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Sep 17 2021
Nonviolence Works!
Free Online Peace Conference: October 2, 2021: Make a difference for peace by learning how powerful nonviolent resistance is as a force for change. A family of 13 speakers and panelists have been assembled to share in an empowering way their story about peace and nonviolence. At this year’s online conference, Kathy Kelly will return, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/09/17/nonviolence-works/
Sep 13 2021
Questioning The Troubled Legacy Of The Catholic Church’s Missions
As the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese began a Jubilee Year to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mission San Gabriel Arcàngel, a small contingent of Catholic Workers and supporters participated in vigils at Mission San Gabriel and at the Cathedral to ask questions, and listen to other Catholics who hold the complexity of …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/09/13/questioning-the-troubled-legacy-of-the-catholic-churchs-missions/
Sep 10 2021
The Campaign To Free Jessica Reznicek,
Redacted Tonight Radio – Lee Camp interviews Monty Pinger, one of the lead organizers of the campaign to free the climate activist Jessica Reznicek. Reznicek had admitted to destroying pipeline equipment being used to build the Dakota Access Pipeline. She committed her act of nonviolent civil disobedience in order to protect the land and water …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/09/10/the-campaign-to-free-jessica-reznicek/
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Sep 06 2021
The Earth’s Greatest Enemy
The carbon footprint of the U.S. Empire’s military-industrial complex is the Earth’s Greatest Enemy. The largest consumer of fossil fuels and the greatest polluter on the planet. Watch this great TRAILER for the coming Abby Martin film. For more info, check out this LINK.
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/09/06/the-earths-greatest-enemy/
Sep 05 2021
September 11 Twentieth Anniversary Statement
With the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaching, along with the highly deceptive 9/11 Commission Report, we believe that as Christians, as Catholic Workers, we have an obligation to do our own investigation into what really transpired on that fateful day that brought U.S. imperialism to unconscionable depths of depravity with two decades of torture, death, …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/09/05/september-11-twentieth-anniversary/
Aug 30 2021
U.S. Drone Strikes in Afghanistan Are Morally Unacceptable, And Only Further the Cycle of Violence
Media statement from Pax Christi USA in response to the U.S. drone strike in Kabul on Sunday, August 29: “As The Washington Post and other media outlets report on the deaths of at least ten Afghan civilians — including young children — as a result of a second U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Pax Christi …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/08/30/u-s-drone-strikes-in-afghanistan-are-morally-unacceptable-and-only-further-the-cycle-of-violence/
Aug 28 2021
Shut Down Creech Killer Drone Base
We want YOU to come to Shut Down Creech Fall Week of Actions – Dates: Sun, Sept 26th – Sat, Oct 2nd Shut Down Creech is just a month away! Veterans For Peace and CODEPINK have been working hard to prepare for an exciting Peace Convergence in the beautiful Nevada desert. This is a growing …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/08/28/shut-down-creech-killer-drone-base/
Aug 25 2021
Climate Change Is Bringing Extreme Heat and Jeopardizing The Lives Of California Farm Workers
California is seen as a nationwide leader in hot weather protections, but its workers are still getting sick and dying from heat. Experts and insiders say climate change and a dysfunctional Cal/OSHA are to blame. By Brian Edwards and Jacob Margolis – Published August 25, 2021 In the summer of 2005, a terrible three-week heatwave …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/08/25/climate-change-is-bringing-extreme-heat-and-jeopardizing-the-lives-of-california-farm-workers/
Aug 21 2021
Nearly Half the World’s Children at ‘Extremely High Risk’ for Facing Effects of Climate Crisis
Virtually no child’s life will be unaffected by the climate emergency, said the director of UNICEF. By JULIA CONLEY – August 20, 2021 On Friday, the third anniversary of climate campaigner Greta Thunberg’s lone protest outside the Swedish Parliament, a global report revealed the scale of risks posed by the climate emergency for the world’s children. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/08/21/nearly-half-the-worlds-children-at-extremely-high-risk-for-facing-effects-of-climate-crisis/
Aug 15 2021
The U.S. is The Most Tyrannical Regime On Earth
By Caitlin Johnstone August 15, 2021, Information Clearing House – You get a lot of moral clarity when you realize that the U.S. government is the most despotic and corrupt regime on the entire planet by a very wide margin. This clarity informs your perspective in a way that helps you see through a lot of …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/08/15/the-u-s-is-the-most-tyrannical-regime-on-earth/
Aug 14 2021
The Church and Colonization
As the Los Angeles Archdiocese begins a Jubilee Year to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel founding, we at the Los Angeles Catholic Worker believe it is simply not possible to move “Forward in Mission” as a Church without collectively engaging all the facets of our Mission’s history and legacy. As …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.lacatholicworker.org/wp/2021/08/14/the-church-and-colonization/