WHAT CAN YOU DO TO BRING HEALING TO THE PROBLEMS EXPOSED BY 9-11?

Updated 3/8/04

Trust in God, but tie your horse to the hitching post.
                         Anonymous

What can you actually do to help create a world in which there are no more 9-11s?

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

There are many people, in many organizations working towards a healing of planetary wounds.

Association for Conflict Resolution
1527 New Hamphire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.667.9700 Fax 202.265.1968
acr@acresolution.org
www.acresolution.org

The Global Conflict Prevention Pool
On 9 September 2003, Jack Straw - Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs (The Foreign & Commonwealth Office), Valerie Amos - Secretary of State for International Development (The Department for International Development) and Geoff Hoon - Secretary of State for Defence (The Ministry of Defence), launched a new joint booklet entitled: The Global Conflict Prevention Pool:  A joint UK Government approach to reducing conflict.  This HMG booklet is a key source of information on the Global Conflict Prevention Pool, providing an overview of the PoolÕs Strategies, Programmes and Projects. It covers the first two years of the PoolÕs life up to March 2003 and highlights the importance the UK Government attaches to conflict prevention.

The Global Conflict Prevention Pool (GCPP) was set up in April 2001 as a new approach to tackling conflict prevention. Together with its partner - the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool - it represented a major innovation in joined-up government. The purpose of the Pool is to bring together the resources of the Ministry of Defence, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the Department for International Development to enable a more strategic approach to conflict reduction. It has forged a more holistic view of how to tackle conflict and brought synergy to the GovernmentÕs conflict prevention work in a wide range of areas such as the Balkans, Afghanistan, the Middle East and North Africa, Nepal and Indonesia.

The booklet is a factual report, which describes how the Pool works and what it has been doing across its 15 priority areas. A detailed and independent evaluation of the Global and Africa Pools is underway, although the booklet does highlight some early successes. These include work in the Balkans and Afghanistan, where Pool strategies have helped to establish security and stability, to develop better ethnic relations, democratic and accountable government, establishment of the Rule of Law, security sector reform and protection of human rights through training, capacity building and other support for conflict resolution. The Global Pool also has strategies aimed at tackling key issues which fuel conflict, such as the easy availability and supply of small arms and light weapons. GCPP strategies cover regional and thematic conflict prevention work, and support to international organisations in this field (including the UN, OSCE, and EU). It currently has 14 strategies, and is developing one for Iraq, which will aim to support work to create a more stable security situation and tackle underlying tensions which might otherwise lead to violent conflict in that country.
http://www.mod.uk/issues/cooperation/gcpp.htm

Oxford Research Group
The ORG is an independent team of researchers and support staff established in 1982 to develop effective methods for people to bring about positive change on issues of global and local security.

The Group combines rigorous research into nuclear weapons, arms control and conflict resolution with an understanding of the people who make those decisions. Our areas of research also include the reduction and control of the arms trade, the 'war on terrorism' and the effective non-violent resolution of conflict.

Our work involves promoting accountability and transparency, providing information on current decisions so that public debate can take place, and fostering dialogue between those who disagree.

We regularly bring policy-makers - senior government officials, the military, strategists and scientists - together with independent experts to develop ways past the obstacles to nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and greater global security.

In an informal environment with skilled facilitation we aim to build bridges of understanding as a means of opening up new ideas and to make possible significant new thinking on policy.

This website contains information about the organisation, future and past consultations, events and O.R.G. publications:
http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/

peace direct: WAR PREVENTION WORKS
In any conflict there are people who choose the more difficult route of active, nonviolent peace making. peace direct supports them and raises the profile of conflict resolution with governments.     

We identify active nonviolent groups in conflict areas and link them with appropriate groups of supporters in the UK, building an information database for dialogue with governments on the cost effectiveness of war prevention.

In combat you may risk your life to kill others; in nonviolence you may risk your life so that no one else will be killed.     

At the beginning of last century, 80% of those killed in conflicts were military.

