Peace & Politics Magazine function goThere() { newUrl = document.ChooseLink.LinkList.options[document.ChooseLink.LinkList.selectedIndex].value window.location = newUrl}  Subscribe -- FREE!* Frugal Fun Tips* Frugal Marketing Tips* Positive Power of Principled Profit( Privacy Policy )Peace & Politics Magazine After 9/11: Voices of Peace Bring Hope and Reflection After the TerrorWritings that brought comfort, understanding, and hope for peace to the editor of this website, in the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon--and links to resources for those trying to cope.Contents:Resources & Writings Related to 9/11Perspectives on PeacePolitical Commentary & Analysis2004 United State Electoral AnalysisWhy the Iraq War is WrongEnvironmental & Conservation IssuesOther Social IssuesNational Conference on Media ReformRecommended WebsitesHelp for Peace ActivistsClick here to cast your vote now in thenational referendum to stop the war in Iraq.Overcome Your Fear of Talking to the PressBecome a skilled and confident media spokesperson. Media training for activists with Shel Horowitz, activist for more than 30 years, author of four books on publicity and marketing, and veteran of over 300 media interviews. Discount rates for progressive activists.Yellow Tag Campaign. You may not have seen them yet, but the "Little Yellow Tag" campaign is starting to sweep the Internet. These are little floating yellow tags that members put at the upper-righthand corner of their blogs, websites, and social networking pages, just like the one you see here. In the first 30 days, we found that each tag generated $14.44 every month in donations--just about enough to provide shelter, food, and medical aid for 3 days for a refugee every month! This is a really simple way to create a growing peace impact on your site, blog, or social networking page, with every click, and every donation showing up on your Peace Impact Meter! Try it! Click here Editor's Note: Why This PageResources & Writings Related to the 9/11 Attacks on the USSeptember 11th, 2001 - A Troubling MetaphorCoping With Tragedy: Fighting Terror With KindnessUS Leaders Had Foreknowledge of Impending 9-11Attacks and "Consciously Failed" To ActLink to Petition for Peace and JusticeWebsites, Phone Numbers, and Other ResourcesDid Bush Know? Warning Signs of 9-11 and Intelligence FailuresA Survivor of 9/11 Talks about What's Really ImportantPalestinians Too are Shocked by the DisasterA Muslim Denounces TerrorismBarbara Kingsolver, Nat Hentoff, Michael Moore, Rick McCarthy: American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Panel on Censorship and Freedom Post-911Statement of Bat Shalom (Daughter of Peace) to the UN Security CouncilMichael Ruppert's Conspiracy ChronologyVietnam Vets Against the War StatementRosa Parks, Danny Glover, Gloria Steinem, Harry Belafonte And Dozens of Others Join Effort Calling For Justice Not VengeanceWeek 1: Ghosts and EchoesLetter From A Terrorism SurvivorRepresentative Barbara Lee's Statement in the House of Representatives Opposing the Use of Force ResolutionMessage from His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of the The HashemiteKingdom of Jordan: A Muslim Calls for SanityHow to Deal With Bin LadenThe Dalai Lama's Letter to the President of the United States of AmericaA Message to Members and Supporters of Amnesty InternationalStatement by David McReynolds and the War Resisters League Executive CommitteePerspectives on PeaceDarfur Interfaith VigilSeven Million StepsHopes for Peace in Israel and PalestineVideo Project About Global Justice Movements: In Between the MovementsCombatants for Peace: When Ex-Enemies Break Bread TogetherBy Suliman Al-Hamre and Elik Elhanan, as reported by Shel Horowitz, Editor, Peace & PoliticsHave We Lost Our Sense of Outrage?World Prayer for Peace by All ArtistsEliana Gilad: Healing in a time of WarResponse of Christian Peacemaker Teams to the Death of Peacemaker Tom FoxNot in Our NameThe Tent of Abraham: A Statement on PeacemakingA Cheap Holiday in Other People's Misery (catching up with Mordechai Vanunu in Israel)198 Methods of Nonviolent Action (Dr. Gene Sharp)A Peace Leadership AgendaPeace is Not a Dirty WordComing to Consensus: Tips for Cooperative Decision MakingWhat is Peace?War or PeaceWar Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning WritersThe Secret Society For Peace: Dedicated to Global Peace Through Individual PeaceInternational Institute for Peace Through Tourism to Sponsor Summit Luncheon in Geneva, SwitzerlandWe Should All Be Pursuing A Lasting Victory Over World Want (Dr. James Cumes)Rehumanizing the 'Enemy' and Confronting Ourselves: Challenges for Educators in an Era of PeaceThe First Covenant Was Sealed With The Rainbow. Does Hope For Interfaith Harmony Begin There?What Place for Peace Advocates After the Attack?Replanting Trees, Rebirthing Peace (Rabbi Brian Walt and Rabbi Arthur Waskow)A World Out of Touch With Itself: Where the Violence