by Bruce Radtke The people of Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and Iran share one goal in the midst of the violent destruction they are experiencing: survival. In this book, four young people, in Lithuania during World War II, also struggled to survive, and in a novel written by Ray Nayler called Palaces of the Crow we get to see and admire their efforts.  Amazingly, crows help them survive by warning and guiding. A young Jewish nurse, a Roma illiterate girl, a Polish Red Army recruit and a boy traumatized and unable to speak — these four banded together to try to survive in a forest, surrounded by bands of Nazis searching for refugees, also by Red Army forces, by partisans, by unknown…

Newsletter Editor John Repp has done it again, with 8 pages chock full of interesting articles and relevant illustrations. It contains a report about our May 30 Spring Assembly;”Reconciliation, Not Revenge” an article about two peacemakers, one a Palestinian from West Bank, the other a Jewish Israeli; an article about the film “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” confronting the earth destoying policies and actions of the U.S. military; “The Revolution In America in 1776 Opened An Asylum for Mankind and Started a Movement for Democracy” about 250+ years of growing and then declining democracy – and what we must do to restore it; several statements and letters by our members and friends; and a political cartoon showing the real meaning of MAGA.…

Newsletter Editor John Repp has done it again, with 8 pages chock full of interesting articles and relevant illustrations. It contains the first announcement of our May 30 Spring Assembly an article by John about the Illegal U.S. War on Iran a book review of a book on Militarism by William Hartung and Ben Freeman an article about Israel’s expansionist actions an article by John about ICE and resistance in Minneapolis an article about the national debt several letters to the editors of newspapers a review of a course on ancient civilizations of North America an article about WWFOR moving to a virtual office and a number of illustrations and tidbits! You can read or download the pdf version of…

David Lambert chaired the planning committee for WWFOR’s Fall Conference. His article gives a summary of the event. Click here to see article. [Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025FallConference.pdf ]

Articles include a report on our Fall Conference by planning committee Chair, David Lambert. Newsletter Editor, John M Repp, wrote a prescient article entitled “A War in Venezuela?” [I guess we now the answer to that question.] John also wrote an article about the meaning of the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City. John’s article on nuclear weapons includes consideration of the Need for a Nuclear Abolition Movement. Another article considers “Paying for a Green New Deal.” John also contributed “A Review of the 2025 film Nuremburg.” Don’t miss the great letters to the editor by two of our members and the political cartoon on the final page. Click here to download or view. Full URL https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PCJan2026.pdf.

The October 2025 issue of the WWFOR newsletter Pacific Call is now available at https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Oct2025-Pacific-Call.pdf. It contains the four articles listed below plus some additional illustrations and tidbits. Great thanks as always to long time Editor, John M Repp. Enjoy! [Click the READ FULL ARTICLE box to get a version with the live link]

by Jean Buskin A few months ago, I started receiving messages from email@buildingourmovement.com.  As many people reading this may not have the privilege of being on the email list, I thought I would give those deprived people  a taste of what they are missing. At first, most of the emails urged me to submit my “Voter Verification.”  Often, they sounded desperate!  “We’ve reached out multiple times.” [true] “Top Republicans have personally asked for your response. And yet, we’ve been met with silence.” [also true] Then there were threats, “If you don’t act NOW, we may have to remove you from our Republican voter database. That means you won’t be counted in critical polling, and the Democrats will gain the upper hand. “You have…

The latest issue of our newsletter, Pacific Call, June 2025, is now available in pdf form at https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/June2025PacificCall.pdf.   Thanks as always to our editor and writer, John M Repp, and the other contributors.

A new issue of the Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation newsletter, The Pacific Call, is out!  Thanks to editor John M Repp and to all the contributors.  There are 12 pages full of information – with 12 articles about local, national, and international topics.  The full issue can be viewed as a pdf at https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/March2025PacificCall.pdf and links to the individual articles are available here, https://wwfor.org/category/the-pacific-call/ and listed below. SPRING ASSEMBLY 2025 “Building a Nonviolent Movement in a Time of Chaos” with Stephen Zunes, keynote speaker.  See https://wwfor.org/spring-assembly-2025-announcement/ for David Lambert’s article and the spring assembly page where additional information and a registration link will be added at https://wwfor.org/spring-assembly-2025 or call 206-789-5565. Nuclear Weapons: Under Trump, the global ‘Doomsday Clock’ creeps…

A new issue of our newsletter The Pacific Call is out!  Thanks to editor John M Repp and to all the contributors.  There are 10 pages full of information – with 8 articles about local, national, and international topics.  The full issue can be viewed as a pdf at https://wwfor.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jan2025PacificCall.pdf and links to the individual articles are available here, https://wwfor.org/category/the-pacific-call/.