At the beginning of this century, 80% of those killed in conflicts are civilians.
http://www.peacedirect.org/

Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA)
[Merged - Consortium on Peace Research Education & Development (COPRED) and Peace Studies Association (PSA)]
c/o The Evergreen State College
Mailstop SEM: 3127
Olympia, Washington 98505 USA
360-867-5230 Fax: 360-867-6553
pjsa@attbi.com
http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/index.php

Some of the more impressive organizations - working at the level of mediating between factions in countries where civil war and genocide have festered for generations - are summarized in an outstanding book on forgiveness.

Funding is a problem for programs for social change. Changing our priorities could free up major sums that are being spent for the military.

From Tom Atlee:
Dear friends,

I just tracked down a fascinating chart created by the What the World Wants Project http://www.worldgame.org/wwwproject/ which shows the relationship between the world's military expenses and the amount of money required to creatively address eighteen of the world's most pressing social and environmental problems. It suggests that one-third of the $780 billion spent every year on the military could ultimately

  1. Eliminate Starvation and Malnourishment
  2. Provide Health Care & AIDS Control
  3. Provide Shelter for everyone in the world
  4. Provide Clean Safe Water
  5. Eliminate Illiteracy
  6. Provide Clean, Safe Energy through Efficiency
  7. Provide Clean, Safe Energy through         Renewables
  8. Retire the Developing Nations' Debts
  9. Stabilize Population
10. Prevent Soil Erosion
11. Stop Deforestation
12. Stop Ozone Depletion
13. Prevent Acid Rain
14. Prevent Global Warming
15. Remove Landmines
16. Provide Refugee Relief
17. Eliminate Nuclear Weapons and
18. Build Democracy

For each of these goals, the What the World Wants Project describes programs to accomplish it, complete with cost estimates and references.

I encourage you to take at least five or ten minutes to explore this remarkable chart and its related documents (you can click on each problem area to get a very accessible description of the problem and approaches to solving it).
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RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS

CARE
There are certain organizations in this world who work quietly, effectively, and save millions lives. You don't hear much about them, because fortunately, you probably have not been in a position where you needed them. But for decades, they have been there, changing your world for the better.
CARE is one of those organizations, as is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the Red Cross. In recent years, CARE has been in Afghanistan, quietly, providing programs of economic opportunity for widows, safe drinking water in Kabul, and basic education -- for both boys and girls. And today, as hundreds of thousands of individuals flee from Afghanistan, these organizations will be there to receive them, doing their best to provide food, warmth and care, keeping people healthy and alive until they can safely make the journey home.
www.thecommunity.com
info@thecommunity.com

OXFAM INTERNATIONAL
12 Oxfam organizations around the world are dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty and social injustice around the world.
Oxfam provides financial, technical and networking assistance to grassroots groups to support their self-help community development initiatives. Oxfam also advocates among national and international policy-makers, suggesting humane public policies that address structural impediments to ending poverty and hunger. In addition, Oxfam educates Americans about the causes and solutions to world hunger and poverty. A major component of our educational and policy work is campaigning throughout the U.S. to get Americans actively behind the important policy issues that we believe will make significant differences to poor communities.
Together we maximize our effectiveness by collaborating on emergency relief projects, campaigning for policy change, and in creating innovative broadbased grassroots projects that have great impact throughout a region or across countries.
26 West Street, Boston
MA 02111-1206, USA
617 482 1211
617 728 2594
www.Oxfam.org
info@ oxfamamerica.org

ENVIRONMENT - See later page

PEACE INFORMATION, PROMOTING ACTIVISM

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
The American Civil Liberties Union has been defending liberty in Americafor more than 85 years. From the internment of some 110,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II to the abusive domestic spying, blackmail and harassment by the FBI during the McCarthy era, the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, the ACLU has successfully defended the basic rights and freedoms of everyone across America when they were at their most vulnerable.
http://www.aclu.org/
 

BETWEEN THE LINES
Since 1991, non-commercial, listener-supported WPKN Radio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has produced a weekly, award-winning public affairs showcalled Between the Lines. A four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcast Award for Best Feature in the non-commercial category, this syndicated, half-hour program provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media. Between the Lines covers a wide range of political, economic and social topics.
Each program begins with a five-minute summary of some of the week's under- reported news stories gathered from the alternative press. This summary is followed by three five-minute interview segments focusing on significant international, national and regional issues.
Our Goal is to Encourage Activism
Between the Lines offers our audience timely information on how to become active on the issues featured on each week's program.
Every interview segment includes phone numbers and Web sites to facilitate contact between listeners and activist groups, that are taking a stand on critical issues of the day.
Our site also offers text summaries, transcripts of selected interviews and audio archives of BTL programs, and links to additional resources.

