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Peace News #2447 June - August 2002

May Day 2002 Israeli peaceniks show their strength Colombian elections bring no peace

Marnie Smith, It is my wish that there will be a new battle in Afghanistan the battle of the pen A Participant, Direct action in Bethlehem Joanne Baker, Message from Iraq Roberta Bacic, Cuba, people and sun, music and memories

Andreas Speck, Guest editorial Bart Horeman & Andreas Speck, Human right v antimilitarist action Naeem Sadiq, Peace, progress and private armies Ekkehart Krippemdorf, The state and militarism after 11 September Emma Sinclair-Webb, Military service and manhood in Turkey Lothan Raz, Pacified into fighting how Jewish Israeli men are manipulated Ruth Hiller, Chipping away at the core Siân Jones, We wont fight your ******* wars... or will we? Ryan Amundson, Speaking out against violence Martin Rodriguez,What does it mean to be an antimilitarist? Wolfram Beyer, The flaw in the peoples army Bobi, Operation Self Interest? Bojan Aleskov, Neither heroes nor cowards Howard Clark, Here I stand Tikiri, Not much impact... yet Kathryn Mathers,The home front: a white woman against apartheid and conscription Peretz Kidron, Yesh Gvul: a uniquely Israeli innovation in the culture of protest Tobias Pflüger, Antimilitarism in the (new) German peace and anti-war movement after 11 September

Ippy, Antimilitarism: an introduction (PDF) Antimilitarist resources

En legítima desobediencia: tres décadas de objeción, insumisión y antimilitarismo Peter Brock, The Black Flower: One Mans Memory of Prison Sixty Years After United Nations, A Destruction Handbook: small arms, light weapons, ammunition and explosives Julie A Mertus, Wars Offensive on Women: The Humanitarian Challenge in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan Bertrand Russell, Has Man A Future? Michael Moore, Stupid White Men... and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! David Cromwell, Private Planet; Corporate Plunder and the Fight Back Diana Francis, People, Peace and Power. Conflict Transformation in Action

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