Comes From (Rabbi Michael Lerner)Marching in Gandhi's FootstepsManifesto: Artists (& Activists) After September 11First Report from the current FOR Interfaith PeaceBuilders Delegation to Israel & PalestinePolitical Commentary & AnalysisNo Change for Me: I Want BillsGeorgia on My MindFraudulent FiringsThink Globally, Protect the Vote LocallyCynthia McKinney's Full Remarks on Bush Impeachment BillIn the Field with Evo MoralesA Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened ConservativesWhen Democracy Fails UsBush Is Not IncompetentWas Vice President Dick Cheney Trying To Be Too Cute?The Speech You *Should* Hear (but Won't) from Dick CheneyBush's Suppressed Biography: Pulled off the shelves by a major publisher, it was released by a small independent--the book shows Bush's military desertion, shady business dealings, and allegations of cocaine useAn Open Letter to Howard DeanThe Unexplained Exit Poll Discrepancy: Part I (PDF File)Imagine a Party Line of Awe and WonderAmerica Beyond CapitalismThe Voter Bill of RightsWriting That Matters: Censorship, Journalism, Politics, and ArtHope for the Homestretch'Stop Bush Now': New Book Calls on Americans to Join Movement for Impeachment Before NovemberVoting is for Young PeopleOver 10,000 American Jews Petition Sharon and Bush to Bring the Israeli Settlers Home to IsraelGranny D's Spirited Defense of the First Amendment After Her Arrest for Speaking in the CapitolIntelligence From Presidential Tax Returns White House Press Secretary Refuses to Give Real Answers Whether Bush was AWOL10 Good Things About a Bad YearGreg Palast: The Best Democracy Money Can BuyAmerica Two Years after 9/11: 25 Things We Now KnowPolitical Analysis from an Afghani-American PerspectiveSecond Thoughts on a Third World War: An American Professor's AnalysisHeresies in Pursuit of Peace: Thoughts on Israel/PalestineShare the Wealth, Not the Violence (Reyner Garner)Statement by Shenandoah Titus, Human Rights Officer for the Town of Amherst, MA, May 2002, Condemning AntisemitismHow An Earlier "Patriot Act" Law Brought Down A President2004 United States Electoral AnalysisHACKED! High Tech Election Theft in America, 11 Experts Expose the Truth20 Amazing Facts About Voting in the USAReno Resident Sues Sequoia Voting SystemsOpen Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer: Please Join the Call to Investigate the ElectionTheses on the Failure of our PartyThe 2004 Elections in the United StatesWhy the Iraq War is WrongMarine Mom, Toughest Job in the CorpUS General William Odom Tells Senate: Rapid Withdrawal is Only SolutionElijah the Prophet, Earl Robinson, and the Iraq WarWest Pointers Get Cease & Desist Letter From West PointDying for Nixon, Dying for BushLetter to President Bush: Try to Stabilize Iraq, then LeaveMore Damning Than Downing StreetReligious Leaders Condemn $82 Billion for WarBritish Member of Parliament George Galloway Condemns Iraq Invasion on Floor of US Senate, May 17, 2005Iraq: A Deepening TragedyGiving Witness, Doing Civil Disobedience and Going to PrisonIraq War QuizIn Praise of France's HistoryAn American Peacemaker Reports from BaghdadAn American Peacemaker Reports from Baghdad, Part IIStop The Coming October War in Iraq : The UN's Iraq Arms Inspector Police Repression at NYC Peace Rally Forces Questions of Government LegitimacyFighting Iraq, Will It Re-ignite Inflation?Well-Designed Strategic Nonviolent ActionsResponse of Christian Peacemaker Teams to the Death of Peacemaker Tom FoxSustainable Earth: Environmental, Conservation & Related IssuesEdible ReforestationConnecting for Change9/11 in New OrleansHerman Daly and the True Costs of Economics"A Better Future" is a public communication campaign to raise public awareness and promote societal movement toward more sustainable lifestyles. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Personal Account by an OilmanLeave No TraceBuilding Strong Local Living EconomiesAnd We Lived Happily Ever After -or- Some Realities and Myths of Recycled PaperEnergy Bill Squandered on Partisan PoliticsLower Your Water BillsLike oil, water rights can be a major source of political unrest, and this will get worse with time. This article offers many low-cost/no-cost ways to cut water consumption.Clean Energy is Available Now: Notes from SolarFestThe Divine Right of CapitalImagining a World Where Labor Rights Trump Property RightsOther Social IssuesA Free Internet From An Historical PerspectiveA Message from the Dalia Lama About TibetKind Words: Cheering the GrumpyCitizen vs. Consumer: The Perils of Deflationary DemocracyHow to Make Healthcare CheaperI Don't Look Back in AngerThe Fugitive Girl ActGrowing Up And Slowing DownWhy Israel and Palestine Must Become One StateSkipping Towards ArmageddonHuman Rights Abuses in Uzbekistan: Eyewitness Report from Former UK AmbassadorDialogue ProjectPrecarious LivesAAUP Denounces FBI's "Chilling Effect" On Dissenting ProfessorBillionaires R UsChocolate, UnchainedThe