BETWEEN THE LINES
c/o WPKN Radio 89.5 FM
244 University Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Telephone:
(203) 544-9863, ext. 1 or (203) 331-9756
http://www.btlonline.org/
betweenthelines@snet.net

BIG PICTURE/ SMALL WORLD
Outstanding site, suggesting peace initiatives, actions
Impacts the viewer with counter that shows amounts of money being spent every minute for war
www.bigpicturesmallworld.com/peaceometers/Peace.html
Winning peace video
www.bigpicturesmallworld.com/winningpeace.html

BUSH WATCH
Daily political internet magazine based in Austin, Texas, a non-advocacy site paid for and edited by Politex, a non-affiliated U.S. citizen. "Bush Watch" and "Politex," © 1998-2002 by Jerry Politex.
Making efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues.
http://www.bushnews.com    
politex@bushwatch.com

CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
CCR uses litigation proactively to advance the law in a positive direction, to guarantee the rights of those with the fewest protections and least access to legal resources.
www.ccr-ny.org/v2/home.asp

CREATING HOPE INTERNATIONAL
Creating Hope International was founded on a vision of how the world could be if each of us makes an effort to make the world a better place. Creating Hope International was founded with the vision of bringing hope to victims of war, political unrest, and natural disasters through unique, grass roots programs designed to help the people of the world to rebuild their lives for a brighter tomorrow. Working primarily on a grass roots level, Creating Hope International provides assistance to the under served, often silent victims of world strife, devastating natural disasters, crippling economies, and political systems which suppress natural human rights to improve their daily lives. We do not provide handouts. Rather, we teach people the skills, and provide the services they need to improve their own lives. In the process we re-build their self esteem, help them develop expertise, and assist in creating new thriving communities out the ashes of the old.
We invite you to find out more about our valuable services and programs, and to join with us in this humanitarian effort.
Creating Hope International
P.O. Box 1058
Dearborn, MI 48121, U.S.A.
phone: (313) 278-5806
fax: (313) 565-8515
www.creatinghope.org 
sakena@creatinghope.org

EARTH FUTURE
101 Ways to Stop the War in Iraq

EARTH RAINBOW NETWORK
"The Earth Rainbow Network, founded in February 1997, currently has an extensive list of more than 2,600 people in approximatelty 50 countries sharing information, visions and feedbacks on a broad range of subjects as a way to expand and deepen global awareness and the sense of forming a global spiritual community gradually empowering itself to contribute in shaping the future of this world."
http://earthrainbownetwork.com

eMAIL ACTIVIST
The Email Activist is an email newsletter that was founded pretty much by accident in January 2001.  At The Email Activist, we seek out useful news and information that goes unreported or under-reported in the mainstream media. Then we summarize it in layman's terms and email it for free to those who request to be on our mailing list.
http://www.theemailactivist.org/

INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU
The IPB is the world's oldest and most comprehensive international peace federation, bringing together people working for peace in many different sectors: not only pacifists but also women's, youth, labour, religious and professional bodies. IPB was founded in 1892 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1910. It has 240 member organizations, both internationals and national/local groups in over 50 countries.
IPB's role is to support peace and disarmament initiatives taken by the UN, by governments, and especially by citizens. We devote our main resources to informing and servicing grassroots peace campaigns, and creating international projects. In addition, we act as publishing house, conference organiser, and Geneva logistical support for visiting NGOs.
International Peace Bureau
41, Rue de Zurich
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: + 41 (22) 731 64 29; Fax: + 41 (22) 738 94 19
http://www.ipb.org
mailbox@ipb.org

