Issue 383 - March 2008

Peacework Magazine March 2008

How to Wage Peace and Justice

  • How to Highlight the Cost of War
  • How Local Peace and Justice Groups Can Mobilize
  • How Student Radicals Can Be Relevant


In This Issue

From the Editor's Desk"The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions."

-- Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider

How to Facilitate Conversations About Militarism, Sexism, & Racism

How does the military affect your life?

How Peace Activists Can Win Access to Schools Equal to that of Military Recruiters

Students have the right to speak out whether peace activists' right to equal access has been recognized yet or not.

How to Build Alternative Institutions Organizing a Food Not Bombs Chapter

Soon, you'll receive more food than you can distribute to shelters.

How to Start a Critical Mass Bike Ride

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

How to Mobilize Students to Ally for Safe Schools: The Growth of Gay Straight Alliances

"You're gay and I'm straight, so let's call it a Gay-Straight Alliance."

How to Avoid Destroying Our Movements: On the death of SDS, Nonviolence, and the War

We (the Weather Underground) did the FBI's work for them.

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

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

How to Deal with Pepper Spray at Protests

Some methods, like Vaseline, once thought to help, actually make it worse.

How to Respond to Verbal Or Physical Violence at Vigils and Protests

Ralph was extricated from police kicks by a knot of rolling huggers.

One Way to Live a Pacifist Life: After 80 Years of Activism - WWII CO Ralph DiGia Dies

The US Attorney referred him to the War Resisters League. He never left.

Iraqi Memorial
5 Years Too Many! Unleash Your Imagination in the Nation's Capital: March 19, 2008
Bits & Peaces

Events, Gatherings, Campaigns, Opportunities, Resources