Submissions, preferably in the 200 to 1,000 word range, are invited from all interested readers. We encourage essays that are substantive explorations of different perspectives related to the peace and climate issues that are the primary focus of CAPA’s work. Sharp, controversial arguments expressing original and unorthodox views are welcome. Rants, attacks or ridicule of the views of individuals or groups are not. Respectful comments and responses to essays published on Viewpoints are also encouraged.
Submissions should be sent to the Viewpoints curator, Sean Reynolds, Viewpoints@chipeaceaction.org with “submission” in the subject line.
James Huffman, a CAPA activist and Board and Executive Committee member, is the Hirt professor of history emeritus at Wittenberg University and has published nine books, including “Japan in World History.” The following piece appeared as an Op-Ed in the
On October 17 of last year, CAPA was honored to award local activist Lesley Williams our “Robert Cleland Pursuit of Peace Award.” Lesley is a community advocate and activist for racial justice both locally and globally. In her hometown of
by Sean Reynolds, CAPA activist This past Saturday I was pleased to appear, flatteringly labeled as a “Political Analyst” (are any of us not political analysts?), in a segment on Iran’s PressTV, interviewed by journalist Ramin Mazaheri whose three brilliant,
This Letter to the Editor, published March 3, is from the CAPA Climate Change Working Group’s own Carter Cleland. The editorial about the puppet at the Chicago Cultural Center opens up a new, and dangerous, conflation (“Antisemitic fears in Chicago
By Kerry Hall and Marcia Bernsten, CAPA Board Members February 14, 2025 Ready, aim, fire! This is the new mantra from the White House. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed at the pace of major actions coming from our capital. Information
by CAPA Climate Change Working Group member Carter Cleland,published February 8th in the Chicago Sun-Times. I’ve got blood on my hands, just as the “protest puppet” at the Chicago Cultural Center. Why? Because my tax dollars, and yours, and those
Stansfield Smith: [Stansfield Smith, a member of CAPA’s Foreign Policy Working Group, is a writer and organizer with Chicago ALBA Solidarity.] Here are a few articles on USAID supporting US coup operations in a couple countries. I could take any country
Here’s a Gaza poem from our friend Kos Kostmayer. It is sent “with love and desperate hope for better news and happier times.”_________________________________________________________________ HOW SHALL BEAUTY CLAIM A PLACE When sorrow bears witnessTo unspeakable violence Time withersWeather stopsLaughter tooThe wind departs The
By Kos Kostmayer, poet, novelist, screenplay writerOctober 8, 2024 I don’t know where we are We are not allowed to see Lights are made to blind us We are driven out of sleep – ridden down by beasts – banished
Annette Braden-Rozier, The Chicago Tribune, Oct 11, 2024. Jews and Palestinians are suffering, but the dominant narrative is that Israel is the rightful home of the Jews and needs defending against its enemies. But there is another narrative. The cruel
by Catherine Buntin, August 2024 Americans have protested the genocide in Gaza for these past 10 months. It has been anguishing to see the daily terror and murder of the Palestinian families and children. It’s a barbaric war. Reflecting on
by David Borris and Jack LawlorAugust 5, 2024 Within four months after the atomic bomb attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 31 year old war correspondent John Hersey went to Hiroshima, interviewed survivors, and wrote a series of stunning articles for
by Sean Reynolds, from Eurasia Review, March 28, 2024 In his March 24th opinion piece for the Times, David Brooks agrees with a “broad consensus atop the Democratic Party” (is there room for such breadth on the peak of that lofty
We have two priorities with related actions. They Are: First, identify and support major actions to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and demand that our political leaders put in place effective implementation plans for each of these actions as soon