GEORGE MONBIOT
Journalist with many articles on sane ways to deal with problems in our world.
www.monbiot.com
mail@monbiot.com

MOTHER JONES MAGAZINE
Investigative journalism
http://motherjones.com/

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MOVEON
MoveOn is working to bring ordinary people back into politics. With a system that today revolves around big money and big media, most citizens are left out. When it becomes clear that our "representatives" don't represent the public, the foundations of democracy are in peril. MoveOn is a catalyst for a new kind of grassroots involvement, supporting busy but concerned citizens in finding their political voice. Our nationwide network of more than 600,000 online activists is one of the most effective and responsive outlets for democratic participation available today.
http://www.moveon.org   
info@moveon.org

THE NONVIOLENT PEACEFORCE aims to save lives by preventing large outbreaks of violent conflict around the world. NP is a trained, international civilian nonviolent peace force. It works at the invitation of local groups to protect human rights and prevent death and destruction, thus creating the space for local groups to struggle nonviolently, enter into dialogue, and seek peaceful resolution. NP will deploy hundreds of peace workers at a time who will engage in interpositioning, accompaniment, presence, and witnessing
801 Front Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55103
www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org

NONVIOLENCE WEB
Nonviolence.Org is your source for up-to-minute news and commentary on peace and nonviolence.
We give you the organizations and individuals working to make real change in the world. Check out the latest essays and links on Nonviolence Web Upfront. Read the latest essays forwards by our readers in NV Commentary. Springboard to the contempoary peace movement through our NV Links and NV Issuepages
Nonviolence Web
PO Box 38504
Philadelphia PA 19104
215-681-0783
www.nonviolence.org   
nvweb@nonviolence.org

THE NOWAR COLLECTIVE
www.nowarcollective.com  
worker-nowar@lists.tao.ca


PEACE ACTION
(formerly SANE/Freeze) works to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons, the development of a peace-oriented economy, an end to the international weapons trade, and promotes non-military solutions to international conflicts.
1819 H Street NW
Suite 420 &425
Washington, DC 20006
Ph: (202) 862-9740
Fx: (202) 862-9762
www.peace-action.org/

PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL (PBI)
A non-governmental organization (NGO) which protects human rights and promotes nonviolent transformation of conflicts.
When invited, we send teams of volunteers into areas of repression and conflict. The volunteers accompany human rights defenders, their organizations and others threatened by political violence. Perpetrators of human rights abuses usually do not want the world to witness their actions. The presence of volunteers backed by a support network helps to deter violence. In this way, we create space for local activists to work for social justice and human rights.
Peace Brigades International (PBI) –
International Office
Unit 5, 89-93 Fonthill Rd
London N4 3HT
U.K.
Tel:44-(0)20-7561-9141
Fax:44-(0)20-7281-3181
http://peacebrigades.org/
info@peacebrigades.org

RENS.COM
Trenchant discussions on politics, ecology, health issues (also UFO site)
www.rense.com

SEEDS OF PEACE
Seeds of Peace is a non-profit,non-political organization that helps teenagers from regions of conflict learn the skills of making peace. Set at our own camp in the woods of Maine, a safe and supportive environment is created where the youngsters can air their views and learn listening, communication and other conflict resolution techniques that allow them to develop empathy for one another. Seeds of Peace equips the next generation with the leadership capabilities required to end the cycles of violence.
Seeds of Peace –
NEW YORK OFFICE
370 Lexington Avenue, Suite 401
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-573-8040
Fax: 212-573-8047
WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE
1321 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone: 202-337-5530
Fax: 202-337-5646
www.seedsofpeace.org

SEEDS OF PEACE CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE
PO Box 25045
Jerusalem 97300
Phone: 011-972-2-582-0222
Fax: 011-972-2-582-2221
SEEDS OF PEACE INTERNATIONAL CAMP
(Summer Months Only)
183 Powhatan Road
Otisfield, Maine 04270
Phone: 207-627-7202
Fax: 207-627-3121
www.seedsofpeace.org
camp@seedsofpeace.org

