PEACE & JUSTICE

A fair world lays the foundations for peace.

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

Bringing Back Desert Springs

by Gary Nabhan

posted Dec 31, 2003

The Hopi people of the Black Mesa region know how to farm and thrive in the desert Southwest. But a giant coal company is draining the aquifer that feeds their sacred springs and makes their livelihood possible.

The War Against Ourselves

by Doug Rokke

posted Mar 31, 2003

A career army officer went to the Gulf to bring US soldiers safely through nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare. What he experienced convinced him that war is obsolete an interview with Major Doug Rokke

Detentions Spark Protests

by Pramila Jayapal

posted Mar 31, 2003

Immigrant deportions, NSEERS, National Security Entry Exit Registration System, immigrant rights, Pramila Jayapal

Keeping the Balance

by Lisa Gale Garrigues

posted Mar 31, 2003

An indigenous people at the tip of South America reclaims health, culture, and the vitality of the land.

This Is What Justice Looks Like

by Carol Estes

posted Mar 31, 2003

Until minutes before the deadline, no none knew if a proposed world criminal court could win needed support. It won by a landslide, and its creation opens new possibilities for the rule of law to replace the rule of fear and violence.

Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope

by Anna Marie Carter

posted Mar 31, 2003

"The Seed Lady of Watts" is getting fresh food into an area better known for its toxics and poverty

Saying Yes! to Peace

posted Mar 10, 2003

Voices from the YES! Magazine archives on War, Iraq, and Envisioning a Better Way

Waiting for War

by David Smith-Ferri

posted Mar 10, 2003

Do Iraqis want an American invasion to free them from Saddam Hussein?