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While a new government is taking shape, bombs still fall over Afghanistan.
The bombing has contributed to thousands more innocent civilians dead, and millions
homeless and hungry. The Taliban seems to be history. Was the military campaign sucessful
or is this just the beginning? The miltary planners are considering large scale deployment
of ground troops. Meanwhile, US citizens deal with another kind of terror, bio- terrorism
by mail, possibly a "home grown" variety, small scale but worrisome. And
how will Pakistan stand in the face of widespread protests? How will Israeli policy
influence the current crisis/war? How will the popular resolve for military force
hold in the face of potential US and British prisoners who will not be treated according
the Geneva Conventions? How will the US and global economy be affected? How may civil
rights and liberties be abridged? How will it all resolve? As we ponder the possibilities,
wondering how we, the peace and justice community, can call for a just resolution
when al-Qaeda seeks solutions beyond anything like justice, we present an updated
edition of Voices of Peace. Some of the articles aren't brand new but are useful
tools to help us think and act about the current dilemma of war and peace.
Articles:
Madeleine Bunting of the Guardian says A Fairy Tale at Christmas Coverage of This War ...
Norman Solomon on Noam Chomsky: Saying What Media Don't Want Us to Hear
and ...
Bad
News When Madmen Lead the Blind makes Norman Solomon think
about King Lear
Ten Things
You Can Do for Peace by staff of the American Friends Service
Committe
Is
God "Neutral"? David Harrison of the Institute
for Public Accuracy asks a "million dollar" question!
Open
Letter to Nobel Peace Prize Winner Joseph Rotblat from
Dr. Andreas Toupadakis
George Amoss' Reply
to Kathleen Parker -- Why Pacifism.
Mark Twain's War Prayer seems too familar as we celebrate "a season of peace".
Starhawk's reflects on global justice with Only Poetry Can Address Grief : Moving Forward After 911
Carl Stieren writes the Pacifist's Diary from the G-20 Summit Meetings
in Ottawa.
Fawzia Afzal-Khan says Here Are the Muslim Feminist Voices, Mr. Rushdie!
Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks on Beyond a Call for United Nations's "Peacekeeping" in Afghanistan
Mark Shepard on Gandhi and His
Myths.
David Harrison of The Institute for Public Accuracy examines why
Analysts Express
Doubts About Northern Alliance.
A widow of 9-11 says "Our grief is not a cry for war", Highlights
about the DC to NYC Peace Walk.
Former weapons designer Andreas Toupadakis asks Soldier, Can You Hear Me?
What Is the Role of the
Public Schools for Military Recruiters? An Associated Press
story.
ACLU Urges Congress
to Leash New Military Tribunals, Reestablish Oversight
From Bagdad to Ballymurphy, Terror
and Tyranny by Seumas Milne from the Guardian
No Glory in Unjust War
on the Weak by Barbara Kingsolver for the Los Angeles Times
A wonderful speech text (attributed to) Bill Moyers at the Environmental Grantmakers Association Conference
All Bombs Are Dumb or This Ain't a Movie by Ryan Ramon
from WxNW.org
The Algebra of Infinite Justice by Arundhati Roy for the Guardian
As Bombs Fall, Critics Question
U.S. Approach by Evan Woodward
Killing Them Softly: Starvation and
Dollar Bills for Afghan Kids by Norman Solomon
Will Tears Ever Stop? by John Gerassi
Folly of Aid and Bombs by George Monbiot
Rest in Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk
Letters:
Dr. Andreas Toupadakis writes two open letters: To the Director of Lawerence Livermore National Lab.
And To
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Joseph Rotblat
Preventing a
Humanitarian Crisis by Charles Gray and Sylvia Hart
Web Sites and Links:
Follow Your Dreams -A
Bill to Create a USA Dept. of Peace
Unveiled Oppression by Barbara Ehrenreich at the Los Angeles Times
French Reporter Michael Peyrard Tells of Days Held in Jail by the Taliban
by Suzanne Daley at the New York Times
Ends
and Means: Defining a Just War by Richard Falk at The Nation
online
The High Hidden Cost of Saudi Arabian Oil by Neela
Banerjee at The New York Times
Bombs: a one-size-fits-all response, Editorial
from the National Catholic Reporter, Oct.19, '01
Experts say bombing is risky strategy by Margot
Patterson, National Catholic Reporter, Nov.2. '01
American Friends Services Committee, giving aid and relief
Help FCNL limit the scope and
duration of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan by the Friends
Committee on National Legislation
Perspectives on Terrorism,
Waging Peace in the Nuclear Age
A progressive Christian Bible Study Site
Western
Quakers for Peace with great links to Rabbis for Human
Rights in the Middle East, et al.
Bread Not Bombs with links to many communities of faith and aid agencies
Who
Is Reading Your E-mail? by Michael Ratner, Draconian Law
Enforcement is not a Solution to Terrorism
Up-to-date News at the BBC and NPR
Orion offers access to some interesting comments. "More
than just a nation, America is an idea, a cultural concept - an entirely novel and
ahistorical proposition. Throughout American history, pen and sword have crossed
in times of crisis, often resulting in positive cathartic developmental leaps."
Regular Orion contributing writers, from Wendell Berry to Scott Russell Sanders,
respond here to the tragic events of September 11th, 2001.
Voices of Peace: Volume
I, Volume
II