A Palestinian man attempted to block a Caterpillar bulldozer from destroying his vineyard as an Israeli driver built a bypass road for the Israeli Kiriat Arba settlement, near Hebron, in 1996. To protest against Caterpillar profiting from the Israeli occupation, please see page 4. Photo © Miki Kratsman

2 From the Editor's Desk

4 Murdered Nonviolent Activist Commemorated
From the Rebuilding Alliance
Rachel, on your anniversary, we will do our best to help plant your green thoughts of a new world [where] people [will] smile and live in peace as human beings in spite of the physical borders that distinguish nations.

4 End Israeli Bulldozing: Protest Caterpillar
From Jewish Voice for Peace
The Arms Export Control Act prohibits the use of US weapons against civilians. Because Israel uses the bulldozers to further the illegal occupation of Palestine, these sales are illegal.

5 Vermont Town Meetings Decide, "End the War. Bring the Guard Home."
By Ellen Kaye
Fifty-two of sixty towns approved resolutions opposing the use of Vermont's National Guard in Iraq.

6 National Calls for Nonviolent Resistance to the Continuing War in Iraq
From the Iraq Pledge of Resistance
Now is a time for dissent, not despair; for deepened commitment to peace, not complacency with war; for strengthened resistance, not weakened resolve. To all who are sick of heart and conscience over the death and destruction in Iraq, we call on you to join us in nonviolent resistance.

7 "McLibel 2" Win in European Court
From mcspotlight.org, excerpted by Salima Appiah-Kubi
The court recognized that there's a "strong public interest in enabling campaign groups and individuals outside the mainstream to contribute to the public debate."

7 Victory in Taco Bell Boycott:
By Jeanette Smith
Though a penny per pound sounds insignificant, it is more than a 50% wage increase for each farmworker.

8 Court Rules Padilla Detention Unconstitutional
By Luc Schuster
If Bush's positions "...were ever adopted by the courts, it would totally eviscerate the limits placed on Presidential authority..."

9 Neither Complicity Nor Complacency:
Iraq Veterans Against the War
By Frances Jarvis
As a veteran who has returned from Iraq, she feels betrayed by those she cares about who support the President and the war.

10 Torture, American Style
By Margaret Power
The use of torture by the US government has a long and sordid history both in the United States and abroad.

11 Ground the Torture Planes
By Representative Edward J. Markey
Pass legislation to stop the secret transfer of suspected detainees to countries known by our government to use torture.

12 Desperate Martians Now Wooing Venusians
Overstretched US Empire Faces Resistance
By Walden Bello
The US war on terror has backfired completely.

14 Colombian Military Attacks Peace Community
Activists Call for End to US Military Funding
From the Fellowship of Reconciliation, excerpted by Andrew Riedl
Peace advocate Luis Eduardo believed that the civilian population has the right to live in dignity. Despite his murder and the massacre of seven other civilians, we will continue defending this principle, even if it costs us our lives.

15 One Pledge At a Time: Stopping Excision in Mali
By Mme. Kaniba Baguiya with Susan McLucas
Someone asked what she would do if someone insulted her girl, calling her "unexcised." I said, "If you have to choose between an insult and a lifetime of very serious problems, which is worse?"

16 Will Southern Sudan's Peace Help
the Forgotten War in Northern Uganda?
By Jeffrey Mapendere and Tom Crick
There's tension between the desire to end the war quickly through amnesty, and the need to hold the Lord's Resistance Army responsible for their terrible crimes.

18 Launching the Second Child Survival Revolution
By David Oot
Globally, simple health measures contributed to a more than 50% reduction in the mortality rate for children since 1960. Polio decreased by 99%, tetanus by 50%, measles by 40%. We could save literally millions more each year. Will we?

20 A Million Vaccinators Struggle to Eradicate Polio
From the WHO/Rotary International/CDC/UNICEF and an interview with Claire Hajaj
In Somalia, militias from rival factions met in the middle of a river to pass vaccinators from one side to the other so that children on both sides could get the vaccine.

21 Togo's Child-Health Campaign Saves Thousands
From the UNICEF/WHO and an interview with Erica Kochi.
The child that dies from malaria also may have been weakened by diarrhea. Mortality has compound causes, so interventions, to be fully effective, also have to be integrated.

21 Coup in Togo Quashed?

22 Pieces: (Events, Campaigns, Opportunities, Resources)

24 Let My People Go!
From the American Anti-Slavery Group
This Passover, as we recall our own enslavement, we recommit ourselves to fight for the freedom of all who are enslaved, wherever they are.

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