Peace and Freedom articles from March 2007

Peace and Freedom archives from March 2007

Disarmament: time for rededication.
March 22, 2007... As I write, it is January, but it will be April by the time you have this magazine in your hands. We have just had the privilege for several days of having the curtain of our press and television suddenly pierced by the words of Dr. Martin...

Disarm! Dismantle the war economy.
March 22, 2007... We in U.S. WILPF have a full disarmament agenda for 2007 and 2008. The war economy, aggressively promoted by the military-industrial complex, expands rapidly at the expense of human needs, security, life and liberty at home and abroad. The...

Weapons of terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, biological and chemical arms.(Excerpt)
March 22, 2007... Synopsis This synopsis is taken from the May 2006 report by the independent Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission. Headed by Hans Blix, former UN weapons inspector for Iraq, the Commission's work was primarily financed by the Swedish...

The battle of the biolabs.
March 22, 2007... Increased funding for biodefense research and development, the international posture of the Bush administration, and the expansion of Bio Security Level (BSL) 4 labs raise suspicions of an illegal bioweapons program. To clarify, BSL 4 labs are...

Uranium mining banned on Navajo lands.
March 22, 2007... Eighty percent of nuclear fuel cycle activities take place on tribal lands. The Navajo Nation (sovereign nation of the Dine' people) in the Four Corners Area of the southwest is where 25 percent of the U.S. supply of uranium is located. Those...

Save the water: the invisible mil-corp water crisis.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
March 22, 2007... More than 50 percent of U.S. tax dollars are devoured by the military budget, money that could be much better spent improving our domestic water supplies. The United States is responsible for 50 percent of the world's military expenditure. Less...

It's worse than spin: if not war, then security.
March 22, 2007... We all know how words and phrases can hide the real issue and shift the focus of debate, particularly when it comes to political ideology, policy, and actions. Take, for example, depleted uranium (DU). As Pat Birnie makes clear in her...

Trident submarine: deadliest weapon in the arsenal.
March 22, 2007... In 1979 the first Trident Ohio class submarine was launched in Groton, Connecticut. That is the home of Electric Boat, the division of General Dynamics Corporation where 24,000 workers built eighteen Tridents at a cost of $1.9 billion each...

Three convicted of disorderly conduct in Bangor Trident case.
March 22, 2007... Shirley Morrison, 84-year-old WILPF member and Raging Granny, was one of three convicted on January 26 of disorderly conduct. The charge stemmed from a demonstration at the Polaris nuclear submarine base in Bangor, Washington, in which traffic...

DISARM! Takes on cluster bombs.
March 22, 2007... During the brief but intense warfare between Israel and Lebanon from July 12 to August 14, 2006, approximately 1,200 Lebanese civilians were killed, one third of whom were children. One-quarter of the country's population, or approximately one...

Cluster bombs in Lebanon.
March 22, 2007... Being the world's sole superpower, largest weapons supplier, and biggest foreign humanitarian donor is no cakewalk. One day you are selling cluster bombs to Israel. Another day you're doling out aid to help Lebanon clean up cluster bombs that...

WILPF at the Social Forum in Nairobi 2007.
March 22, 2007... The seventh edition of the World Social Forum (WSF), was held in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 20-25, 2007, and was the first to be held on the African continent. Many regional social forums and the WSF 2006 held in Bamako, Mali, helped pave the...

WILPF and the U.S. Social Forum.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom )
March 22, 2007... The first U.S. Social Forum will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27-July 1, 2007. This will be a country-specific local Social Forum, and will be held under the auspices of the World Social Forum (WSF) Governing Council and the WSF...

Remembering Minnie Belle Hoch.(Obituary)
March 22, 2007... Minnie Belle Hoch lived her life as a world citizen, working as a librarian, peace activist, world traveler, feminist, and indefatigable fighter for economic and social justice for all. She died at the age of 93 on January 1, 2007, in...

U.S. 'aid' or pork barrel for corporations?
March 22, 2007... The concept of U.S. aid reminds me of a story I learned at an ecology conference on breast cancer and the environment, which is symbolic of much of what is wrong in our for-profit culture. A factory was manufacturing a plastic product, of which...

Recycle, reuse, rebuild: through WILPF's Jane Addams Peace Association.(PeaceEducation)(Jane Addams Peace Association )
March 22, 2007... Giving comes first The funds held by the Jane Addams Peace Association (JAPA) that are earmarked for use by WILPF members and branches come to us through members just like you. * When your branch requests funds for Children's Peace...

Women unite! Build peace! Generate change! 29th International Congress, July 21-27, 2007, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
March 22, 2007... "We invite you to join us in this critical time for the planet and for peace. We call on you to join your voices for peace, for a healthy planet, for dignity, and for life." --Regina Birchem, International President of WILPF ...

Giving in support of Peace and Freedom.
March 22, 2007... The year 2006 was an exciting one for WILPF. We added 24 new life members and increased the number of WILPF members who pledge monthly. As you can see from the graph at right, WILPF continues to receive most of its funds from individuals....

Branch action news.(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
March 22, 2007... Branches reporting: Cape Cod, Central Vermont, Cleveland, Delaware County, Fresno, Los Angeles, Madison, Minnesota Metro, Monterey County, New York, Oakland, Palm Beach, Palo Alto, Peninsula, Portland, St. Louis, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Tucson....