8. Creative Expression and Reviews of Art, Music, & Literature

Iraqi Memorial

An Air Force JROTC student attending the Eyes Wide Open exhibit in Orlando, FL, October 2004. Photo: Herb Snitzer/AFSC
Authors: Joseph DeLappe

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How to Undo the Silence: Six Tools for Social Change Writing

Silence=Death, photo: Malik Williams
Authors: Louise Dunlap

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I feel like a leader because I know I can say what I mean.

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How to Start a Critical Mass Bike Ride

Critical Mass at Car Spindle, Chicago. Photo: Payton Chung
Authors: Michael Bluejay

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Cars don't need permits to ride on the streets. Neither should cyclists.

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Civil Rights Photographer Ernest Withers

Protest March with police.
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Withers documented the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Medgar Evers funeral, the integration of Little Rock High School, the March Against Fear, the Memphis sanitation workers' Strike and the assassination and funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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What do you read for alternative progressive news?

When I tell folks I'm co-editor of Peacework, one of the questions I get asked most is, "Where do you go for alternative news?" I'm never sure where to start, because of course, there are so many excellent peace and justice oriented magazines, newsletters, websites, and blogs out there. But in putting together a preliminary blog-roll for this site, I tried to pull together some of the sites I visit most often (see the blog roll on the right side of this page for links, and I'll paste the names in below as well).

Mapping Political Violence: A Review of Bomb after Bomb: A Violent Cartography

Grenada painting
Authors: Ashley Hinson

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Ink craters the pages.

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A New Vision of Security: Remembering Randall Forsberg

Randall Forsberg
Authors: Randy Kehler

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The Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign was her brainchild.

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Conscientious Objection in Turkey: Struggling to Emerge

Turkish Antimilitarism Demonstration
Authors: Andreas Speck

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Anyone who discourages military service can face prosecution. Birgul Ozbaris could face 21 years in jail.

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