: A People’s Congress on Spirit, Movements and the End of U.S. Domination (2008.06.22)

Witness for Justice

COLOMBIA

PEOPLE’S FORUM IN COLOMBIA 2009: A Joint Programme of Peace for Life and a Consortium of Colombian NGOs (Project Proposal) (2008.09.22)

Resource page: Links to resources on Colombia within the PfL site and around the Web

PHILIPPINES

PERMANENT PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL: SECOND SESSION ON THE PHILIPPINES

Statement on the first anniversary of the Permanent People’s Tribunal Second Session on the Philippines (2008.03.24)

Repression and Resistance - Proceedings of the PPT Second Session on the Philippines (2007.11)

VERDICT of the PPT Second Session on the Philippines

(2007.03.26)

Summation of the Plaintiffs - PPT Second Session on the Philippines

(2007.03.23)

INDICTMENT charging Gloria Arroyo, George W. Bush and their accomplices of grave rights abuses

(2007.03.23)

PPT Verdict: Arroyo guilty of crimes against humanity (2007.03.26)

Summary of the Indictment (2007.02.06)

PPT Second Session on the Human Rights Violations in the Philippines - Press Release (2007.03.14)

Message of Endorsement for the PPT from Archbishop Desmond Tutu (2007.03.14)

Statement of Support (2007.02.05)

PPT General Secretary Formal Opening Speech (2006.10.30)

CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE KILLINGS OF FILIPINO ACTIVISTS

Filipino activists elevate international campaign to stop extrajudicial killings (2007.03.19)

Support the PPT hearing on political killings and gross violations of Filipino people’s rights (2007.02.19)

ECUMENICAL VOICE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PHILIPPINES (2007.03.15)

First-hand Account on the US Senate Hearing - Media Release, Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines

Bishops, Other Church Leaders, Back Call to Review US Military Aid to RP - Press Release, National Council of Churches in the Philippines

US Congress asked to make sure military, development aid to RP gov’t not used to perpetrate human rights abuse - News Release, Philippine Working Group in the USA

External links

Full Circle: The Philippines and the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal

Tribunale Permanente Dei Popoli

What is the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal? Brief background

Algiers Declaration: Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples

Peace Charter

PEOPLE’S CHARTER ON PEACE FOR LIFE

Final Draft for Adoption: PEOPLE’S CHARTER ON PEACE FOR LIFE (2008.09.17)

Download: People’s Charter on Peace for Life (2008.09.22)

Project Proposal: People’s Charter on Peace for Life (2007.08.30)

Women, war and Empire

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING

Project proposal: Programme on Women Confronting Globalisation and War (Working Draft) (2008.09.04)

Faith-based resistance to Empire

2008

The Concept of Jihad in Islam (2008.09.22)

The prophetic challenge: “Few are guilty, but all are responsible” (2008.08.10)

Spirituality and Justice Movements (2008.05.26)

Justice Movements and Spirituality: A View from Cuba (2008.05.15)

Book Review: On Christian Zionism (2008.03.15)

2004 to 2007

Spirituality and Respect for Diversity (2007.01.19)

Different Beliefs, Common Struggles: Solidarity in the Face of Empire and War (2007.01.08)

The Mumbai Declaration on Peace and Justice: Agenda for Action (2006.12.01-03)

Signs of the Times: The Era of Terrorism and Fundamentalism (2006.07.15)

Manila Declaration: An Ecumenical Faith Stance Against Global Empire (2006.07.15)

Theology of Resistance Against Empire and the Theory of Just War(2004.11.28-12.04)

Sowing Seeds of Peace in the Era of Empire: Christians in Solidarity with Muslims (2004.11.28-12.04)

Palestine, Iraq and the Middle East

PALESTINE UPDATE

Palestine Update: Series of articles on current developments pertaining to Palestine, issued by Alternatives-Badayl

