Peace and Freedom articles from March 2004

Peace and Freedom archives from March 2004

Why does our history matter?
March 22, 2004... When I first came to Philadelphia in the 1970s, I remember walking down Race Street and seeing the sign in the window at number 1213: "Jane Addams House, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom." I was intrigued at this surprising...

Good news on membership.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... WILPF is growing. Last year, we had over 800 new members join WILPF. In addition, our renewals were way up. Thanks to all of you who joined or renewed your membership in WILPF. It really is your annual dues that makes our work together...

Jane Addams: our WILPF heroine.
March 22, 2004... Many wonderful women were involved in the 1915 founding of the Woman's Peace Party (the precursor of WILPF), but none is as widely known and respected as Jane Addams. There are many reasons for Addams' reputation. For most people in the United...

Racial justice and WILPF.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
March 22, 2004... In 1919, Mary Church Terrell, founder of the National Association of Colored Women (a prominent black women's organization) was one of the U.S. Section Delegates to the second International WILPF Congress held in Zurich, Switzerland. ...

Let there be light.(services of Dorothy Detzer)
March 22, 2004... "From my own experiences, I feel strongly that the public ought to know if the Army and Navy are acting as Congressional shock troops for a vested interest in war... The people surely have some way to check the activities of civil...

WILPF history: past, present, future.
March 22, 2004... The women who convened the International Congress in The Hague in 1915 to protest WWI and seek steps that could lead to making war impossible were internationalist visionaries. They saw humanity as the sum of the basic human experiences of all,...

The thrill of the hunt: WILPF archives in New York.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
March 22, 2004... People like myself who love to do research in archives often speak of "the thrill of the hunt." And there is no better place to get that thrill than at the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection at the New York Public Library, one of the major repositories...

Emily Greene Balch and Haiti.(Haitian revolution)(www.HaitiReborn.org.)
March 22, 2004... I'd been traveling and making films in Haiti for several years before I learned about Emily Greene Balch's historic trip there. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1926 Balch, who helped found WILPF with Jane Addams, led an interracial WILPF...

Making Peace a Reality: WILPF's National Campaigns.
March 22, 2004... The U.S. Section WILPF Board is currently working on a process to select the National Campaigns for 2005-2008 and will be asking for proposals soon. Be sure to watch for guidelines and further information in the next Peace & Freedom, in the...

Peace is the Only Shelter: a brief history of WILPF Disarmament.
March 22, 2004... From the beginning WILPF has worked to end war. In 1915 courageous women from warring European nations and the United States traveled over 1,500 strong to The Hague calling for an end to World War I. Almost immediately WILPF women had to...

Memories of WILPF.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
March 22, 2004... Ann Arbor, Michigan, the late 1950s: I was one of a small group of peace activist moms delighted to discover something called WILPF in nearby Detroit that was really taking on the war system in a serious way. We joined enthusiastically, had...

The power of women: an intern looks back.
March 22, 2004... When I applied to be a WILPF intern in 2001 the world had just come apart at its hinges, or so said the experts, the media, the neighbors. I had just returned from a year in South Korea, where family members from either side of the DMZ were...

WILPF historical resources.
March 22, 2004... A Guide to Sources on Women in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection compiled by Wendy Chmielewski, archivist. (See the extensive, online WILPF resources (including photos and documents) assembled by Chmielewski and the Peace Collection:...

Generations of courage: Japan and the legacy of World War II.(Niwano Peace Foundation)
March 22, 2004... Marii Hasegawa was a diminutive figure standing in the Palace Hotel lobby as I hurried to meet her recently. Before I left Philadelphia to spend a year in Japan, she had telephoned the U.S. WILPF office to ask if someone could accompany her to...

Civil liberties.(Around and about WILPF)
March 22, 2004... There is good news and bad news about civil liberties. New York City joined Los Angeles and 240 other cities in passing a resolution to repeal the U.S. Patriot Act. In January, a federal judge for the first time declared unconstitutional a...

Focus on the Middle East.(Around and about WILPF)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... Our Committee has been working hard on doing in-depth studies of the U.S. Middle East policy regarding Israel and Palestine. Our work will eventually be published under the form of a booklet made available to all the branches. ...

Fourth World Social Forum.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... January 16-21, 2004 saw 100,000 people gathered in Mumbai, India, for the fourth World Social Forum (WSF), the first outside Brazil. The new venue enabled grassroots activists from other areas of the global south to join in this massive...

Past and present with the Jane Addams Peace Association.(PeaceEducation)
March 22, 2004... I'm delighted that this issue of Peace & Freedom is devoted to WILPF's history. The Jane Addams Peace Association (JAPA) has been a part of WILPF since the Chicago Branch founded it in 1948. In 1951, JAPA began to carry out some of the...

