Waging Peace

NO RUSH TO WAR!
Recent events have confirmed that the American political establishment is not united in support of the Bush Administration's policy of forcible "regime change" in Iraq. The rest of the world, and a good part of the American public, also seem unconvinced of the necessity of an attack.

Poets Against The War

World Issues - A Short List
Wage Peace to assist peoples of our local community, country and the world in achieving a sustainable life, as well as making all our lives safe and free. Live simply so that others may simply live!

Join Granny D
Doris "Granny D" Haddock, 93, is the chairwoman of the "Our Town Votes" project. She walked across the U.S. in 2000 to support cleaner campaigns with fewer strings attached to special interests.

Bringing Back the Draft?

Peacemakers of the world
Anyone can be a peacemaker. The Bruderhof Peacemakers Guide was created to inspire and empower you to work for peace, and to arm you with living proof of the power of nonviolence to effect change and resolve conflicts. Some of the peacemakers featured on this website are famous, others obscure, but all have dedicated their lives to building a more peaceful and just world through nonviolent means. For each you will find a short biography, an original portrait, and links to further reading.

A Young PeaceMaker
Marla Ruzicka is an advocate who began a door-to-door survey of civilian casualties in Iraq the day after Saddam's statue fell. She founded the non-profit organization, CIVIC, Campaign for Innocent Victims In Conflict, and formed survey teams to fan-out across the country and gather first-hand accounts of civilian casualties.
CIVIC is a small organization working to obtain U.S. Government assistance for communities and families in need, while helping to shine a spotlight on the human costs of war.
The humanitarian situation in Iraq remains serious. CIVIC seeks to mitigate the impact of the conflict and its aftermath on the people of Iraq by ensuring that timely and effective life-saving assistance is provided to those in need. We have kept the stories of families harmed in both Iraq and Afghanistan on the agenda both on the ground and in the halls of Congress. In the short time we have been operating, we have succeeded in putting laws in place that will assist those we identified in our field survey work.

Support the Bill to Create the Department of Peace

MISSION- The Department shall--
(1) hold peace as an organizing principle, coordinating service to every level of American society;
(2) endeavor to promote justice and democratic principles to expand human rights;
(3) strengthen nonmilitary means of peacemaking;
(4) promote the development of human potential;
(5) work to create peace, prevent violence, divert from armed conflict, use field-tested programs, and develop new structures in nonviolent dispute resolution;
(6) take a proactive, strategic approach in the development of policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful resolution of conflict, and structured mediation of conflict;
(7) address matters both domestic and international in scope; and
(8) encourage the development of initiatives from local communities, religious groups, and nongovernmental organizations.

This legislation has been introduced into the House of Representatives by Dennis Kucinich

Peace Action Network for students

Break the spiral of violence
Justice, not revenge
No participation in war
Development for disarmament
Wage Peace!

The Assisi Decalogue to Peace

Refugee Camp

Our Children

Putting Our Children To Work

Impact of War On Children

Land Mines - Toys for Children

UNICEF

Voices of Youth

The Bioneers

Human Rights

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 217A (III) of 10 December 1948

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Voices In the Wilderness
End the Sanctions Against Iraq!

Mobilize for Global Justice
On April 20, anti-war activists, workers, trade unionists, communities of color, women, lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities, communities of faith, and others will take to the streets of Washington DC to say that Bush cannot speak in our name as his administration carries out the anti-people, pro-corporate, militarist agenda.

Luke Powell Photographs
"Color photographs from Afghanistan, Palestine, Egypt, Ladakh, Ceylon, Iran, and Vermont are mounted here with text material, a technical photography section, and a list of print exhibitions. Now we have two new photo essays on Afghanistan in the year 2000. I would like to thank Middlebury College for for hosting this site. All opinions expressed here, however, are mine alone. Luke Powell "

Amnesty International

Links to Other Amnesty Organizations
Provided by Amnesty Internationsal.

