Jonathan Schell, a voice of reason and compasion

With a hatred of war shaped in part by his firsthand accounts of U.S. military operations in Vietnam, Schell wrote for decades about the consequences of violence — real and potential — with a rage and idealism that never seemed to wane.

Of course, that rage and idealism was never given a chance to wane as wars both large and small continued to leave millions dead, wounded or without homes.

Here is a column I wrote in 2008 — Dispatches: We should do as we say — based on an interview I did with Schell before he was scheduled to speak to the Coalition for Peace Action. (It is behind the pay-wall for archives at The Princeton Packet site — sorry.)

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet