 March 2003 
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Patrica Watson, Editor Sara Burke, Assistant Editor Pat Farren, Founding Editor
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 Scenes from New York, Feb. 15, 2003 © Ellen Shub |
5 The Case Against War: A Conflict
Driven by US Self-Interest
by Robert Fiske
This is not the last chance for the UN, nor for NATO. But it
may well be the last chance for America to be taken seriously
by her friends as well as her enemies
6 Witness in Iraq
By Charlie
Clements
This time there are no spare parts for the electrical generators,
no spare chemicals for water purification plants, no spare body
fat for malnourished children
9 Only Human
by David Potorti
What I'm thinking about are not military briefings, or
ceremonies of commemoration, but human bodies
10 Citizen Diplomacy in the Middle
East: Peace and
Nonviolence Work is Still Alive
by Nancy Wren
Overlooked by the media, these groups are working under extreme
conditions to change the prevailing culture in this conflict-stricken
region
12 Who Will Fight this War?
By Edward Hasbrouk and
Marguerite Helen
Will there be a new draft? Probably not, but there's still
cause for concern
13 Oh, Be Joyful to be a Warrior
for Peace
by Doris "Granny
D" Hadock
We are bailing out our flooding boat with our straw hats if
we do not look to the cause of this insanity
15 What Happens to the Disappeared?
By Kari Lydersen
People don't expect to be separated from their families
and disappeared, just for speeding
16 Veterans of the Civil Rights
Movement and Family Members of Murder Victims Tell the Supreme
Court to Uphold Affirmative Action
by Mitchell Zimmerman
How can it be proper for race to be given weight in selecting
the members of the highest court in the land, but not in the selection
of a class of law school students?
18 Out of Touch with America's
Needs:
Rapid Response to the State of the Union Address
by Jan Richter
If this sounds familiar, it's because the President
made similar pledges during last year's State of the Union
address
19 Women and Life on Earth: Eco-Feminism
in the 21st Century -- Dedication, Reunion, and Where Do We
Go from Here?
by Anna Gyorgy
We come to mourn and rage and defy the imperial power which
threatens us all. No more amazing inventions for death
20 World Social Forum--Powerful
Without Power?
By Susan George
I'm impressed by the increasing realization, especially
among young people, that we must work internationally to force
international actors to change, or to get rid of them
20 At Porto Alegre--Naming
the Killing Fields
by Noam Chomsky
With the people gone, multinationals can come in to convert
what is left of the land to monocrop agroexport in an environment
shorn of its treasures and variety
21 Confronting Empire -- Another
World is Possible
by Arundhati Roy
The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy
what they are selling–their ideas, their version of history,
their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability
22 PIECES Events, Opportunities, Gatherings, Campaigns, Resources
SHORT TAKES
"Great Books"
for Soldiers, p. 6
"The Cradle of Civilization," p. 7
Resources for Iraq, p. 8
Call to Stop the War Before it Turns to "Shock and Awe,"
p. 9
And Beyond Oil--Water Wars? p. 10
Vanunu Denied Parole, p. 11
Some of the Organizations Working for Peace in Israel and Palestine,
p. 11
Legislative Action Message -- Stop Expansion of USA Patriot
Act, p. 14
In Memoriam: Russell Johnson, p. 17
We Need to Ask the Questions, p. 17
Powell without Picasso, p. 24
Letter, Martha Yager, p. 24
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