8. Creative Expression and Reviews of Art, Music, & Literature
The Thin Blue Line, the Vagaries of Memory, and the Death Penalty
Posted April 4th, 2008 by sdienerIn part 1 of documentary film-maker Errol Morris' column in the New York Times, he is being too modest regarding the role of reenactments in The Thin Blue Line.
Iraqi Casualties: We Don't Need to Exaggerate to Protest - The Reality is Tragic Enough
Posted January 14th, 2008 by sdiener- 1.01 wars between states
- 1.08 military spending
- 1.10 military intervention
- 1.14 laws of war, war crimes, crimes against humanity
- 1.19 cycles of violence
- 2. Resistance to Militaries and Resistance to Militarism
- 2.04 countering military recruitment
- 2.04.06 exposing realities of life in the military
- 2.06.05 reduction of military spending
- 3.02.01 opposition to war
- 5.01.05 dilemmas of organizing - how to
- 5.07.06 countering militarist masculinity
- 5.14.06 abolishing war
- 8.01 nonfiction writing
- casualty rates
- costs of war
- Eyes Wide Open
- Iraq
- Iraq Body Count
- Iraq death toll
- media criticism
- psychological cost of war
- United States
- war epidemiology
In November of 2006, Peacework listed as a resource the article in the prestigious medical journal, Lancet, which concluded that between 392,000 and 942,000 "excess deaths" ensued after the US invasion of Iraq from 2003-2006.
What do you read for alternative progressive news?
Posted December 14th, 2007 by sdienerWhen I tell folks I'm co-editor of Peacework, one of the questions I get asked most is, "Where do you go for alternative news?" I'm never sure where to start, because of course, there are so many excellent peace and justice oriented magazines, newsletters, websites, and blogs out there. But in putting together a preliminary blog-roll for this site, I tried to pull together some of the sites I visit most often (see the blog roll on the right side of this page for links, and I'll paste the names in below as well).
