Issue 218 • May/June 2003

Futility of War

Welcome

Welcome • Satish Kumar

Feature Articles

A CITIZEN'S RESPONSE • Wendell Berry

We must work seriously for peace.

CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS • John Mohawk

Rethinking basic assumptions.

GOD SAVE AMERICA! • Ziauddin Sardar

America is the first hyperpower in history.

WHO IS NEXT? • Alan Simpson MP

Terrorism can't be bombed out of existence.

DEVASTATING THE EARTH • Jane Goodall

The unseen victims of war.

A LEGACY OF LOSS • Natasha Walter

The war on terror is also a war of terror.

FUTURE FORTUNES • Caroline Lucas MEP

The West has waged war on Iraq since 1991.

CAUSES OF CONFLICT • Andrew Simms

Peace is impossible in an unfair world.

CAR WARS • Ian Roberts

Motor vehicles are responsible for one third of global oil use.

BOYCOTT BRITAIN • Imran Khan

Will cricketers choose not to play in the UK?

THE MADNESS OF SEPTEMBER 11 • Maurice Ash

The Tao that can be spoken of is not the Tao that is.

PERSONAL STATEMENTS • Brian Goodwin, Nick Robins & Anita Roddick

Accompanied by the photographs of Sebastião Salgado.

Prospects for Peace

PEACE AS A CIVIL RIGHT • Dennis Kucinich

Injustice is a weapon of mass destruction.

REAL SECURITY • Amory Lovins

Where does security come from?

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE • Herbert Girardet

A letter to America.

WALKING FOR PEACE • Satish Kumar

A thought for the day.

CHURCH OF LOVE • Andrew Linzey

Christianity and violence are incompatible.

SUSTAINABILITY AND SECURITY • Jonathon Porritt & Martin Wright

Addressing the roots of conflict.

THE POTENCY OF NONVIOLENCE • Scilla Elworthy

Breaking the cycle of violence.

PEACE DIRECT • Claire-Noelle Devas

A new initiative for nonviolent conflict resolution.

WORDS OF EMPATHY • Polly McLean

Promoting nonviolent communication.

SOUL POWER • Thomas Moore

Nonviolence is the weapon of the brave.

TEN-POINT PLAN FOR PEACE - • David Nicholson-Lord

Changing behaviour which leads to conflict.

PEACE RESOURCE DIRECTORY

CULTURE OF COMMUNITY • John Battle MP

The global is local and the local is global

HEARTS IN HARMONY • William Dalrymple

Hindus and Muslims mingle for the blessings of a Sufi saint.

Regulars

Touchstone • Colin Hodgetts

Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva

Letter from Key West • Rosalind Brackenbury

Letters to the Editors

The Arts

TIMELESS SANCTUARIES • Nicholas Usherwood

The art of Christopher Wood.

Reviews

SCULPTURED WORDS • Roger Berthoud

Henry Moore: Writings and Conversations

A MIND'S JOURNEY • Diana Schumacher

You Are, Therefore I Am

NO RIGHT TO PERSONAL RIGHTS • James Wells-Bruges

Unequal Protection

ENOUGH IS A FEAST • Maya Kumar Mitchell

Slow Food

IN NATURE'S IMAGE • Patrick Holden

Fatal Harvest

PANDORA'S POWER • James Sainsbury

Travels in the Genetically Modified Zone

WISE WOMEN • Jean Hardy

Elderwoman

SOUL OF THE WORLD • Rosie Jackson

The Philosophers' Secret Fire

FOLLOW THE MONEY • Nick Robins

The Divine Right of Capital

SEEING THE WORLD AFRESH • John Lane

Matthias Grünewald and Henri Cartier- Bresson: Landscape/Townscape

THE LAST GREAT VICTORIAN • Ivor Stolliday

The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell

BOOKS IN BRIEF • Marian Van Eyk McCain

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Cover: Former tea house, Kabul, 2002. Photograph: Simon Norfolk, courtesy: The Photographers' Gallery

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