WILPF history in print.(PeaceEducation)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... The founding document of WILPF, Women at the Hague: The International Congress of Women and Its Results, has been re-issued with a fascinating 40-page introduction by Harriet Hyman Alonso (University of Illinois Press, 2003) ...

Cuba and the travel ban.(PeaceEducation)
March 22, 2004... The Cuba Campaign continues to struggle with the Bush Administration around the issue of travel. As many of you know, WILPF has maintained a license to travel to Cuba since April of 2000. Under this license, hundreds of members have been able...

Democratic Party.(Convention Watch)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... The Democratic Party will hold its convention July 26-29 in Boston, Massachusetts. Various events are being planned, including demonstrations and teach-ins. Our Greater Boston Branch has offered to coordinate housing for WILPF members coming to...

Republican National Committee.(Convention Watch)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... The Republican National Committee will be in New York for its convention from August 29-September 4. Major demonstrations are being planned for August 31 as delegates arrive, and September 2 when the nominee is officially announced.

WILPF.(Convention Watch)
March 22, 2004... Please join WILPF in speaking up for the values of peace, justice and human rights for all at these major events. More information will be posted on our website, www.wilpf.org, as plans become clearer.

Fair trade better than free trade: WILPF gathers in Costa Rica.(PeaceEducation)
March 22, 2004... SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Lawyers, scientists, teachers, committed youth and women from seven countries met in Costa Rica's capital this February for the WILPF Americas Regional Conference. The object of the three-day gathering was to analyze the...

Life Memberships in WILPF.(PeaceEducation)(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... Life Memberships in WILPF are a powerful and convenient way to support the work of creating peace and freedom. Life Memberships make great birthday, holiday and wedding gifts. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Life Memberships are a wonderful way...

Elections, elections.(BranchAction News)
March 22, 2004... New York reported on the success of its forum "The Stolen Election," and ran an article outlining who controls the three major voting machine companies. Minnesota Metro also had a long, member-written article about election fraud, suggesting...

Iraq and Afghanistan.(BranchAction News)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... Santa Cruz heard from a labor activist and national organizer of U.S. Labor Against the War, who told about the campaign to support workers' rights in Iraq. Occupation forces are enforcing an old law that forbids labor organizing. Workers...

The "war against terrorism".(BranchAction News)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... Berkeley carried the story of the Treasury Dept.'s Office of Foreign Assets Control asking WILPF to submit the names of all persons who had traveled to Cuba under a WILPF license in February 2002. No reason for the request was given. San Jose...

Impeachment, anyone?(BranchAction News)(East Bay )(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... East Bay was a signer of a letter asking Congresswoman Barbara Lee to submit a resolution asking for the impeachment of George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft for violating their individual oaths to support the U.S....

War, Militarism, and Foreign Policy.(BranchAction News)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... A Minnesota Metro member, feminist and author, gave a program on "The Origins of War Consciousness," showing the rise of power structures and women's secondary status throughout history. Los Angeles endorsed the program "Stopping Militarism in...

Free trade vs. fair trade.(BranchAction News)
March 22, 2004... St. Louis had a January brown bag lunch on "Our View of the FTAA: the Militarization of Police" given by members of the local Friends meeting. Cape Cod heard from members who marched against the School of the Americas (from Atlanta to Columbus,...

Globalization.(BranchAction News)(Creating a Caring Economy in Venezuela)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... Los Angeles was one of many endorsing the program "Creating a Caring Economy in Venezuela," given by the woman economist appointed by President Hugo Chavez to head the Women's Development Bank. Events in Venezuela are of great importance to all...

Water, Water everywhere.(BranchAction News)(Hydropolitics: Water, A Public or Private Utility?)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... San Jose's 2004 kick-off program was on "Hydropolitics: Water, A Public or Private Utility?" Santa Cruz welcomed a water expert and activist for a discussion of the economics and politics of water.

Programs.(BranchAction News)(Cuba: From Colonialism to Castro)(International Laws and Treaties: The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... St. Louis learned about "Cuba: From Colonialism to Castro." New York had a healthcare forum and film festival, hearing from Congressman John Conyers about the National Health Insurance Act in Congress (HR676). Los Angeles heard about...

Using the arts for Social Change.(BranchAction News)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... Cape Cod sponsored a presentation of "The Vagina Monologues" to raise money for local women's shelters. Cape Cod also has an ongoing workshop, "Writing for Social Change." On her birthday, the branch also held a "Susan B. Anthony Winter...

Making an impact.(BranchAction News)(elections)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2004... At its annual meeting, East Bay decided the branch should take the following actions: send personal letters to elected officials about specific issues; call the Congressional switchboard at 800-839-5276 on crucial time-related issues; send...