PEACE & JUSTICE

A fair world lays the foundations for peace.

Miami Police Violence Draws Criticism

by Rachel Milanez

posted May 20, 2004

Voices from across the political spectrum and around the globe are calling for investigations into police violence during the November Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) demonstrations in Miami, Florida.

making the whole world a witness

by Dana Hughes

posted May 20, 2004

Human rights abuses thrive in the dark, dank world of censorship and government secrecy. What is those in danger could shine the light of publicity where it matters most? promotion and defense of human rights through video and other communications technology

Finding Dignity in Exile

by Ingrid Drake

posted May 20, 2004

Fleeing the violence of Burma's military rulers, Shan women create a sanctuary and a power base by working together.

A Pilgrimage to Syria

by Elias Amidon, Elizabeth Rabia Roberts

posted May 20, 2004

The Damascus peace mission: pilgrims to Syria find that the healing of wounds begins with listening, learning, and praying together in many languages.

Stand Together

by Carolyn McConnell

posted May 20, 2004

Stand Together by Carolyn McConnell - Jobs with Justice

Book Review: Couldn't Keep It To Myself: Testimonies From Our Imprisoned Sisters

by Bill Williams

posted May 20, 2004

COULDN'T KEEP IT TO MYSELF: Testimonies from our Imprisoned Sisters By Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution. Book Review by Bill Williams.

Debating Hate

by Thomas Simon

posted May 20, 2004

UNC students debate with Pastor Fred Phelps and his anti-gay views.

The Time For Nonviolence Has Come

by Michael N. Nagler

posted May 20, 2004

International Solidarity Movement and the power of nonviolence

Shall We Study War or Peace?

by Fran Korten

posted May 20, 2004

Fran Korten reviews YES! Magazine's Making Peace and Victor David Hansons An Autumn of War.

Tribes Find Power In Wind

by Winona LaDuke

posted May 20, 2004

Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, COUP, first wind generator dedicated on Rosebud Reservation, clean energy windshed. sustainable homeland economic development. summer 2003.

Iraqi Americans Face FBI Inquiries

by Pramila Jayapal

posted May 20, 2004

U.S. Justice Department and FBI interview immigrants.

Eight Steps To Teach Kids Peace

by The Alliance for Childhood

posted May 20, 2004

8 practical steps to teaching peace in your community.

Bolivians Topple President

by Lisa Gale Garrigues

posted Dec 31, 2003

The people of Bolivia took to the streets in October 2003 to bring an end to the leadership of President Gonzlo Sanchez de Lozada.

Turning Scarcity Into Abundance

by Vandana Shiva

posted Dec 31, 2003

The solution to scarcity is not more mega-projects, more control by giant corporations, or more globalization. The solution to scarcity is more democracy

Book Reviews: Now is it time to close the prisons?

by Carol Estes

posted Dec 31, 2003

Now is it time to close the prisons? by Carol Estes - Book reviews of THE PERPETUAL PRISONER MACHINE: How America Profits from Crime By Joel Dyer - ARE PRISONS OBSOLETE? By Angela Y. Davis - PRISON NATION: The Warehousing of America's Poor Edited by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright - THE DEATH GAME: Capital Punishment and the Luck of the Draw - By Mike Gray