 May 2005 
American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine
Sara Burke,
Pat Farren,
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 Women in Black blocking the road to prevent "salvage" logging in the old-growth Biscuit Forest in Southwestern Oregon at dawn on March 14, 2005. Logging interferes with the fire and regeneration process. They wore black to express solidarity with fire-affected trees. Please see story on p. 17. Photo: Rolf Sklar with the Oxygen Collective, www.o2collective.org |
4 Intensifying Resistance:
US Movement Mobilizes on
Second Anniversary of Invasion
By Jaime Lederer
No one will do it for us. We owe it to ourselves, the Iraqis, and the American
soldiers dying for a lie.
6 A Two Track Strategy for the Peace Movement
By Joe Volk
An aide to a moderate Republican told one of our staff: "This is totally
refreshing. I would even call it disarming."
8 Reflections on Organizing to Stop the US War Against Vietnam
By David Hartsough
When one of the ships carrying bombs to Vietnam lifted anchor, we paddled madly
to block it. Seven sailors jumped off the front of the ship and attempted to join
our nonviolent blockade.
9 Marks on Congressperson's Wall Represent
Dead in Iraq
By Bruce K. Gagnon
One of the congressperson's staff said her husband was a Vietnam veteran and
had died in the last year. She told us that if he were alive, he would be with
us today.
9 Human Rights Activist Faces Deportation
By Suzanne R. Carlson
The US government is trying to deport a Cameroonian human rights activist back
into the hands of the secret police who tortured him.
10 Gene Sharp: Scholar of Strategic Nonviolence
By Michael True
Sharp confronted the widely held belief that nonviolence succeeds only against
humanitarian and democratic opponents.
11 Reflections on Waging Nonviolent Struggle
By Elise Boulding
Nonviolence is empowerment through struggle.
12 Nonviolent Success A Review of Waging Nonviolent Struggle
By Robert A. Irwin
Nonviolent national defense and civil disobedience were subsequently
officially declared part of Latvia's defense program.
14 Gene Sharp's Theory of Power
By Brian Martin
In non-dictatorial societies, much of the public often doesn't perceive
protesters as engaging in the valiant struggle of subjects vs. rulers.
What strategies of nonviolent struggle will be effective when structures
and ideologies of power are widely accepted?
17 The Issue is Clear Cut: Protecting Old
Growth Forest
From The Oxygen Collective
Hanging off the bridge beneath them was Becky White, suspended on a
small platform by a rope that crossed the bridge and blocked the logging
trucks from passing for more than seven hours.
18 Untangling Strands of Hope in Haiti
By Jake Miller
We've had government after government and they ignore our problems.
They don't care about water, they don't care about food, they don't care
about us.
20 Reviving Nuclear Disarmament through the Non-Proliferation
Treaty
By David Krieger and Carah Ong
The Non-Proliferation Treaty was built on a basic bargain: the non-nuclear
weapons states agreed to forego developing nuclear weapons in exchange
for a commitment on the part of the nuclear weapons states to engage in "good
faith" negotiations to achieve nuclear disarmament.
21 Reflections on the Death of Pope John Paul
II
By Frances Kissling
This papacy was a profound disappointment for those who believe that
Christ's message of liberation, human freedom, and more democracy should
apply not just to the world, but to the Church itself.
21 Letters
1) "Service" means helping people, not killing them.
2) People are more than the worst thing they've ever done.
23 Pieces: Events, Gatherings, Campaigns, Opportunities, Resources
24 Activists Bring "Bloodbath" to
Military Recruiting Center
By the Boston Direct Action Project
This war and recruitment policy are racist against the people of Iraq
and communities of color here.
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