Online Resources

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The Argument FOR War (http://www.minimumeffort.com/nutshell.html)

Poets Against the War: 12,500 poems against the war (http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/)

Another diplomat’s resignation letter says it all (http://truthout.org/docs_03/033103A.shtml)

Nashville Peace and Justice Center (http://www.nashvillepeacejustice.org)

Guidance for Instructors Concerning Class Discussions about War in Iraq(http://www.crlt.umich.edu/wariniraqdiscussion.html)

Truth Out
Collection of war related documents (http://truthout.org)

Guide to AntiWar Websites
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/antiwar/subsection/0,12809,884056,00.html)

AlterNet
A nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism. Excellent resource for articles critical of moves towards war. (www.alternet.org/waroniraq/)

A Vision of Peace: John Kennedy, June 10 1963.”What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war …” (www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/j061063.htm)

Bishop in Bush’s Church in New Antiwar Ad [news item: Jan 31 2003]. (www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3764-2003Jan30.html)

Crimes of War
Various articles discussing the merits of the pre-emptive strike doctrine. (www.crimesofwar.org/expert/bush-link.html)

Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford (UK) is the largest such department in the world. Many online resources. (www.brad.ac.uk/acad/peace/)

Doctors against Iraq war. (www.ippnw.org/CollateralDamage.html)

Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003 (draft legislation). If the first casualty of war is truth, close behind are our civil liberties. For details of the proposed new Patriot II legislation (which include secret arrest, stripping of citizenship etc.), check out the actual document:
(www.pbs.org/now/politics/patriot2-hi.pdf)

Foreign Policy: The magazine of global politics, economics, and ideas. Published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. Excellent broad ranging journal (www.foreignpolicy.com).

Friends Committee on National Legislation
Broad spectrum Quaker public policy lobby group committed to non-violence. Rich information resource. (www.fcnl.org)

GLOBAL POLICY FORUM in NYC: “we monitor global policy making at the United Nations.”(www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/irqindx.htm)

Lawyers Against the War
LAW opposes the illegal use of force . . . and supports the use of national and international law to settle disputes, prosecute offenders and protect rights. (www.lawyersagainstthewar.org/about.html)

List of Peace and Conflict Research Centers, Institutes, Organizations & Networks. (http://csf.colorado.edu/peace/orgs1.html).

MoveOn.Org: Democracy in Action
A nationwide network of more than 600,000 online activists. Electronic advocacy group. (www.moveon.org)

National Security Strategy Document
“The National Security Strategy of the United States of America.” The full text of the new doctrine licensing a pre-emptive strike on any nation threatening our interests or security. (www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html)

No Iraq Attack: An Open Letter
Academics against the war. (www.noiraqattack.org)

Not in Our Name
A group advocating resistance to war on Iraq, with a letter collecting signatures. (www.nion.us)

The Orion Society, and Wendell Berry’s response to 9/11, and critique of our National Security Strategy. (www.oriononline.org/pages/os/media/wberry_nytimes.html)

Peace and Conflict: the Home of Peace Studies on the World Wide Web An extremely rich information resource. (http://csf.colorado.edu/peace/)

PeaceJam is an international education program built around leading Nobel Peace Laureates who work personally with youth to inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local communities, themselves, and the world. (www.peacejam.org)

Robin’s Directory of College and University Peace Studies Programs (http://csf.colorado.edu/peace/academic.html).

United for Peace & Justice is a national campaign that brings together more than 70 peace and justice organizations throughout the United States to help coordinate our work against a U.S. war on Iraq. (www.unitedforpeace.org/index.php)

United Methodist Church executive urges Bush not to attack Iraq [news item: Sept 2 2002] (umns.umc.org/02/sep/384.htm)

United Nations Report
UN Report on the Humanitarian Consequences of a War (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2691475.stm)

What is a Just War? Principles of a just war, and multiple further links (www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pol116/justwar.htm)

“What would Kant say?”
Iraq: The Case Against Preemptive War, by Paul W. Schroeder. The administration’s claim of a right to overthrow regimes it considers hostile is extraordinary and one the world will soon find intolerable. (www.amconmag.com/10_21/iraq.html)

Win Without War: a mainstream voice advocating alternatives to preemptive war against Iraq. (www.winwithoutwarus.org)

World Council of Churches condemns pre-emptive strike on Iraq.

Zmag
Z is an independent monthly magazine dedicated to resisting injustice, defending against repression, and creating liberty … and it aims to assist activist efforts for a better future. Zmag has a special resource site devoted to the Iraq war. (www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Iraq/IraqCrisis.htm)