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Derrill Bodley’s Report: Return to Afghanistan
Derrill Bodley’s Report: Return to Afghanistan January 22, 2004 I have just returned from spending another ten days in Afghanistan. I went there two years ago with Medea Benjamin, as…
South Korea Visit by David Potorti
This speech was delivered by David Potorti in Seoul during Peaceful Tomorrows’ first visit to South Korea, November 30, 2003 in conjunction with People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy. My Dear…
The Al Filipov Peace & Justice Forum
On the morning of September 11, 2001 terrorists commandeered four jetliners destined for the West Coast of the United States. Two crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade…
David Potorti Remarks: No More Victims Tour
These remarks were delivered by David Potorti during the American Friends Service Committee’s No More Victims Tour in September, 2002. The last time I spoke with my oldest brother Jim…
U.S. terror victim’s kin joins Hiroshima remembrances
HIROSHIMA — A New York retiree who lost her brother in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center participated Tuesday in the 57th memorial service for the…
9/11 Relatives Visit Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan – Four Americans who lost relatives on Sept. 11 walk down a dusty street in Kabul and are shocked by the devastation. Years of fighting in previous wars…
Family Members Of Those Lost In WTC Spread Message Of Peace
Some family members of those who died in the World Trade Center attacks have started a group called “September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows” to say that the war on…
Return from the Other Ground Zero
Manhattanite Rita Laser lost her brother, Abe Zelmanowitz, on Sept. 11 in the collapse of the World Trade Center. When President George Bush later eulogized him, singling Zelmanowitz out for…
LA Times article: Afghan Journey Eases a Father’s Pain
KABUL, Afghanistan — Derrill Bodley’s search for solace after his daughter’s death Sept. 11 took him thousands of miles from his comfortable Stockton home — to the rubble of Afghanistan….
Afghan Victims of US Bombings Demand Compensation
Victims of the September 11 terrorist strikes in the United States handed over compensation claims to US officials here on behalf of Afghan civilians who lost family or homes in…
