John Dear Talks Nonviolence with Joan Baez, October, 2025

“For Us, There’s Only the Trying:”: John Dear Talks Nonviolence with Legendary Singer Joan Baez Legendary singer and activist Joan Baez recently retired for touring but continues to speak out for justice, democracy, and peace. On October 18th, she sang to 100,000 people at the No Kings rally in San Francisco. On a recent episode...
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Abolish Nuclear Weapons! The 80th anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki at Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, Aug. 9, 2025

Abolish Nuclear Weapons!  The 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki Rally at Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, Aug. 9, 2025 Thank you, dear friends for gathering today and coming here regularly. When I think of 80 years under the nuclear threat, I reflect that we’ve never known anything but a world of nuclear weapons, where we could vaporize...
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The Peacemaking Life of Pope Francis

A few years ago, three French peace activists met with Pope Francis and asked him for advice. “Start a revolution,” he said. “Shake things up! The world is deaf. You have to open its ears.” That’s what Pope Francis did — he started a nonviolent revolution and invited us all to join.  I’m grateful for him...
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National Catholic Reporter Review of ‘The Gospel of Peace’ by Art Laffin, Jan. 2024

National Catholic Reporter Review of ‘The Gospel of Peace’ by Art Laffin, Jan. 2024

  Born from a four-decades long commitment to prayer, Eucharist, careful study of Scripture, Jesus, Gandhi and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Gospel-based action and writing and speaking about Gospel nonviolence, The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence is the culmination of the lifework of...
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Daniel Ellsberg, Prophet of Truth and Disarmament

Daniel Ellsberg, Prophet of Truth and Disarmament

Daniel Ellsberg, Prophet of Truth and Disarmament By Rev. John Dear A few months before he died on Friday, June 16th, famed whistle blower and peace activist Daniel Ellsberg sent an email letter to hundreds of friends announcing that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given three months or so to live. After...
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