SILKWORM PEACE INSTITUTE
To promote peace, healing and cultural understanding.
Mr. Takashi "Thomas" Tanemori is a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. He was 8 years old and less than a mile from ground zero when his parents and many of his family were killed. After living as a starving orphan in the ashes of post-war Japan, Takashi emigrated to America an embittered teenager seeking revenge upon the people who destroyed his family.
Takashi learned to transform his hatred through love and forgiveness, eventually becoming a minister, a world-class chef, and an international business consultant, He now dedicates his time and efforts to promoting peace, fostering forgiveness and helping others overcome barriers.
The Silkworm Peace Institute is a continuation of this transformation, his values and mission are reflected in the goals of the organization:
1. To showcase the experiences and journeys of individuals and groups who have successfully transformed revenge and anger into peace and forgiveness
2. To foster international peace and to promote non-violent change by building bridges of understanding between different cultural and ethnic, and national groups.
3. To help end cultural prejudice and historical conflict by encouraging healing and forgiveness in human affairs.
4. To promote individual transformation and the selfless ideals of Jita-Kyoei by honoring the sacredness of all life and serving the needs of others.
Silk Worm –
3371 Moraga Blvd.
Lafayette, CA 94549
Phone: 925-284-2201
Fax: 925-284-8755
www.silkworm.org
silkworm@silkworm.org

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TRUTHOUT.ORG
Timely, thoughtful, provocative articles on voting rights | environment | budget | children | politics | indigenous survival | energy | defense | health | economy | human rights | labor | trade | women | reform | global |
http://truthout.org/index.htm

WOMEN WAGING PEACE
A Global Initiative of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
Women Waging Peace breaks new ground by identifying the essential role and contribution of women in preventing violent conflict, stopping war, and sustaining peace in fragile areas around the world.
Women Waging Peace –
Cambridge Office
625 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: (617) 868-3910
fax: (617) 995-1982
Washington D.C. Office
2040 "S" Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
phone: (202) 403-2000
www.womenwagingpeace.net
information@womenwagingpeace.net

WORKINGFORCHANGE is a comprehensive Web site made up of resources for people with progressive values. Anyone with Internet access (members and non-members alike) can speak out on urgent issues, read informative news and columns, go shopping, make a donation or volunteer their time.
www.actforchange.com

UTNE READER
Articles from leading alternative magazines
http://www.utne.com

CITIZENS FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS (formerly WORLD FEDERALIST ASSOCIATION)
A nonprofit membership organization that promotes global solutions to global problems. Through the education and advocacy efforts of our professional staff and committed activist members across the U.S., WFA works to present pragmatic policy recommendations to the U.S. public, NGO community and policy elites. We work to achieve U.S. support for prosecuting war criminals through the International Criminal Court, improve global environmental governance, reform UN peacekeeping to allow intervention before a conflict escalates into genocide, and democratize the institutions of globalization.
Citizens for Global Solutions
418 Seventh Street, SE · Washington, DC 20003 ·
1-800-WFA-0123 · 1-202-546-3950
· Fax 202-546-3749
www.globalsolutions.org


FOREIGN AND GLOBAL MEDIA
The media in other countries often provide views and news ignored or under-reported by the American press.

THE GUARDIAN (UK)

THE INDEPENDENT (UK)

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

ARAB NEWS

GUSH SHALOM (Israel Peace Bloc)
principles:
The Green Line (the borders of the pre 1967 war)
Will be a border of peace Between two free and sovereign states: Israel and Palestine.
All Israeli settlers in the now occupied territories will return to Israel.
Jerusalem will be an open city, and will serve as capital to both states:
East Jerusalem will be the capital of Palestine,
West Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel.
Both parties can reach a just and agreed upon solution

PEACE AND JUSTICE WEBSITES
(unsorted, unchecked)

