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Peace News #2480-81

December 2006 - January 2007

Blair's legacy? Fifty more years of nuclear posturing

Prestwick inspectors acquitted as Crown falters on permission issue More seriously organised criminals Stansted campaigners in planning victory Hundreds descend on Brize Iraq: Opposing the occupation Faslane 365: 64 down, 301 to go Europe-wide protests against nuclear NATO Gaza: a month of action against war and occupation Thousands say "no" to nuclear waste as Castor passes through

Movement research: Thinking global, acting local, Ian Taylor Counter recruitment: A new strategic focus for the peace movement? Andreas Speck Making the links: Roads and Runways everywhere, Jason Torrance Making the links: The rise and rise of the movement against road building, Rebecca Lush Making the links: Stop the short haul, Leo Murray

Editorial: humanity's machine The colour of peace, Jeff Cloves Challenging oppression with Turning the Tide, Craig Barnett Shopping for peace, Theresa Wolfwood Torture, the geneva Conventions and the School of the Americas, Ann Wright From the Molehill: Beyond an joke, tears for dictators, and pacifist persuasion Love your enemy! Everyone can change!

George Monbiot, Heat Mikhail Gorbachev, Manifesto for the earth Gregory M Reichberg, Henrik Syse and Endre Begby (eds), The Ethics of War: classic and contemporary readings Robert Fisk, The Great War for Civilisation Maya Anne Evans, Naming the dead - A Serious Crime

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