Physicians For Global Survival-Canada

EZLN-Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional

Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Human Rights Watch

More links to Human Rights Issues

Human Rights Hangout

Mapa del Sitio (Español)

Human Rights Mailing Lists

The American Civil Liberties Union

For Mother Earth

Albuquerque Peace and Action Groups

Doctors Without Borders

Resources For Peace - From Givewings
Links to groups that work for peace and nonviolence, including links to disability rights goups. This is a well researched site for resources working for human rights and peace.

Peace Action

"The Nation's Largest Grasroots Peace Organization"

Friend and Allies of Peace Action

This is list of organizations and groups around the world working for peace.

Friends Committee On National Legislation (FCNL)

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

National Peace Action

American Friends Service Organization
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization which includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service,

The Religious Society of Friends: Quakers
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: Applying the Peace Testimony

Quaker Information Network
Includes history, practices, beliefs and more.

The American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization which includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice.

Y & M Magazine
The AFSC National Youth and Militarism Program addresses the impact of war and military institutions on young people's lives. We conduct public education campaigns, trainings and workshops, do media outreach and communications work, and support grassroots educational and organizing efforts.

News Reports

BBC News

Christian Science Monitor

Colombia Journal - Reports from the emergency delegation to Colombia

The Guardian, - from the UK

Center for Defense Information - CDI is an independent, non-profit, research organization monitoring military affairs throughout the world.

ZNet
A Community of people dedicated to social change.

Horizons Magazine, inciting interest and inspiring action in community - A great on-line magazine, the December issue contains an article on Martin Sheen, "has Martin Sheen's activism hurt his career?"

Independent Media Center

Jim Hightower - American's #1 Populist

Flashpoint - The Internet Human Rights Magazine

Michael Moore - Issues, Issues, Issues! (with a sense of humor)

MOJOwire - MotherJones Interactive - - Daily news for the Skeptical Citizen

Radio For Peace Action
Radio For Peace International (RFPI) serves as the global messenger of peace and hope to the farthest reaches of the earth. The ultimate goal of RFPI is to create peace in hearts, homes, communities, and all nations of the world.

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Alternet.org

Global Nonviolent Peace Force

IGC Internet - Connecting People Who are Changing the World

Rockets Red Glare

International Alert

International Peace Academy

Space4Peace - Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

New Scientist - Multiplying Warheads

Mapping a nuclear blast - Would you survive a nuclear blast? Enter any location within the U.S. and get a map of a hydrogen bomb's "zones of destruction". From American Experience, a sub-category for PBS.

The Nuclear Resister - Information about and support for imprisoned anti-nuclear and anti-war activists.

Back From the Brink
A Campaign to Take Nuclear Weapons off the Hair Trigger.

Missile Stop Photo Gallery, from Summer 2000

Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

Our Nuclear Legacy

Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research

Arms Trade Resource Center A world policy institute run by Bill Hartung, with Frida Berrigan and Michelle Ciarrocca at the New School for Social Research in New York. Clicking on their reports takes you to a treasure chest of important information.

Project Abolition - Call for a National Mobilization

Abolition 2000 - A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons

Working Assets
Working Assets makes it easy for busy people to support causes they care about. Through our credit card and long distance services customers can generate donations for progressive nonprofit groups just by doing what they do every day. Best of all, it does not cost a penny more.

Save The Children

Working For Change
How a long distance phone carrier is working for social change in the United States and the world.

Peace Jam
. The goal of PeaceJam is to inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local communities, themselves and the world.

Conflict Resolution
The Conflict Resolution Information Source (CRInfo) is a cooperative effort to strengthen the conflict field's information infrastructure, funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Non-Competitve Games

The Center for War/Peace Studies
The central objective of the CW/PS is to establish an international political and legal system that will make possible the abolition of war.

The Peace Corps: The toughest Job You Will Ever Love."

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