Based on original list from   tomcondit@igc.org

http://www.Abolition2000.org (debt cancellation)

http://www.Aclu.org

http://www.Actsofkindness.org

http://www.Afghan-network.net

http://www.Afsc.org  (American Friends Service Committee)*

http://www.Agapecommunity.org  (good articles & newsletter)

http://www.Ahram.org.eg/weekly  (Islamic World News-Cairo)

http://www.Ajmuste.org

http://www.Al-awda.org  (Palestinian Right to Return Coalition)

http://www.Allafrica.com  (All Africa Global Media)

http://www.Alternet.org  (news)

http://www.Altpr.org  (Alternative press )

http://www.Americas.org

http://www.Americaspolicy.org

http://www.Amnestyusa.org

http://www.Ananuclear.org  (Alliance for Nuclear Accountability)

http://www.Anped.org  (Northern Alliance for Sustainability)

http://www.Antiwar.com

http://www.Armscontrol.org

http://www.Avpusa.org  (Alternatives to Violence Project)

http://www.Backfromthebrink.org  (nuclear)

http://www.Bbc.co.uk  (BBC)

http://www.Bpf.org  (Buddhist Peace Fellowship)

http://www.Caat.org.uk  (Campaign vs. Arms Trade)

http://www.Catholicworker.org

http://www.Ccr-ny.org  (Center for Constitutional Rights)

http://www.Cdi.org  (Center for Defense Info.)

http://www.Cie.org  (Center for Islamic Education)

http://www.Ciponline.org  (Center for International Policy)

http://www.Citizen.org  (Public Citizen - Critical Mass Energy and

Environment Program)

http://www.Citnet.org/worldsummit  (Citizen's Network for Sustainable

Development)

http://www.CloseIndianPoint.org

http://www.Clw.org  (Council for a Livable World - also has Arms Trade

Newsletter)

http://www.Coc.org  (Center of Concern)

http://www.cc-ds.org (Committees of Correspondence for Democracy &

Socialism)

http://www.Colombiareport.org

http://www.Comdsd.org  (Com. Opposed to Militarism and Draft )

http://www.Commondreams.org  (progressive news)

http://www.Communitycurrency.org

http://www.Coopamerica.org

http://www.Corpwatch.org  (holding corporations accountable)

http://www.Cpt.org  (Christian Peacemaker Teams)

http://www.Ctwo.org  (Center for Third World Organizing)

http://www.Dailytelegraph.co.uk

http://www.Debka.com  (Mid-East Intelligence)

http://www.Democracynow.org

http://www.Doctorswithoutborders.org

http://www.Dsausa.org  (Democratic Socialists of America)

http://www.Eactivist.org  (electronic activism)

http://www.Eatthestate.org  (alternative media)

http://www.Ecapc.org  (Every Church a Peace Church)

http://www.Eca-watch.org  (Export Credit Agency Reform Campaign)

http://www.Electronicintifada.net

http://www.Ellsberg.net

http://www.Endthewar.org  (National Network to End War vs. Iraq)

http://www.Epic-usa.org  (Education for Peace in Iraq)

http://www.Equalitynow.org  (human rights for women)

http://www.Esrnational.org  (Educators for Social Responsibility)

http://www.Essential.org  (Ralph Nader )

http://www.Etan.org  (East Timor Action Network)

http://www.Fair.org  (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)

http://www.Fairtradefederation.org  (products)

http://www.Fas.org/asmp  (Fed.of Amer. Scientists - good research on

arms trade, etc)

http://www.Fatherjohndear.org  (peace activist, speaker, writer)

http://www.Fcnl.org  (Friends Commission on National Legislation )

http://www.Feminist.org  (many issues)

http://www.Foe.org  (Friends of the Earth)

http://www.Fortunesociety.org  (Criminal Justice System News)

http://www.Fourthfreedom.org

http://www.Fpif.org  (Foreign Policy in Focus )

http://www.Gabnet.org  (Phil./U.S. Women's Solidarity Organization)

http://www.Gandhiinstitute.org

http://www.Geocities.com  (every subject!)

