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Contents: October 2002
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Peace activists sponsored by
Nipponzan Myohoji, a Buddhist order based at the Peace Pagoda
in Leverett, MA, AFSC, Agape Community, and Ipswich House of Peace
on walk through Massachusetts communities to engage in dialogue
about the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, 9/11/02, Boston
© Marilyn Humphries |
From the editor's desk
4 Looking War in the Face
by James Carroll
Do we rightly memorialize those who died so violently by making
them patrons of more violence?
5 First Casualties
Scott Peterson
Bush pledged that the Pentagon will "tell the American
people the truth." It would be a break with tradition
5 Cost of War
by Matthew Engel
The head of the National Economic Council priced the operation
at up to $200B, but added: "That's nothing"
6 The Debate that Wasn't
by Rep Ron Paul
From the Treaty of Westphalia through the Cold War to Gulf
War I, lingering doubts
7 The Word on Iraq's Weaponry
from Jane's Information Group
A credible source raises troubling doubts
7 Open Letters
From Bill Thomson and Ramsey Clark
Remembering lies in the historical record
8 The Pied Piper of War
by David Morse
Technically winnable, but at what cost?
9 Letter from Afghanistan
by Doug Hostetter
$1 billion a month to wage this war; how much for rebuilding?
10 Africa: The New Oil and Military Frontier
by Dena Montague
Build the military and extract the oil--the benevolent
future of Africa in the hands of US policy
12 Peace in Sudan Doubtful
by Dan Connell
If the Bush Administration is serious about promoting a lasting
peace in Sudan, and not simply achieving a respite to advance
its "war on terrorism," it must let go of the fanciful
notion of simply reconciling the warring parties
14 Getting to Know the FTAA
Pamphlet from AFSC/NH Fair Trade
What if someone told you there was an agreement to let a private
company take over your city's water system?
15 A Request from Ecuador
by Anna Hendricks and Justin Rubin
Faced with the prospect of the FTAA, Ecuador's powerful
social movements are responding with a resounding "No!"
17 Thinking Globally, Acting Locally in Alcántara, Brazil
by Marie Kennedy and Chris Tilly
Much of the future of Brazil is being written not at the ballot
box or in the banks, but in a thousand smaller community struggles
19 On the Massachusetts 'Gubernatorial Debate'
from Alex Maws and the Western New England College Debate
Committee
Just how are candidates supposed to gain enough support in
opinion polls if they are not allowed at the table?
20 September 11 and the Field of Peace Studies
by Gordon Fellman
There's an Achilles heel of the adversarial paradigm
that will always doom the Culture of War to failure. Peace Studies'
counter-vision is more than wild idealism--it might work
24 "When Government Begins Closing Doors..."
from the US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Reaffirming the basics, for organizers and judges alike--open
decisions, openly arrived at
22 PIECES: Events, Opportunities, Gatherings, Campaigns, Resources
SHORT TAKES
Global Day of Protest vs. Coca-Cola, p. 11
Oct. 11-12, "Resisting Washington's Endless War,"
p. 11
Letter to the editor: "Leave no child behind," p.
14
Celebrating 20 Years of Peacemaking in Cambridge, p. 18
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