Issue 369 - October 2006
Responding to the War in Lebanon
- Oaxaca Teachers
- The Politics of HIV/AIDS
- A Tale of Two Genocides
- Illegal Wars & Weapons
- Who's Next after Pluto?
In This Issue
 Resolution 1701 contains some disturbing ambiguities that may make a permanent peace between Lebanon and Israel elusive. The UN Security Council resolution passed on August 11 which belatedly imposed a ceasefire to end the fighting in Lebanon was certainly good news in terms of ending the carnage. Resolution 1701 was also a marked improvement over the original US draft and contains some positive language. Both sides, for instance, are called upon to honor “a full cessation of hostilities.” And Israel must provide the UN with maps of landmines planted in southern Lebanon during Israel’s 22-year occupation that ended in 2000. |
 “They were enemies, and they were friends. Therefore…they had reason to keep talking.” |
 The war in Lebanon has reinvigorated the Israeli peace movement with some very new elements. |
| From the Editor's Desk | ||
| The Iraq War: Holding Our Leaders to Account | The US media has given far too little attention to the illegality of the war both under international law and US law. | |
| Twenty-five Years of AIDS: Reflecting Back and Looking Forward | We have demanded too little from our leaders, excused far too much. | |
| Oaxaca Teachers' Strike Sparks Democracy Movement | A massive campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience has brought the state government to a standstill. | |
| A Tale of Two Genocides: The Failed US Responses to Rwanda and Darfur | The failure to stop genocide once again is clear, and the outcome remains the same — the loss of hundreds of thousands of African lives as the world looks on. | |
| US Obstructionism in the World Struggle Against Small Arms and Light Weapons | What should have been an opportunity to negotiate agreements became instead a performance by gun owner lobby groups. | |
| Pluto's Demotion Starts Trend | “After years of study, consensus emerged among our members that February isn’t really a full-fledged month.” | |
| Deadlocked Wedlock (poem) | ||
| Pieces | Events and Resources | |
| Amnesty International Reports on Human Rights Violations by Both Sides in Israel-Lebanon War | ||
| When Involving Youth | ||
| Radio Cacerola | ||
| Home from Iraq: A Ballot Question in Massachusetts |
