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Guest Commentator

Ariel Gold

BC Guest Commentator Ariel Gold stepped into her current role as the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the U.S.’s oldest peace and justice organization, on August 1, 2022. Prior to that, she was the national co-director of the anti-war group CODEPINK, where she specialized in campaigns for Palestinian rights. She is a member of Congregation Tikkun v’Or in Ithaca, NY where she resides and has been a longtime active member of Jewish Voice for Peace.

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Guest Commentary

What South Sudan Needs and Doesn’t Need

By Ariel Gold Guest Commentator

South Sudan is the embodiment of so many ills that affect the world – colonialism, militarization, civil war, climate change, famine, and sexual violence.

By every conceivable measure, South Sudan is a nation in acute crisis. According to the World Bank, eighty percent of the South Sudanese population lives below…

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