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SOA activists sentenced

by Alice Hunt | News | March - May 2004

In late January, 28 peace activists were sentenced to a cumulative five years and ten and a half months in prison, five years probation, and US$8,500 in fines as a result of a nonviolent p ...

Peace prisoners

News | June - Aug 2003

 

Arrested for peace!

Iraq war resistance (plus the usual suspect

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Michael Franti and Spearhead, 'Stay Human'

by Ippy D | Review | December 2001 - February 2002

Boo Boo Wax, 2001. Audio CD, 73mins

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer (Translation by Willem Samuels), 'The Mute's Soliloquy'

by Maggie Helwig | Review | December 2001 - February 2002

Hyperion East, 1999. ISBN 0 7868 6416 8, 375 pp

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Against the current views on crime and punishment

by Dr Clara Meijer Wichmann | Feature | December 2001 - February 2002

Why is punishment inflicted? Most people don't even ask themselves that question. ...

Prison and nonviolent Struggle

by Ippy D | Feature | December 2001 - February 2002

Timed to coincide with the annual Prisoners for Peace list and associated articles, Peace News takes a look at prison and nonviolent struggle. ...

Prison letter

by Claire Hanrahan | Feature | December 2001 - February 2002

Claire Marie Hanrahan, No 90285-020, Range 1, Federal Prison Camp

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To work or not to work...?

by Janet Kilburn | Feature | December 2001 - February 2002

As a nonviolent activist who has been to prison for short periods on a number of occasions over anumber of years, the issue of how much we, as prisoners and as activists, participate in ou ...

So live!

by Jyotibhai Desai | Feature | December 2001 - February 2002

A scholar of Gandhi and Tolstoy from the US asked the founder of the Vedchhi Ashram “How do you decide when to offer Satyagraha and when to continue with constructive (village dev ...

Gandhi and prison: an opinion

Feature | December 2001 - February 2002

Gandhi practised two types of Satyagraha in his mass campaigns. The first was civil disobedience, which entailed breaking a law and courting arrest. ...