THE DAILY STAR 07/13/2006 By Michael Shank Broadcasting its message throughout the Middle East, the US government’s communications campaign is extensive, strategic and extremely well financed. From Radio Farda in Iran to television’s Al-Iraqiyya in Iraq, the US government operates a multi-million dollar marketing campaign most intensively in Iraq and […]
GMU 2006 By Michael Shank Abstract: Over seven-hundred U.S. mayors are signatories to the Mayors Climate Protect Agreement, which commits each signatory’s city to aggressive emissions reduction standards. The seven-hundred-plus signatories represent a social movement that is unparalleled in the U.S.; no other public or private organization is exhibiting this […]
Global Solutions Quarterly 05/11/2006 Conducted by Michael Shank Samantha Power is a Professor of Human Rights Practice at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Her book, “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide, was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, the 2003 National Book […]
SEATTLE JOURNAL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2005 By Michael Shank The Transforming Social Justice section of this issue explores what social justice is, what the social justice movement has accomplished, and whether the movement should transform itself to confront today’s most pressing issues effectively. Mr. Noam […]
SEATTLE JOURNAL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Vol. 3, Issue 2, Spring/Summer 05 By Michael Shank Podcast of the Article FOREWORD BY HOWARD ZINN* When I think of the relationship between artists and society – and for me the question is always what it could be, rather than what it is – […]
UN News Centre 09/10/2004 Ministers from around the world meeting at the United Nations today discussed how to use the arts to spread peace, as the World Culture Open, a new international non-profit organization working to promote reconciliation, held its inaugural conference. Secretary-General Kofi Annan hailed the gathering, which this […]
New York Times 09/09/2004 By Randy Kennedy sk anyone at City Hall: bringing the Olympics to New York City is not an easy job. A group of ambitious businessmen and social activists have discovered that the same thing applies not only to the kind of Olympics that feature pole vaulting […]
THE MENNONITE Vol. 7, No 11, June 04 By Michael Shank When a financial services firm such as Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA), a company committed to socially responsible investing, makes investment decisions, they rely on a philosophy of stewardship for guidance. The firm’s philosophy is guided by a set of […]
Daily News-Record 04/14/2004 By Jeff Mellot Michael Shank, a graduate student at Eastern Mennonite University, felt encouraged, even heartened, after a 90-minute meeting Tuesday at the campus. EMU President Loren Swartzendruber called the forum to take questions and hear comments about the campus’ church-based, community lifestyle commitment agreement that critics […]
Richmond Times-Dispatch 04/14/2004 By Calvin R. Trice The Mennonite Church has the right to discriminate against homosexual conduct based on its beliefs, says the president of a church college here. Eastern Mennonite University President Loren E. Swartzendruber emphasized, however, that bigotry, name-calling and vilification are unacceptable at the school. Swartzendruber […]