 October 2004 
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine
Sara Burke, Managing Editor
Sam Diener,
Pat Farren,
2161 Massachusetts Ave.
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Fax number: 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. |
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 March for Our Lives, New York City, August 30, 2004. Scheduled more than a year in advance, this march drew thousands of participants though it did not have a permit. The march was organized by the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign (www.economichumanrights.org) whose marches are traditionally led off by people with disabilities and children, those hardest hit by government policies that target the poor. Photo by Gael Abary. |
4 The Long Shadow of Jim Crow:Voter Intimidation and Suppression
in America
by the People for the American Way Foundation
As in the past, minority voters
and low-income populations will be the most likely targets of dirty tricks at the
polls.
5 American Voting Rights Timeline
6 A
Speech for Lyndon B. Johnson
by Howard Zinn
No matter how valiant our [soldiers] are, they cannot fight a war
that is not supported by the people of the country we committed ourselves
to defend.
7 A View from the Streets in
New York
by Rachael Kamel
Retracing the march was what allowed us to feel the spirit of the
day, the energy of the gathering.
7 The Spirited RNC Smart Mobs
by Evelyn Fitzgerald
While the traditional media covered the protests after they took
place, amateur 'smart mobsters' typed out text messages using the keyboards
of their cell phones out on the streets.
8 Breaking the Silence: Israeli
Soldiers on Patrolling Hebron
by Yitzhak Laor
What these ex-soldiers are telling us is common knowledge beyond
the hill, across the checkpoints, in every shattered Palestinian kindergarten.
11 Working for Peace in Israel-Palestine
Just
a few of the many events, organizations, programs, and resources to
help get involved in efforts to bring justice and peace to the region.
12 Understanding and Resisting
the War Economy
by Joseph Gerson
For decades the focus on the cold War obscured the continuity of
the US drive for global empire.
14 The Bloodiest Chapter
by Fred Weir
Independence-seeking Chechen fighters, who are behind the recent
wave of terrorist attacks, have been a bone in the Kremlin's throat
for almost 300 years.
15 Appeal for an Interim United Nations Administration in Chechnya
We
citizens of Chechnya, of Russia, and of the whole world address this
appeal with confidence to the United Nations and to all States that
hold dear the fate of human life and civilization.
16 Q & A: Crisis in Darfur
Background
information from the Africa Program of the American Friends Service
Committee
17 Distress, Denial, and Disappointment
in Darfur
by Amnesty International
The displacement of people continues. "Every person we spoke
to in the camps was adamant that they do not feel safe enough to return
to their villages."
18 Judge Delivers Mixed Ruling
in US v Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
by Thomas Jeavons
At issue were the back taxes of a member and employee who, as a matter
of deeply held religious convictions, refuses to pay taxes that support
war.
19 Seeking Freedom, Finding
Connections: The Work of Amitav Ghosh
by Michael True
The Shadow Lines immerses the reader in the vivid and haunting lives
of once-unified Bengalis, now divided between India and Bangladesh.
20 A Student Visits JROTC
by Hannah Zwirner
It was easy to see how JROTC could be tempting. You are offered more
structure and discipline, and you get a visible recognition, in the
form of ribbons and ropes, of your achievements in the program.
21 Trading Books for Soldiers
The
report presents an analysis of hidden costs to school districts of JROTC
programs, and compares the cost-effectiveness of JROTC to non-military
educational programs.
Plus:
JROTC is a Military Recruiting Program,
Not a "Way Out"
22 PIECES: Events, Gatherings, Opportunities, Campaigns, Resources
24 Home Truths
by Jim Walch
"Homeland Security" seems like a poor translation of "Heimatschutz." Whatever
happened to "domestic"?
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