No. 55 (2008.10.22) Lock maker Assa Abloy to move West Bank plant

No. 53 (2008.10.01) Failure Written in West Bank Stone

No. 52 (2008.10.01) Israel’s Breeding Ground for Jewish Terrorism

No. 51 (2008.09.21) Venezuela’s Support for Palestine: A Model for Third World Diplomacy

No. 50 (2008.09.20) Racism, Propaganda - The Palestinian Right to Return

No. 49 (2008.09.18) Jaffa’s ‘Renewal’ Aims At Expulsion of Palestinians

No. 48 (2008.09.04) Israel Turns Gaza into Prison for UConn Fulbright Scholar

No. 47 (2008.09.04) Palestinian Village Faces Army Reign of Terror

No. 45 (2008.08.26) Palestine Solidarity Campaign Online Petition

No. 44 (2008.08.25) Two reports on Free Gaza boats arrival in Gaza

No. 43 (2008.08.19) Can a Handful of International Activists and Two Boats break The Siege of Gaza?

No. 42 (2008.08.16) ‘We are running out of time for a two-state solution’

No. 41 (2008.08.07) President Obama Up against the Middle East “Berlin Wall”

No. 40 (2008.08.06) Olmert’s Departure: The Perfect Alibi

No. 39 (2008.08.04) Obama Joins the Club

No. 38 (2008.08.02) Palestinians Face Home Demolitions Spree by Israel

No. 37 (2008.07.31) From Usurpation to Liberation: The Palestinian Hope

No. 36 (2008.07.30) Reflection on the Role of the Israeli Peace Camp

No. 35 (2008.07.27) Been There And Done What? Canada’s Role In The Israel-Palestine Conflict

No. 34 (2008.06.27) Zionism’s Dead End

2008

Palestine in the Middle East: Opposing Neoliberalism and US Power - Part 1 (2008.07.19)

Palestine in the Middle East: Opposing Neoliberalism and US Power - Part 2 (2008.07.19)

Restoring the Palestinian Vineyard with Its Fullness for All (2008.06.13)

“India and Israel Eye Iran” (2008.02.13)

2004 to 2007

The Empire and the Middle East (2007.11.11)

Breaking the Yoke of Empire and Occupation: People of Faith with Palestine in Struggle (2007.11.10)

PfL Palestine Mission Reader (Parts 1, 2 and 3) (2007.08.11)

Palestine’s New Partition (2007.06.25)

US churches call Bush plan to send more troops to Iraq “immoral” (2007.01.11)

Valuing LIFE Amid An Unjust War (2004.07.13)

Sovereignty Resides In The People! Handover Blurs the Truth (2004.06.29)

Where there is Violence, Let Us Sow Peace: A Call for Greater Vigilance in the June 30 U.S. Handover of Sovereignty to Iraq (2004.06.07)

The World Still Says NO to War and YES to Peace: Global Day of Action Against War and Occupation (2004.03.21)

After the Carnage, A Vote Against War: A Message of Solidarity with the Peace-Loving People of Spain and in Support of Spanish Pullback from Iraq (2004.03.19)

A Call to Reclaim Peace and Affirm Life: An Invitation to the March 20 Global Day of Action Against War and Occupation (2004.03.05)

People’s struggles for peace and justice

2008

The arbitrary deprivation of life (2008.05.30)

Christian Discipleship In A Broken World (2008.05.16)

COLOMBIA

Brussels Declaration Concerning Human Rights Violations in Colombia (2008.09.17)

Violation of Human Rights in Colombia as A State Crime (2008.07.31)

Verdict of the International Tribunal of Opinion on Forced Displacement in Colombia (2008.01.21)

Symbolic court finds Colombian state complicit in crimes against humanity (2006.11.25)

Verdict of the International Tribunal Against Impunity: The Cases of Ciudad Bolívar and Cazucá

Veredicto del Tribunal Internacional Contra la Impunidad: Casos de Ciudad Bolívar y Cazucá

