October 99 About Peacework Subscribe Now Current Contents Events & Resources Back Issues National AFSC NERO Office American Friends Service Committee Peacework Magazine Patrica Watson, Editor Sara Burke, Assistant Editor Pat Farren, Founding Editor 2161 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 Telephone number: (617) 661-6130 Fax number: (617) 354-2832 Email address: 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.

CONTENTS: OCTOBER 1999 From the Editor's Desk East Timor 4 East Timor-A Preventable Catastrophe by Mark Salzer On his return to the US, a UN observer and veteran activist reflects on what he saw and what is to be done 6 Recommendations to the UN Human Rights Commission and to the International Community from Charles Scheiner, International Federation for East Timor 7 Investigative Journalist Allan Nairn Arrested; "Must See" Videos on East Timor; Urgent Message from José Ramos-Horta Globalization and Economic Justice 8 On the Eve of the Momentous Seattle World Trade Organization Meeting, a Call for a Revolution of Values by Arnie Alpert "The needs of global business should not take precedence over the needs of our communities" 8 March of the Americas: Poor People's March from the Kensington Welfare Rights Union 9 Globalization-What it Means for Activists by Jean Grossholtz "At Seattle, the last nails will be driven into the coffin of popular sovereignty" 10 A Brief Description of International Trade Agreements compiled by Jean Grossholtz 11 The Costs of Admission to the Club compiled by Jean Grossholtz 13 Fall WTO/Global Economy Actions and Resources compiled by Mike Prokosh Also 14 The Northeast Asia Arc of Crisis by John Feffer and Karin Lee Looking for an end to a cold war that has overstayed its welcome 17 Traditional Dineh Land Rights at Risk on Big Mountain compiled by Selma Sternlieb "The umbilical cord that bonds us with our ancestral lands cannot be broken. To the Dine' people, every inch of the land is sacred, every day is a holy day" 19 A Nuclear Moratorium? Berlin Declaration by the International Citizens' Y2K-Nuclear Forum 20 Pieces Events, Resources, Campaigns, Gatherings, Opportunities, Letter, Film Notice, Corrections 24 Make Your Coffee Stronger! Tribute to Pat Farren-Rescheduled to October 12   Cover image: Masonite-cut by Peter Schumann/Bread & Puppet Theatre. For more information on Bread & Puppet theatre, museum, and publications, write B&P, RD 2, Box 153, Glover, VT 05839. This image is also used in the War Resisters League 2000 Peace Calendar, edited by Scott Bates, with artwork by Peter Schumann and the Bread & Puppet Theatre. This calendar is beautiful, offering a collection of poetry by 20th-century writers who warn of the need to end war and suffering, and create a new world of environmental justice and human rights in the new millennium. Poems by Wendell Berry, James Broughton, Dennis Brutus, Lucille Clifton, Ruby Dee, Rita Dove, William Everson, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Holman, Philip Larkin, Denise Levertov, Joyce Carol Oates, Grace Paley, Kenneth Patchen, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, Muriel Rukeyser. 128 pp., spiral bound desk calendar, with peace & justice directory; $12/ea. or 4 for $44, from: WRL, 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012. The poem on page 17 of this issue, "Threnody" by Denise Levertov, also appears in the WRL 2000 Peace Calendar.

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