Futility of War
Issue 218 • May/June 2003
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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
Review of Henry Moore: Writings and Conversations
A MIND'S JOURNEY • Diana Schumacher
Review of You Are, Therefore I Am
NO RIGHT TO PERSONAL RIGHTS • James Wells-Bruges
Review of Unequal Protection
ENOUGH IS A FEAST • Maya Kumar Mitchell
Review of Slow Food
IN NATURE'S IMAGE • Patrick Holden
Review of Fatal Harvest
PANDORA'S POWER • James Sainsbury
Review of Travels in the Genetically Modified Zone
WISE WOMEN • Jean Hardy
Review of Elderwoman
SOUL OF THE WORLD • Rosie Jackson
Review of The Philosophers' Secret Fire
FOLLOW THE MONEY • Nick Robins
Review of The Divine Right of Capital
SEEING THE WORLD AFRESH • John Lane
Review of Matthias Grünewald and Henri Cartier- Bresson: Landscape/Townscape
THE LAST GREAT VICTORIAN • Ivor Stolliday
Review of The Selected Letters of Bertrand Russell