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ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE

IN THE FIRST MAJOR collection of responses to September 11th, six twentysomethings from across the US (including one who lost his father in the World Trade Center) reflect on how the crisis has impacted their lives, explore the roots of anti-American terrorism, and offer concrete solutions for preventing future atrocities.

WHO IS IN IT? Familiar voices such as Angela Davis, Deepak Chopra, Eduardo Galeano, Rebecca Walker, Barbara Kingsolver, Davey D, John Robbins, Rep. Barbara Lee, Aaron McGruder (Boondocks), and Sebastião Salgado (photographer) are balanced with family members who lost loved ones; people who escaped alive and/or experienced anti-Middle Eastern scape-goating firsthand.

• Images of War
• BBC Online
• The Guardian
• Peace educators, researchers and activists info on recent events
• Foreign Policy in Focus Website
• Alternet
• Clamor Magazine
• Z Magazine

Resources

Center for Defense Information

cdi.org

Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan

contains documents dating back to 1997 or so that critique both the Taliban and the "Northern Alliance." It also should prove useful in helping to develop an analysis as well as enabling local vocalization of some possible objectives concerning food aid, international (UN) involvement, and social justice issues in Afghanistan. http://rawasongs.fancymarketing.net/index.html

Who is bin Laden and where does he come from?

PBS Frontline and MSNBC on who is Osama Ben Laden. Or go directly to Ben Laden's biography assembled by Frontline.

The US and Iraq

Ramsay's Clark on Iraq, Feb. 2001

9-11 Teach in site

http://199.218.240.45/genstud/cybercon/teach_inhome.htm from Prof Ed Singer, Northwest State CC. Contains links to a nice variety of back ground information and perspectives.

Interviews with some of our leading dissident voices.

In response to the media's lockout of progressive voices in the aftermath of 9/11 and the beginning of America's "New War", the Media Education Foundation has launched a technologically innovative web-based project: "Beyond the Frame: Alternative Perspectives on the September 11th Atrocities" featuring streaming video and audio interviews. Among the ones already up are Noam Chomsky and Nawal el Saadawi. In preparation are interviews with Howard Zinn, Robin Morgan, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Rabbi Michael Lerner among others.

National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)

Coverage of crack downs on the media since 9-11 and action alerts: http://www.ncac.org/issues/freeex911.html

On Organizing

Ten Principles for Social Justice Organizing in A Time of Crisis
by Bill Quigley, Loyola Law School
quigley@loyno.edu

Just War Theory

• The United States Council of Catholic Bishops has published a document called The Challenge of Peace; God's Promise and Our Response. It is specifically on nuclear weapons and the arms race (written in 1983), but has some things to say about just war theory. It is available for $3.95 as item number 863-0 by calling 1-800-235-8722.
• The National Catholic Reporter published a relevant article a couple of weeks back which is still available online at http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/100501/100501d.htm
  The article gives a discussion of just war theory, and there is a sidebar to the article at http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/100501/100501v.htm which summarizes the theory a little more concisely.
• "A Penny A Copy: Readings from the Catholic Worker".
• Howard Zinn's book "On War" (Seven Stories Press) has many interesting articles that do not explicitly take into account a religious perspective. Of special note: an article about his experiences in WWII.
• Ethics of this war have yet to be spelled out; Boston Globe By Shaun A. Casey, 10/11/2001

A little comic relief

• The Onion
• www.michaelmoore.com
• Whitehouse.org; marvelous satire

• howdarethey.org
  New site that challenges wartime profiteering by corporations. Includes a handy form for writing your government
• http://gct.uc.org/
  An international group organized by some folks at Entremundos in Guatemala.
• American Friends Service Committee Legislative Action Center
• Pax Christi USA
• Jewish voice for Peace
• International A.N.S.W.E.R. A new anitwar coalition.
• http://www.endthewar.org
• Green Party Page
• http://pax.protest.net/Peace/
  global calendar of pro-peace and anti-racism protests, meetings, benefits and conferences---
• http://protest.net/Peace/
• Ann Arbor Peace Movement Page

• What Peace Makers Can Do. By Don Scherer, BGSU Faculty
• Energyand the Quest for Peace. by Don Scherer, BGSU Faculty
• October 18th Letter to the BG news. by Pat Sewel
• Guest Editorial in BG news. by Jason Wells-Jensen. October 24
• What Scott Forgot; response to Scott Simon's Editorial by Mary Ellen Newport
  What is pacifism?

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