International Peace Update articles from March 2002

International Peace Update archives from March 2002

Planet Earth 2002: a nuclear postcript. (Planet Earth).
March 1, 2002... Dr. Rosalie Bertell's book 'Planet Earth: The Latest Weapon of War' was published in 2000 as a critical study of the military and the environment A review by Philip Berrigan of Planet Earth is reprinted in this issue of IPU. We asked Dr....

About this issue. (In This Issue).
March 1, 2002... This issue of IPU is about human security and ecological sustainability, about the impact of what we as human beings do in a world with neither borders of geography nor of time. As editor, it is a privilege to offer you this issue of IPU...

Peoples' organizations count the Norwegian NGO network forUM. (Rio + 10).(Norwegian ForUM for Environment and Development)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Norwegian ForUM for Environment and Development is a network of 60 NGO's, including the Norwegian Section of WILPF. ForUM was established after the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 in order to follow up on Agenda 21 and the issues relating to...

Important meetings still to come in preparation for RIO + 10. (Rio + 10).(Earth Summit 2002)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... * PrepCom Ill for Earth Summit III, New York, 25 March 5 April. * PrepCom IV, 27 May - 7 June, Jakarta, Indonesia (may be moved to Bali). World Food Summit Five Years Later (inter-governmental meeting) 10-13 June, Rome. * World...

Holding the World Hostage. (Warriors in Suits).(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
March 1, 2002... Karen Talbot has published extensively in Covert Action Quarterly (see Nos. 68 and 69). She has written an essay, available on the Internet at ICPS News Service epj@igc.apc.org>entitled "Holding the World Hostage." We present an excerpt from...

In Cheney's words: "our role is clear". (Warriors in Suits).(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
March 1, 2002... Excerpt from USA Vice President Dick Cheney's speech to the Council of Foreign Relations, 15 February 2002 - Throughout the time that I've been a member of the council, most of our debates were defined by the cold war. When America's great...

It is a child's right to a healthy environment. (Education for Peace).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... One Saturday morning in December 1997 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, I discovered a large hand-printed wooden sign posted on the verandah of City Hall: The Principle of the First Call Whether a child survives or not Whether a...

Women and the Johannesburg Summit 2002 on sustainable development. (Education for Peace).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... After years of struggle, campaigns and protests, women's movements across regions and continents have succeeded in bringing to the attention of policy makers that women are the main pillars of conserving and preserving natural resources, more...

The final squeeze: February 2002. (Palestine).
March 1, 2002... The earth seemed to shake in its orbit on 11 September 2001. WILPF Palestine Section received the news of the suicide bombing of the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon with incredible shock and sadness. The loss of so many innocent lives in...

WILPF around the world. (Members & Section News).(Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... WILPF members played many roles during the first weekend in February while the elite of the world gathered in New York for the World Economic Forum (WEF). They were panelists, gave workshops, joined in demonstrations, performed theatre and...

Stop the war in Colombia. (Members & Section News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... On 23 February 2002, I wrote to the wilpf-news list serve: One year ago in the Human Right Commission in Geneva, LIMPAL-Colombia said in its presentation that peace negotiations were impossible in the case of a war of aggression. Historically...

Greetings from Seoul! (Members & Section News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Here is a brief account of what happened to activists during the street demonstration against US war policies held at the time of President Bush's Visit in Seoul: The members of Women Making Peace (WMP) carried out a variety of events...

Implications of US military presence in the Philippines. (The Philippines).
March 1, 2002... US military intervention in Mindanao and Basilan, in the guise of 'joint military exercises,' is a US imposition and a brazen display of the arrogance of power. It is also a confirmation of the puppetry of the top leadership in the government....

Our military -- asset or albatross. (Books).
March 1, 2002... Review by Philip Berrigan of Planet Earth: The Latest Weapon of War Philip Berrigan wrote this review, first published in the Jonah House Newsletter, while in a US prison for probation violation on two Plowshares anti-nuclear peace...

Meet WILPF's new Secretary General. (WILPF's SG).(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 1, 2002... Daria Cave took up her post as Secretary General at the WILPF's Geneva Office on 6 March 2002. Suzanne Mullins and Regina Birchem interviewed her briefly while she was visiting WILPF's UN Office in New York in February. R. & S.: Tell us a...

Enron: ultimate agent of the American empire. (Warriors in Suits).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Online Journal contributing Editor Cold Warriors in Suits In a 'free market world' in which (I) the goals of the state, corporations, and the national security apparatus (intelligence agencies and military) are indistinguishable, (2)...