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Issue 2543 | March 2012

Editorial: Debating nonviolence, Occupy and Iran

by Milan Rai and Emily Johns | Comment | March 2012

PN responds to Chris Hedges' attack on the "black bloc"

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Jill's Defence Weekly
The arms trade is known for its hospitality

News in Brief

Maikel is free!· Courageous convictions· Responding to conflict· Nepal crisis· Western Sahara· A new Bobby Sands· Internment reprised· Debasing· EPU· Occupy US· Occupy UK ...read

Letters

A commonwealth· All capitalism's fault?· The enemy of the good· CND firm· CND firm 2· Nine eleven· Hooray· Design Feedback 1· Design Feedback 2· Design Feedback 3· Design Feedback 4· Design Feedback 5 ...read

Reviews

Paul Mason, Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions
Grace Cookall-Greening and Rosalie Huzzard, Labouring for Peace
Ruaridh Arrow (dir), How to Start a Revolution
Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick, Feynman

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Nonviolent resistance

Bahrain Rises

Feature | March 2012

US activist K. Flo Razowsky reports on Bahrain Witness, US complicity and her deportation from the Gulf kingdom

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How to start a revolution

by Ian Sinclair | Feature | March 2012

Gene Sharp has influenced popular revolutions and revolts across the globe. PN interviewed him during his recent trip to London.

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How Swedes and Norwegians broke the power of the ‘1%’

by George Lakey | Feature | March 2012

George Lakey ponders the lessons from Scandanavia's epic history of nonviolent struggle

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Nonviolent Revolution: George Lakey Tour

Feature | March 2012

The remarkable George Lakey, nonviolence trainer extraordinaire, is coming to the UK in July, hosted by Peace News.

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Cyberpeace

by Alison Whyte | | March 2012

Alison Whyte highlights some new on-line courses

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Features

Kabul at work

Feature | March 2012

PN looks at the remarkable work of Afghan graffitti artist Shamsia Hassani

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Bread and roses

by Emily Johns | Feature | March 2012

Downloadable poster for international women's day

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Can one reporter change the world?

by DD Guttenplan | Feature | March 2012

The US journalist I F Stone thought so

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Five resist the census

by John Lindsay | Feature | March 2012

Four hundred people are being prosecuted for refusing to fill out the 2011 census. Many of them took their stand on political grounds. Here are some of those who are resisting.

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Tacoma Action Figure

Feature | March 2012

Veteran peace activist Bill 'Bix' Bichsel inspires cartoonist

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News

Torture, drones and assassination

by Gabriel Carlyle | News | March 2012

Will the US nix the Taliban's latest peace move?

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Stop the War has double trouble demo

by David Polden | News | March 2012

Scuffles break out at Syria/Iran action

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Anti-cuts activists blockade Oxford circus

by David Polden | News | March 2012

Disabled activists take to the streets

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Marching for peace with Iran

by John Lindsay | News | March 2012

Global protests surveyed

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Spies R Us

by David Polden | News | March 2012

A new official report on undercover police fails to deal with the real issues

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Climate activists give warming warning

by John Lindsay | News | March 2012

Protestors target British Gas over fuel poverty

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Hinkley up a tree

by John Lindsay | News | March 2012

Anti-nuclear power activists occupy oak grove

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News from Wales and Scotland

A dragon on the new frontline

by Phil Steele | News | March 2012

From Hinkley Point in Somerset to Wylfa in the far north of Wales, the campaign against a new generation of nuclear power stations is heating up day-by-day.

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Cwtch Community Centre evicted - down but not out

by Kelvin Mason | News | March 2012

"No reason for the story to end here" say activists.

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Celebrating Richard Henry

by Cymdeithas y Cymod | News | March 2012

Visionary 19th century peace activist remembered

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No home for Trident in England

by Sarah Young | News | March 2012

Would ousting Trident from Scotland spell a end to the weapons system?

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RSVP: your invite to 30 days of action at Faslane

by Faslane Peace Camp | News | March 2012

Faslane Peace Camp marks its 30th anniversary

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Comment

Libya

by Milan Rai | Comment | March 2012

Western powers wanted 'leadership change, regime stabilisation' in Libya

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Disarmament day or dirty deal?

by David MacKenzie | Comment | March 2012

Where does the SNP really stand on Trident?

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Roouminations ...

Cartoon | March 2012
Roouminations ...

Tony Telford

by Tony Telford | Cartoon | March 2012

Almost ...

by SEG | Cartoon | March 2012

Obituary: Christopher Logue, 23 November 1926 - 2 December 2011

by Dennis Gould | Comment | March 2012

Dennis Gould surveys the life of the radical poet

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Activism and ... Women only

Comment | March 2012

It’s not really something I ever think about. I’ve never done a women-only action, but I’ve been involved in a few women-only spaces, and that’s been an interesting experience. ...

60 Years Ago: PN and the King's Death

by Albert Beale | Comment | March 2012

[PN had made brief mention of the death of King George VI, saying – amongst other things – “Peace News records its deep sympathy with the Royal Family so suddenly bereaved...”. ...