Category Anti-war

The Destruction of Buddhism, Part 1

This series of posts comes from Dr. Sharif Abdullah of the Commonway Institute, a regular visitor to Sri Lanka and active peaceworker. The war poster caption reads: “Now we have a country for ourselves, There is now a tomorrow for…

US on Sri Lanka: Both sides killing civilians

Via BBC: U.S. State Department image of the conflict area in Sri Lanka, taken this month after approximately 100,000 refugees were herded onto the beach near the so-called safe zone. Â  U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said, “There continues to…

Lean times for the anti-war movement

United for Peace and ANSWER are experiencing major budget shortfalls as contributions drop precipitously. Code Pink saw the change coming and has been shifting away from the Iraq War to issues like AIG and Palestine. But even their fund-raising is…

Real Heroes II

People in Sri Lanka told me I should meet the “Russian monk.”  When I finally located him, I called and asked if I could interview him.  He agreed.  Ven. Rathanasara is not really Russian, he’s Sinhalese, but he was educated…

Real Heroes I

I first went to Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, when it was under siege– the city itself held by the government and the countryside by the LTTE. Â The streets were empty, many of the shops closed, and soldiers were everywhere.  A concrete pillbox…