February 2002 About Peacework Subscribe Now Events & Resources Back Issues Index 2001   2000   1999 National AFSC NERO Office American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Patrica Watson, Editor Sara Burke, Assistant Editor Pat Farren, Founding Editor 2161 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 Telephone number: (617) 661-6130 Fax number: (617) 354-2832 Email address: pwork@igc.org Peacework has been published monthly since 1972, intended to serve as a source of dependable information to those who strive for peace and justice and are committed to furthering the nonviolent social change necessary to achieve them. Rooted in Quaker values and informed by AFSC experience and initiatives, Peacework offers a forum for organizers, fostering coalition-building and teaching the methods and strategies that work in the global and local community. Peacework seeks to serve as an incubator for social transformation, introducing a younger generation to a deeper analysis of problems and issues, reminding and re-inspiring long-term activists, encouraging the generations to listen to each other, and creating space for the voices of the disenfranchised.

Contents: February 2002 From the Editor's Desk 4 The World After September 11 by Noam Chomsky A.J. Muste taught us, "The problem after a war is with the victor" 10 US "Advisors" in the Philippines--War Games or the Real Thing? by Madge Kho This is not just about hostages, it provides an excuse for an infusion of cash and another operation against insurgency 11 Contructs of Race Difference by Ruth Hubbard What can we say now about the biology of race differences? Looking at all the evidence, there are none 13 Reparations and our Rendezvous with History by Manning Marable The 21st century began with two epochal events-- The World Conference on Racism and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 14 REVIEWS A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism, by Becky Thompson reviewed by Wendy Sanford The Magnificent Activist: The Writings of Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911), edited by Howard N. Meyer reviewed by Horace Seldon 16 Challenging Corporate Power and Asserting the People's Rights by Virginia Rasmussen and Mary Zepernick The corporate form has accumulated over decades the power to define our values and culture; make basic decisions about production, investment, and work; raid our treasury and despoil our environment 17 More than Murder--The National Violence Contents from Manchester College The murder rate may be falling, but societal violence and social negligence are on the rise 18 Another View of National Security by Martha Yager Take care that the "war on terrorism" doesn't translate into a war on the poor 19 Scott Nearing--Peace Activist and Practical Conservationist by Shepherd Bliss Nearing wrote that WW I was fought to guard US investments, and the University of Pennsylvania fired him 20 Counting Casualties in Afghanistan a report from Professor Marc Herold By December, the count was 3500 and rising 21 Afghan Sojourn--Grieving US Families Look for Healing from Global Exchange "I will show the Americans her photo and explain how sad we feel. Maybe they will talk about the people they lost. It is a long way for them to come. We all suffer because of the terrible things men do" 22 PIECES: Events, Opportunities, Resources, Gatherings, Campaigns 24 Soft Lines by Wendy Erd Making a banner for her Hanoi neighborhood SHORT TAKES Nobel Laureates on War, Poverty, and Global Warming, p. 7 Israeli Soldiers Refuse to Fight, p. 19 SEND PEACEWORK TO PRISON $15 UNDERWRITES TWO SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR PRISONERS Peacework offers news and analysis from the peace movement worldwide. Its perspective is based in respect for all people and a deep commitment to nonviolence. Peacework has always offered subscriptions to prisoners for a nominal $1 per year, and we are committed to continuing this outreach even as the number of subscribers in prison increases, and mailing costs rise. For $15, you can subsidize one-year subscriptions to two of Peacework's many incarcerated subscribers. Make checks payable to AFSC-Peacework, and note in the memo line "Send Peacework to Prison." Your gift is tax-deductible, and should be sent to Peacework, AFSC, 2161 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge MA 02140.

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