http://www.Globalexchange.org

http://www.Globalcoalitionforpeace.net

http://www.Gracelinks.org  (Global Resource Action Center for the

Environment - nuclear)

http://www.Grandmothersforpeace.org

http://www.Gregpalast.com  (reporter)

http://www.Gpnys.org  (Green Party)

http://www.Greenpeace.org  (International)

http://www.Guardian.co.uk  (news)

http://www.Gulf-times.com  (Gulf Times - Quatar)

http://www.Gush-shalom.org/english/index.html (Israeli peace organization)

http://www.HaguePeace.org

http://www.Haitireborn.org

http://www.Haitisupport.gn.apc.org

http://www.Holylandtrust.org  (Sami Awad -Director)

http://www.Hrw.org  (Human Rights Watch

http://www.Iacenter.org  (International Action Center)

http://www.ICCnow.org  (International Criminal Court)

http://www.Icjp.org  (Intercommunity Center for Justice and Peace)

http://www.Ifconews.org  (Pastors for Peace)

http://www.Ifg.org  (International Forum on Globalization)

http://www.Igc.org/disarm  (Disarmament Times - NGO Commission on

Disarmament)

http://www.Independent.co.uk  (full news coverage)

http://www.Indymedia.org

http://www.Indypressny.org

http://www.Internationalanswer.org

http://www.Inthesetimes.org

http://www.Ipb.org  (International Peace Bureau)

http://www.Ips-dc.org  (Institute for Policy Studies)

http://www.Iraqjournal.com

http://www.Jang.com.pk/thenews  (good on Afghan war)

http://www.Jewsagainsttheoccupation.org

http://www.Jfrej.org  (Jews for Racial & Economic Justice)

http://www.Jmcc.org  (Jerusalem Media Comm. Center -reliable info on

Palestinian territories)

http://www.Jubileeusa.org

http://www.Justicenet.org

http://www.Lalutta.org  (breaking social justice stories)

http://www.Lchr.org  (Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)

http://www.Lcnp.org  (Lawyers Committee On Nuclear Policy)

http://www.Madre.org  (Human rights for women & families)

http://www.Mbmd.org  (Moving Beyond Missile Defense)

http://www.Mcc.org  (Mennonite Central Committee)

http://www.Meaning.org

http://www.MediaMonitors.net  (seeking truth in media)

http://www.MERIP.org  (Middle East Report & Info Project)

http://www.Merton.org

http://www.Mideasti.org  (Mid-East Institute)

http://www.MoratoriumCampaign.org

http://www.Moveon.org  (Citizens Making a Difference)

http://www.Nationalpriorities.org  (How Gov't spends our money)

http://www.Nationalreview.com  (world news)

http://www.Networklobby.org

http://www.Nevadadesertexperience.org

http://newsforthesoul.com (Live streaming, peace news)
(604) 780 NEWS (6397) or (604) 913 2233

http://www.Nimn.org  (Not in my Name - Jews vs. the Occupation).

http://www.Nirs.org  (Nuclear Info & Resource Service)

http://www.Nisbco.org  (Center on Conscience and War)

http://www.Nlg.org  (National Lawyers Guild)

http://www.Nonviolence.org  (multiple sources & articles)

http://www.Nonviolenceinternational.net

http://www.Notinourname.net

http://www.Nowarcollective.com

http://www.Nrdi.org  (Nuclear Reduction & Disarmament)

http://www.Nuclearfiles.org

http://www.Nuclearpolicy.org  (Helen Caldicott)

http://www.Nukewatch.org

http://www.Nwtrcc.org  (Nat.War Tax Resist. Coord. Comm.)

