Back in 2002 and 2003, after several years of being exposed to the concepts of international human-rights advocacy at IGLHRC and PANNA, i became more actively interested in politics, and began in my own small ways to oppose wars in which the United States is a military or economic participant. In time i've come to believe that acting morally and lovingly in one's own community is a, perhaps the, effective way to oppose war and create peace.

That said, i still read alot. :) These are articles and resources that stuck out for me - more insightful than most media, or particularly worthy of attention - enjoy.

• In August, 2006, i got a form letter from an Israeli friend encouraging me to "tell Bush to support Israel". I wrote a response that i think is worth sharing.
• The Corporation is an amazing movie about the nature and structure of corporate power.
• In September and October of 2003 I visited the West Bank, Palestine as a human-rights observer and clown. I wrote letters home about my experience, and collected a few pictures of our clowning.
• ISM Rafah has produced a 20-minute documentary film about life under occupation in Rafah, within the Gaza Strip, entitled "Solidarity Under Occupation". Please download, review, send comments, and share.
• "Freeing the Mind: Free Software and the Death of Proprietary Culture" proposes the incredibly powerful idea that it is no longer necessary - and consequently immoral - to bar access to information based on wealth. by Eben Moglen, June 2003
• Remarks on Waging Peace by Dr. Robert Muller, former assistant secretary general of the United Nations, from Patrick O'Connor, February 5, 2003
• On March 16th, 2003 Rachel Corrie, an American peace activist in Palestine, was killed - murdered - by an Israeli bulldozer attempting to destroy a Palestinian doctor's house, as she stood in the way. Her parents released excerpts of a letter she sent last month. More info and pictures at Gush Shalom.
• Michael Bevin's "Forgotten History" organizes and presents news coverage explaining (or debunking) the history of events around America's military conquests and 'interventions'. Read about when the US overthrew the Iraqi govt. in the 60s and installed Saddam.
• Several people from San Francisco, and dozens from around the world, are in Baghdad, Iraq (as of the first week of March, 2003) as "Human Shields."
• "Decoding Bush's State of the Union Address", by Andrea Bauer, January 31, 2002
• Why Another War? A Backgrounder on the Iraq Crisis, 2nd Ed., from Middle East Research and Education Project, by Sarah Graham-Brown and Chris Toensing, Dec. 2002
• "Behold Caesar"by Richard Heinberg, October 2002
• "'Brutality Smeared in Peanut Butter' Why America Must Stop the War Now" by Arundhati Roy
• "Who’s Being Naïve? War-Time Realism Through the Looking Glass" By Tim Wise
• "CNN Says Focus on Civilian Casualties Would Be 'Perverse'" from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Nov. 1, 2001
• Sarah's letter and thoughts on war, by Sarah Soward, October 30, 2001

"Mere praise of peace is easy but ineffective. What is needed is active participation in the fight against war and everything that leads to it."
-Albert Einstein, 1953

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