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CONTENTS:
DECEMBER 1999 / JANUARY 2000
From the Editor's Desk
4 Reflections at the End of the Century
by James Matlack
What does the balance sheet look like between the patterns of violence and warfare and the advances toward human community? Both in national policy and in global economic processes, we must learn to "do equity"
7 World Population-Six Billion
by Asoka Bandarage
Substitution of a World Social Justice Day for a World Population Day would mark a step in the right direction
8 The Sacred Year in Islam
by James W. Morris
In this pure lunar calendar we are now in 1420 anno hegirae
9 Whose New Millennium?
by Shulamit Reinharz
Perhaps we will move closer to a diverse, multi-cultural, mutually respectful way of understanding time and each other.
9 Poem: "The Second Coming"
by William Butler Yeats
10 Race: The Enduring Problem of the 20th Century
Two writers reflect on the prediction of W.E.B. DuBois:
by Leon F. Litwack
White supremacy may be legally dead but racism remains the most debilitating virus in the American system
by Julian Bond
Today's battles cannot become fights between people of color and whites. No one will win that fight
12 In Different Boats: The Myth of Reverse Discrimination-and What We can Do about It
by Anne Braden
If there is one thing that has kept all movements for social justice weak, it is the division of race
14 Running for President? Measure Up to This
by David McReynolds
A national agenda from a 21st century Don Quixote
16 Civil Disobedience for Campaign Finance Reform
by Randy Kehler
Nonviolent direct action as one important tool in the activist's kit
17 The Achilles Heel of the Economy
from Active for Justice
Test your economic literacy
18 To Dream of a Beloved Community
by Jennie Aleshire
I learned from the March of the Americas that activism does not have to mean protesting with hatred
19 Voices from Seattle
Molly Ivins, the Greens, a labor activist, the Black Bloc, its critics, and an endnote concerning anarchy
22 Iraq-A Campaign of Conscience
from the American Friends Service Committee and the Fellowship of Reconciliation
An active, faith-based response to the devastating impact of economic sanctions on the Iraqi people
24 Demonstrating the Popular Will-Abolition Victories in Two Massachusetts Towns
by Joseph Gerson
Voters called for a time-bound, verifiable, enforceable Nuclear Weapons Convention
25 Remembering an Inspiring Nuclear Abolitionist
Dorothy Purley's statement to the Hague Appeal for Peace
They never told us that they were gong to use this uranium to make weapons of mass destruction
26 Back to the Future
by Becky Pastner
An uphill battle, a familiar ride
28 Peacework Index: 1998
compiled by Poppy Gregory
Pieces: Events, Gatherings, Martin Luther King Day Events, Campaigns, Opportunities, Resources
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