June 2002
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Contents: June 2002
From the editor's desk
4 Peace Movement Directory by James Richard Bennett
Reviewed by Michael True
Catalogue of active peacemaking for a country where images
of war dominate the landscape
5 Commemorating the Victims of War, Celebrating Compassion
for All
by Richard Bennett
On Memorial Day--Okinawa gives us a new model
7 Bush-Putin: Making the World Safe for Nuclear Weapons
by William Hartung
A phony "victory" that requires public outcry
8 One Small Victory for Humanity
by Carol Bragg
In Rhode Island, collaborative organizing bears fruit
9 Courting Nuclear Disaster
by Praful Bidwai
Under the Bomb's dark shadow, South Asia remains the
world's most dangerous place
10 The Beast Awakens in India
by Rajiv Rawat
The identity crisis stemming from rapid globalization has found
its outlet not in progressive, socially liberating movements,
but in a reactionary response with an identifiable internal scapegoat
12 Across the Iraq Desert: Sanctions-Defying Walk to Raise
Funds for Children with Cancer
from Voices in the Wilderness and Compassion for Iraq
Walking from the Euphrates River to Baghdad, for the victims
of depleted uranium
12 Assessing Streamlined Sanctions
from Education for Peace in Iraq (EPIC)
"Streamlined" sanctions fail to directly address
why Iraq is poor-- rehabilitation of Iraq's oil sector,
power stations, sewage systems, schools, and hospitals will have
to continue to wait, while US plans war
13 American Quakers Challenge US Role in Iraq
from AFSC
No matter how much you try and modify the existing program,
it is not designed as--and it will never be--a substitute
for normal economic activity
14 Testing the Power of Nonviolence in Palestine
by Dedrick Muhammad
I briefly imagined one thousand "internationals"
walking the streets of Bethlehem, escorting families to markets
15 Apartheid in the Holy Land
By Desmond Tutu
Those who are powerful have to remember the litmus test that
God gives to the powerful: what is your treatment of the poor,
the hungry, the voiceless?
16 Letters to Peacework on Israel-Palestine
from Robert Pierson, Stella Penzer, Stansfield Smith, David
McReynolds
17 On Racism, Islamaphobia, and Anti-Semitism
from Amnesty International
Text of advertisement in the Jewish Chronicle and Al-Qaeda
18 A Report on the "Color of Violence" Conference
by Breai Mason
The joy of affirmation of sisters in the struggle, tempered
by the agony of daily realities
19 Last Chance to Influence Welfare Bill
by Roberta Spivek
Take five minutes a day for justice: Call, call, call your
senators
20 A Photographer's Cuba Visit
by Richard Wood and Christine Stewart-Wood
Only 90 miles away from the US, the Cuba of these images is
unreachable, thanks to US government policies
21 Letter Home
by Siri Colon
Don't misunderstand me; I don't think Castro
is a saint. But I saw a wealth of family, community, pride, and
joie de vivre
24 Saying Farewell to Wally Nelson
from the Brattleboro Reformer and Randy Kehler
Conscientious objector, civil rights activist, organic farmer,
war tax refuser, gentle man
SHORT TAKES
Children of War exhibit, page 4
Indentured Servant in the National Guard, page 8
East Timor's Independence at Risk, page 11
Agassiz School renamed for Maria Baldwin, page16
Colombia peacewalk and kidnapping, page 17
Pieces
Correction
The article, "One Strike for Some, Many for Others"
by Holly Sklar (Peacework May 2002, page 17) was reprinted
by permission of the author, who holds the copyright. For permission
to reprint, please contact Holly Sklar directly at hsklar@aol.com.
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