March 2000
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Patrica Watson, Editor
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Pat Farren, Founding Editor
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and are committed to furthering the nonviolent social change necessary to
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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.
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Contents: March 2000
From the editor's desk
4 The Politics of Knowledge of Difference: Thoughts and Contradictions
in Feminist Politics in the Anti- war Movement in Belgrade from
1991 to 1999
by Lepa Mladjenovic
"How shall I be equal with the other, yet not erase her
history of discrimination and vulnerability?"
6 Against My Will
by Jon Carroll
A single woman marched down the middle of Market Street, bare
to the waist
7 Why the Precautionary Principle? A Meditation on Polyvinyl
Chloride and the Breasts of Mothers
by Sandra Steingraber
"A woman's body is the first environment. If there are
toxic materials from PVC in the breasts of women, then it becomes
our moral imperative to solve the problem."
9 Lesbians Build Bridges in Brooklyn
by Amy Beth
"Amidst the hypocrisy of our city's politics and relentless
cultural war, we are marching, always marching, to form community
and to keep visible the struggle for our lives."
10 Gun Control, Please
by Christine A. Keener and Greta Hardina
Toys sold in the US must meet many standards for safety, whereas
guns have none.
11 Selected Protests, Arrests, and Actions
Trident Ploughshares at Scottish Naval Base
Plowshares vs. Depleted Uranium
Campaign of Conscience for the Iraqi People
12 Defending Colombia
by Don Reeves, AFSC General Secretary
"Rather than support significant opportunities to end
the longest and bloodiest civil war in Latin America, the US and
Colombian governments are pursuing an escalation of military aid
likely to draw the US deeper into the worst human rights catastrophe
of the hemisphere."
13 Resources on Colombia
14 Urgent! Talk It Up
By Jean Grossholtz
"If the U'wa people can stop this oil drilling scheme,
it puts at risk the enforcement of WTO rulings that require the
privatization of natural resources--a thought that must put fear
into the hearts of mining and forestry as well as oil companies
world-wide."
17 Appeals for Solidarity with Burma
by Aung San Suu Kyi and Desmond Tutu
"Until we have a system that guarantees basic democratic
institutions, no amount of aid or investment will benefit our
people."
17 Burma: Upcoming Events
16 What is the Massachusetts Burma law and Does It Matter?
by Dan Beeton and Ted Hobart
If the Supreme Court upholds the ruling that the Massachusetts
Burma Law is unconstitutional, then we will lose our right to
direct how our state governments spend our tax dollars. We have
a right to say that our tax money should not go to companies that
support dictators
16 Upholding Local Democracy
by Simon Billenness
The Peace Process in Ireland, South Africa, Seattle, Burma--all
pages from the same book
18 What's Up with Pacifica?
by Chuck Rosina
"With lockouts, summary firings, and now a reporter's
strike, Pacifica is in turmoil. It's very existence may be at
stake."
20 Letters--on elections, anarchists, and gays in the military
21 Events, Campaigns, Gatherings, Opportunities, Resources
24 Reviews: "Regret to Inform," "Her War Story,"
"Dolls and Dust"
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