Archived articles from 2001
Building a Culture of Peace
30 Dec 2001
'This war has changed the role of global civil society', Rafaella Bolini from the Genoa Social Forum told the 4th Assembly of the People's UN. 'A little miracle occurred in Perugia. A movement has developed in the name of peace, positive democracy and global justice. Now we must fight for the United Nations because we desperately need a credible...
Building an Economy for the Earth
30 Dec 2001
n 1543 Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, challenged the view that the Sun revolved around the Earth, arguing instead that the Earth revolved around the Sun. His alternative model led to a revolution in thinking, to a new worldview. Today we need a similar shift in our worldview writes Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute in Washington.
UN’s International Day of Peace
30 Dec 2001
After three years of campaigning across the world, working only with volunteers and individual donations, 32 year old British film-maker Jeremy Gilley has obtained official recognition for Peace One Day from the United Nations.
An American Viewpoint
30 Dec 2001
It's understandable why many of us, after grieving and consoling the mourners, will feel anger ñ and while some demagogues in Congress have already sought to manipulate that feeling into a growing militarism (more spies, legalise assassinations of foreign leaders, increase the defence budget at the expense of domestic programmes), the more responsible' leaders are seeking to narrow America's...
Give Peace a Bank
30 Dec 2001
This year's Gandhi Memorial Lecture was given by Dr. Scilla Elworthy, founder director of the Oxford Research Institute. The following is extracted from the full Lecture which is available on www.oxfordresearch group.org.uk
The Birds Have Stopped Singing in Afghanistan
30 Dec 2001
Today, when I listen to the violence couched in defence of freedom' rhetoric, I feel compelled to let you know that terrorism is often bred of terror ñ an act of violence carried out by a person of colour' is an act of terror ñ the bombing of Vietnam and the Sudan and Afghanistan and the horrendous crimes of...
Black Gold
30 Dec 2001
New Delhi ñ Just as the Gulf War in 1991 was all about oil, the new conflict in South and Central Asia is no less about access to the region's abundant petroleum resources, ac-cording to Indian analysts.
Instruments of Peace
30 Dec 2001
This summer, a musical workshop led to the creation of an orchestra comprised of gifted Israeli, Egyptian, Jordanian, Lebanese and Palestinian students. It was organised by Daniel Barenboim, the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Out There News
30 Dec 2001
A people's hotline to the world has been set up by the online global news agency, Out There News' on the website www.megastories.com. Run from a converted attic in Muswell Hill by ex-Reuters journalist, Paul Eede, it aims to create a place on the internet where people can tell their own stories on their own terms.
A Plea to Americans
30 Dec 2001
The past weeks have been so shocking, it is understandable why some want immediate revenge. Your President is asking the world's nations to line up behind him in striking back, saying 'if you are not for us, you are with the terrorists.'
Addressing the Roots of Instability and Violence
30 Dec 2001
An Israeli peace group and two of its founders Uri and Rachel Avnery, have been awarded a Right Livelihood Award. Gush Shalom was founded eight years ago on three principles: Israeli withdrawal from all the occupied territories; recognition of the PLO as the Palestinians' rep-resentative; recognition of the right of Palestinians to establish their own independent state alongside Israel,...
Sowing Seeds
30 Dec 2001
Seeds of Peace equips young people from areas of conflict with the skills and leadership capabilities to end cycles of violence and build lasting peace. Founded in 1993 by author and journalist John Wallach, Seeds of Peace has focused primarily on bringing Arab and Israeli teenagers together to reverse a legacy of hatred by nurturing lasting friendships that become...
Creating Bridges in Cyberspace
30 Dec 2001
A vision of a better world is quite literally at your fingertips. Three new websites for young people are promoting ways we can live in harmony .....
Call for Solidarity
30 Dec 2001
'Terrorism will not be stopped by militarised minds which create insecurity and fear and hence breed terrorism.'
Journalists Campaign for Truthful War Reporting
30 Dec 2001
Journalists from ITN, the BBC and the broadsheet press were among an audience of 600 people who attended a Media Workers Against the War (MWAW) meeting in North London on 10 October. Established by campaigning journalists John Pilger and Paul Foot during the Gulf War, and backed by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), MWAW aims to tell the...
Banking on Time
30 Dec 2001
The London Time Bank has been given a major grant to build on the work of setting up time banks in different parts of the capital. That was just one of the successes reported at the Time Banks UK conference in Birmingham It's About Time, prob-ably the biggest ever such conference anywhere in the world with 170 participants and...
The Wise Response to Violence: A Declaration of The Club of Budapest
30 Dec 2001
The 11th of September suicide attack on New York's World Trade Center and Washington's Pentagon was an offence against all of human life and every civilisation. We condemn this act of terrorism and call to ethical and peace-loving people the world over to join together to put an end to terrorism and violence in all its forms. There is...
May Peace Prevail on Earth
30 Dec 2001
We all have this common mission that we must fulfil. World peace will be achieved when every member of humanity becomes aware of this common mission - when we all join together for our common purpose. Every one of us has a role to play in the evolution of our planet, and to achieve world peace each of us...
Re-establishing the Soul in its Rightful Place
30 Dec 2001
The Prince of Wales has blamed the worst excesses' of modern life for a deep malaise' among humanity.
Impact of Al-Jazeera
30 Dec 2001
In the five years of its existence, Al-Jazeera has become the most watched satellite channel in the Arab world and has infuriated every government from Libya to Kuwait. What draws the viewers is news and political debate of a kind that the Arab world had never seen until the channel started in 1996.