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Global Nonviolent peace Force: Under construction

by Donna Howard | Feature | December 2000 - February 2001

We agree then, that the war system has to be taken apart. Trident by Trident, military by military, resource by resource. ...

Struggles in the mirror

by Jamey Bouwmeester | Feature | December 2000 - February 2001

Standing on the wharf, an Esgenoôpetitj community member looked out at the water of Miramichi Bay, out at the buoys that mark the community's lobster traps. ...

Taking risks for peace

by Julia Guest | Feature | December 2000 - February 2001

She's just coming home from Ramallah, she's been away, you have to let her through explained Anita, with her Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) armband and hat, a signal of her role as interv ...

Interfering women: Feminist thoughts on nonviolent interventions

by Kate Witham | Feature | December 2000 - February 2001

Send in 1000 grandmothers, sang Holly Near, in response to Natos bombing of Yugoslavia wonderfully inspiring idea and perhaps not as bizarre as it sounds. ...

Nonviolent intervention at the start of the 21st Century

by Ken Simons | Feature | December 2000 - February 2001

Why intervention? Let the Bosnians sort it out for themselves! ...

Expanding the role of international civilian observers

by Luis Enrique Eguren | Feature | December 2000 - February 2001

Civilian third party interventions are one of the new paths currently being explored for transforming conflicts and keeping and building a sustainable peace, beyond the traditional diploma ...

The limits of nonviolent intervention?

by Maggie Helwig | Feature | December 2000 - February 2001

On 5 May 1999, the United Nations and the governments of Indonesia and Portugal signed an agreement to hold a consultation as to public opinion, in East Timor, about Indonesia's offer of s ...

Interventions 1950s style

by PN staff | Feature | December 2000 - February 2001

MP urges UN peace force for Arab-Israeli border

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Building for peace in the aftermath of war

by Robert Sautter | Feature | December 2000 - February 2001

I can speak both Serbian and Albanian, but which one I use sets me on one side against the other. There is no place for me here, I do not belong. ...

Military violence and economic exploitation

by Chris Ney | Feature | March - May 2001

The relationship between military violence and economic exploitation is not new nor is it limited to modern capitalist economics. ...