ECUADOR

Change Triumphs In Ecuador’s Constitutional Referendum (2008.10.09)

INDIA

Statement on Religious Violence and Intolerance in India (2008.09.26)

Condemn the Orissa Violence (2008.09.03)

Witch Hunting Muslims in the name of Fighting Terrorism (2008.08.24)

NEPAL

Nepal: Sustainable Peace and Change? (2008.08.09)

The War in Nepal is Over! (2006.11.22)

PHILIPPINES

The Collapse of Peace in Mindanao (2008.10.23)

Honouring The Memory of Bishop Alberto Ramento (2008.10.03)

Strengthening Interfaith Movement Amidst the Philippine Government’s All-out War Campaigns (2008.05)

Pressure Continues to Stop the Killings in the Philippines (2008.02.15)

Christians, Muslims and justpeace in the Philippines (2007.12.03)

Let the Stones Cry Out: An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action

Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines: The Churches’ Response (2006.09.15)

Peace for Life Statement on the Murder of Bishop Alberto B. Ramento (2006.10.09)

Full Report: Pastoral Ecumenical Delegation Visit to the Philippines (2005.07.21)

Joint WCC/CCA press release: Pastoral Ecumenical Delegation Visit to the Philippines (2005.07.20)

Additional Resources on the Philippine Human Rights Crisis

Alston Statement - Press statement of Phillip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (2007.02.21)

Melo Report - Report of the Independent Commission to Address Media and Activist Killings, chaired by Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose A. R. Melo (2007.01.22)

Amnesty International Report on the Philippines (2006.08)

SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province: Land, Development, Conflict (2008.10.15)

Statement on Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka (2008.09.26)

The War and International Solidarity (2008.09.22)

Commemorating July 1983: Bridges that Continue to Hold (2008.07.21)

Casualty Count (2007.04.06)

Gender perspectives on war and hegemonies

2008

Exploring the Reality and Theological Challenges of Ecology, Economy and Empire from Feminist Perspectives (2008.08.18)

Statement on the Gang-Rape by Soldiers of U.S. MCAS Iwakuni (2008.03.08)

AWC statement on sexual violence by US soldiers (2008.02.20)

Militarisation, militarism and US bases

2008

US troops leave Ecuador, When will they leave Honduras? (2008.10.09)

Statement on the 17th anniversary of the rejection of the RP-US Military Bases Treaty (2008.09.15)

OUT NOW! questions US troops involvement in Philippine Army operations in Baliki, Midsayap (2008.08.21)

Court judged Japanese forces dispatch to Iraq unconstitutional (2008.06.01)

Japanese church peace activist wins court claim on Iraq deployment (2008.04.29)

US warship not welcome (2008.03.26)

2004 to 2007

Asia Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 and Peace in Asia (2007.12.01)

Article 9 and the Militarized World: What Can We Do? (2007.11.30)

Concept Paper: Article 9 and Peace in Asia (2007.07.08)

No Bases Network born in the Middle of the World (2007.03.27)

Resist the U.S. Empire in Mindanao (2004.12.04)

Life’s resources and the global economy

2008

Tourism in the Philippines: A View from the Underside (2008.10.24)

A Moral Economy of Tourism (2008.10.22)

State and Trends of Global Tourism: Setting the Context (2008.10.21)

WCC general secretary’s statement on the global food crisis (2008.10.16)

World Tourism Day 2008: A South Perspective (2008.09.27)

Practicing the Rage: Perspectives from 25 years of civil society engagement in Tourism (2008.07.07)

Church Leaders Release Statement on Climate Change (2008.06.12)

African Church Leaders’ Statement on climate change and water (2008.06.05)

Food and Faith: A call to churches on the global food crisis (2008.06.05)

Overcome humanity’s “greed”: Churches respond to the food crisis (2008.06.05)

Oikotree – putting justice at the heart of faith (2008.01.24)

