South-Eastern Asia

No More Soldiers, No More Wars: New Resources for Countering Military Recruitment

Authors: Janine Schwab

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An overview of recently published resources working against the militarization of our young people.

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With Sadness, Myers Center Closes: Announces Awards for Outstanding Titles in Human Rights

Authors: Loretta J. Williams

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May our relationships and commitment to building a just and equitable future continue, for in the struggle for justice is the hope of the future.

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Closer to a Death-Penalty-Free World: But in 2008: 2390 Known Executions

For the World Day Against the Death Penalty, an anti-death penalty message was projected against the Roman Collosseum, a former public mass execution site. Italy banned the death penalty in 1947. PHOTO: NOVEMBER 30, 2006, FABIO RENZETTI VIA FLICKR
Authors: Amnesty International

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Capital punishment is a legalized process of physical and psychological terror.

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Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health

Authors: Ruth Levine and the What Works Working Group with Molly Kinder

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Large-scale public health successes are both possible and replicable.

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Remitters, Unite!: Migrant Workers Draw on their Financial Power

Manhattan, NY, May 10, 2007. On a march to the annual shareholders' meeting of Western Union, TIGRA offers a Mother's Day card to the company's CEO: "Dear Christina Gold, We urge you to support families around the world by adopting the Transnational Commu
Authors: Francis Calpotura

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The money transfer industry is largely unregulated, and extracts wealth from the most economically marginalized communities all over the world.

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SECURITY WITHOUT EMPIRE:A NATIONAL ORGANIZING CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN MILITARY BASES

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Alternatives to the War in Afghanistan: Don't Escalate the War -- Pull Troops Out

This picture from a U.S. court martial file, drawn by military polygraph examiner George Chigi III, shows how Afghan detainee Dilawar was shackled by his wrists to the ceiling of an isolation cell at Bagram Air Base before being beaten to death in Decembe
Authors: Joseph Gerson

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Peace is negotiated between enemies.

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No War is Holy: James Carroll's Journey Opposing Christian Militarism

View through the Sistine Hall towards the Vatican Library, July 30, 2007. PHOTO: BROTHER LAWRENCE LEW
Authors: Melony Swasey

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In the film Constantine's Sword Carroll calls for Christians to repudiate a legacy of anti-Semitism and religiously promoted wars.

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Boyle's Law: Turning up the Heat Against Militarism Through Civil Resistance

Snow covered statue in Princeton, NJ, February, 2006. Photo: Huxleyesque via Flickr
Authors: Stephen Lendman

Summary:Stephen Lendman reviews Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law by Frances Boyle.

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The Burmese Cyclone, Nonviolent Action, and the Responsibility to Empower

Pushing the relief truck out of the mud, photo: Beyond Rangoon Project, May 17, 2008
Authors: Patrick Meier

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It is not acceptable to let regimes like Burma's dictate the rules of humanitarian intervention.

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