Tag: Jim Forest

The Worst of All Curses
Religion and Conflict

The Worst of All Curses

by Irina Paert | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Română | Русский | Српски One night terror I experienced during my childhood included bombers flying over the roof of our fifteenth-floor apartment in Moscow. No wonder, as every evening the news reported heavily on the enemy’s military build-up. At the time I could not…

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Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Remembering Jim Forest
Public Life

Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Remembering Jim Forest

by Nicholas Sooy On April 5, 1977, Jim Forest received a phone call that his friend and collaborator Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, had been kidnapped by the Argentinian government. The most likely outcome was death. From his office in the Netherlands, Jim and his staff worked to free Adolfo. They nominated him for the Nobel Peace…

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