http://www.Nyadp.org  (death penalty )

http://www.Nyccloseindianpoint.org

http://www.Objector.org  ( Central Comm. For Consc.Objectors CC

CO)

http://www.Oneworld.net  (news here & abroad)

http://www.Oxfam.org

http://www.Palestinemonitor.org

http://www.Partnersforpeace.org  (Israel- Palestine Conflict-NGO)

http://www.Pathwaystopeace.org

http://www.Paxchristiusa.org

http://www.Paxchristi.net  (International)

http://www.Pax.protest.net  (calendar of peace events)

http://www.Peacebrigades.org

http://www.Peacefultomorrows.org  (by families of 9/11)

http://www.Peaceinspace.com  (Institute for Cooperation in Space)

http://www.Peacenowar.net  (Palestine news)

http://www.Peacepeople.com  (Northern Ireland)

http://www.Pfaw.org  (People for the American Way)

http://www.Plowsharesinstitute.com

http://www.Pogo.org  (Project on Government Oversight)

http://www.Presentdanger.org

http://www.Progressivesecretary.org  (for a voice in D.C.)

http://www.Prorev.com  (Progressive Review - news, articles)

http://www.Psr.org  (Physicians for Social Responsibility)

http://www.Rawa.org  (Rev. Assoc.of Women of Afghanistan)

http://www.Raginggrannies.com

http://www.Reclaimingdemocracy.org

http://www.Responsibleshopper.org

http://www.Salon.com  (news)

http://www.Serve.com/pcmny  (Pax Christi Metro New York)

http://www.Sfcg.org  (Common Ground-articles on nonviolent

alternatives)

http://www.Soaw.org  (School of the Americas Watch)

http://www.Socialconscience.com

http://www.Sojo.net  (Sojourners Magazine - good news, sources)

http://www.Smallarmssurvey.org

http://www.Space4peace.org  (Global Network vs. Weapons & Nuclear

Power in Space)

http://www.Sp-usa.org  (Socialist Party)

http://www.Starhawk.org

http://www.Stopcorporateabuse.org  (Corporate Accountability International)

http://www.Theecologist.org

http://www.Thememoryhole.org

http://www.Thenation.com

http://www.Thestruggle.org  (Iraq)

http://www.Tikkun.org  (A Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture & Society)

http://www.Tolerance.org

http://www.Tompaine.com  (A Public Interest Journal)

http://www.Tradewatch.org  (Public Citizen Global Trade Watch)

http://www.Truemajority.org

http://www.Ucsusa.org  (Union of Concerned Scientists)

http://www.Un.org

http://www.Unhchr.ch  (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)

http://www.Unitedforpeace.org  (Medea Benjamin)

http://www.Voicesuk.org (smart sanctions)

http://www.Wagingpeace.org  (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)

http://www.WakingPlanet.com

http://www.Wand.org  (Women's Action for New Direction..anti-

militarism)

http://www.Wapha.org  (Women's Alliance for Peace & Human Rights in

Afghanistan)

http://www.Warresisters.org

http://www.Wbai.net

http://www.Wbresearch.com  (World Business Research)

http://www.Webofcreation.org  (Transforming Faithbased Comm.for a

Sustainable World)

http://www.Womenwagingpeace.net

http://www.Workers.org  (Workers World)) Workingforchange.com

http://www.Worldcitizens.org

http://www.Worldpolicy.org  (Frida Berrigan)

http://www.Wri-irg.org  (War Resisters International)

http://www.Wsws.org  (World Socialist Website)

http://www.Zmag.org  (social change articles)

http://www.50years.org  (US Network for Global Economic Justice)

POETRY AND METAPHOR SOMETIMESSAY IT BETTER THAN HISTORICAL, POLITICAL AND REASONED WRITINGS
POETS AGAINST THE WAR

You can also assure that your quality of life and freedoms are not compromised by our own government abridging our rights that are guaranteed by our Constitution. If we let this happen, then the terrorists have achieved a far greater victory than merely killing thousands of people. We will be succumbing to their terror and living lives of terror.

SEE DISCUSSION OF HOW YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE COMPROMISDED IF THE PATRIOT ACT CONTINUES IN FORCE AND IS EXPANDED
http://www.infowars.com/print_patriotact2_analysis.htm

Contact your Senator and Congressman and let them know your opinions on proposed government actions.

Proposed US Department of Peace
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich has proposed a Department of Peace in the US Government.

Take a moment to contemplate, to meditate on your options to bring more healing into your world.

One step, one vote, one more healing presence can help to transform our ailing planet.

Your healing can make a difference!

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