2005 to 2006

The Future of Ecumenical Engagement for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
in the Context of Neoliberal, Imperial Dominance: Perspectives and Challenges from the South (2006.10.27-28)

Resistance to Empire and Interfaith Solidarity:
Response to Keynote Speech on Globalization and Response of the Church (2006.06.16)

Call to People of Faith to Resist Capitalist Globalisation and Work Together for Life-Enhancing Alternatives (2005.12.17)

Issue monitor

INSIGHT

Thoughts on Terror, by Yoginder Sikand (2008.09.16)

Seeing Through the Eyes of the Other, by Farid Esack (2008.08.12)

Questioning tourism directions in the Third World, by Caesar D’Mello (2008.07)

My Palestine Visit, by Irfan Engineer (2008.01.11)

Letter to an Israeli in Christmas Time, by Bernard Sabella (2007.12.20)

Apartheid Wall (poem), by Stiaan Van Der Merwe (2007.12.07)

ISF Delhi 2006 and beyond..., by Sagarika Chetty (2006.11.13)

LETTERS

Words of remembrance for Clement John (2008.06.05)

Cry Tears for Burmese People, from Emma Cantor (2008.05.23)

Message from Toshimasa Yamamoto (2008.03.29)

Time of Kairos, from Kim Yong-bock (2007.12.20)

Whitehead Christmas Letter 2007, from Rhea & Ray Whitehead (2007.12.19)

Letter of thanks from Bishop Elmer Bolocon (2007.11.07)

Earthquake in Yogyakarta, from Farsijana Risakotta (2006.06.06)

STATEMENTS

NCCP Statement on the Release of Pastor Berlin Guerrero (2008.09.16)

Solidarity Message to InPeace Mindanao on the Occasion of its Fifth Anniversary (2008.09.03)

Easter Message 2008 - Heads of Churches in Jerusalem (2008.03.19)

MECC 9th General Assembly Final Statement (2007.11.30)

ABOUT PEACE FOR LIFE

Who We Are

Working Group

Continuation Committee

REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

FIRST PEOPLE’S FORUM ON PEACE FOR LIFE (2004.11-12)

A Covenant of Self-Understanding and Purpose

Peace for Life brochure

A Call to Solidarity and Action - Final Conference Statement

Proceedings of the First People’s Forum on Peace for Life

2006 to 2007

Peace for Life at the World Social Forum
2007 January 20-24 | Nairobi, Kenya

Øystein Tveter and Eilert Rostrup of Karibu Foundation visit the Philippines
2006 December 4-11 | Philippines

Mumbai International Peace Festival: “A Peaceful World is Possible” 2006 December 1-3 | Mumbai, India

Hwacheon Workshop to draft the People’s Charter on Peace for Life
2006 October 15-17 | Hwacheon Water Museum, South Korea

WARC Ecumenical Consultation on Faith Stance on Global Empire: “Theological Reflection and Faiths Action Global Empire” 2006 July 13-16 | Antipolo City, Philippines

International Solidarity Mission for Peace in Nepal
2006 May 26-31 | Kathmandu, Nepal

2002 to 2005

Peace for Life Continuation Committee Meeting
2005 December 14-17 | Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre, Hong Kong

Peace for Life members join anti-WTO protests
2005 December 13 | Hong Kong

Peace for Life women attend Ecumenical Women’s Forum on Trade
2005 December 12-14 | YMCA, Wu Kai Sha, Hong Kong

First People’s Forum on Peace for Life: “Sowing Seeds of Peace in the Era of Empire: Christians in Solidarity with Muslims” 2004 November 28 - December 4 | Davao City, Philippines

Public Forum on Women’s Perspective on War and Globalization
2004 August 30 | UCCP Shalom Centre, Manila, Philippines

International Ecumenical Conference on Terrorism in a Globalised World
“Prospects for Peace and Security in Asia: The Philippines in the Expanding Front of the War on Terror” 2002 September 23-26 | Manila, Philippines

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