Real Rosa ParksThank You, Rosa ParksJust Look 'em in the EyeHow the Bush Administration Sabotaged Hurricane Planning, Allowing Katrina to Destroy New OrleansUse the Creative Power of Your WordIndependent Publisher Combines Progressive Politics, Commercial SuccessEarly Puerto Rican Feminist Speaks on Wealth and Poverty, 1911Erring on the Side of Death: A Healer Speaks Out on The Terry Schiavo CaseJewish-Arab Olive Oil Venture Funds Jewish/Arab Peace Community in IsraelJewish-Arab Olive Oil Venture Funds Jewish/Arab Peace Community in IsraelLifting of Publishing Sanctions in Cuba, Iran, SudanHealth Medication: No Side Effects, Costs NothingEurope vs. the USHuge Universal Forum of Cultures in Barcelona Working to Change the WorldCorey Flintoff on NPR's role in a Changing Journalism ClimateRosenbergs' Son Robert Meeropol's Life of ActivismRemembering Carolyn Heilbrun: Feminist Scholarship and SuicideMedia Training with Shel HorowitzInterest Builds for IIPT 2nd African ConferenceDeciding Right and Wrong: The Ethicist SpeaksNational Conference on Media ReformThe National Conference on Media Reform: Twin Fires of Change Josh Silver, Free Press Yolanda Hibbenstiel, Conference Organizer Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America Malkia Cyril, Youth Media Council Amy Goodman, Producer/Host, Democracy Now! Chellie Pingree, Common Cause Sydney Levy, San Francisco Media Alliance Amanda Ballentine, Free Press Jim Hightower, Populist author/speaker Kim Gandy, NOW Davey D, hiphop historian/DJ FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein FCC Commissioner Michael CoopsNational Conference on Media Reform Panel: News, Information and Corporate MediaNational Conference on Media Reform Panel: Online OrganizingNational Conference on Media Reform Panel: Engaging New Constituencies in Media ReformNational Conference on Media Reform Panel: Media Reform One Community at a Time: Case Studies in Local OrganizingNational Conference on Media Reform Panel: Visioning a Media System that Serves Our Democracy and CultureRecommended Websiteshttp://www.blackboxvoting.org: a site focusing on the irregularities of electronic ballots, and what citizens can do about it.http://alpha.wpma.tv/event/: World Peace Music Awardshttp://Antiwar.comhttp://www.Space4Peace.orghttp://www.peacemaker.st/http://www.texansforpeace.org/Help for Peace ActivistsVolunteer to Create a Federal Department of PeaceNote: Shel will work with individuals and groups who share his values. If your group encourages racism, homophobia, war, pollution or similar positions, please find a different media consultant. Activist groups that Shel accepts to work with receive a discounted rate.Click here to read testimonials from political campaigns. Marketing/Publicity/Copywriting Services from Shel Horowitz of Accurate Writing & MoreEditor's Note: Why This PageI write this on the eve of the Jewish year 5762, less than a week after the attacks on New York and Washington that destroyed the World Trade Center and badly damaged the Pentagon in September, 2001--and snuffed out the lives of some 5000 innocent people.I am a native New Yorker and lived for a while in Washington, DC. While I now live 150 miles away from New York, there is a part of me that will always think of it as home. In fact, I was walking in front of the World Trade Center just two weeks before the bombing, and watched the sun set gloriously over the twin towers from Staten Island, where I gathered with my family to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday. We know people who got off the subway and saw the terror; this is very personal to me. We are fortunate that all our loved ones were safe; we know others not so fortunate.My mailbox this week has been full of responses to the attacks. As I grappled in my own mind with the meaning of it all, I felt driven to offer a Page of Peace, where I could share writing and resources that have helped to give me comfort, understanding, and hope for peace.The pieces I present here are the voices, the opinions of their authors. When I had them, I included the authors' names and e-mail addresses. Even I don't agree with everything I read here; nor do I expect you to. In fact, if you're the sort of person that thinks, America Right or Wrong, you my not want to read farther. Some of these voices are critical of US actions in the past that led to bin Laden's vast level of anger--and as a child of the Vietnam era, who saw my own government perverted and distorted toward evil, I can understand that viewpoint. If you have not thought about what would happen in the world if the US response takes many innocent lives, you will not be happy with this page. And I don't want to argue with you; you may leave now and I won't be insulted. (And I really don't want to deal with nasty e-mail about your perspectives; if you send it, I won't respond.)I believe that each of us has the power to do good in the world--even in the face of unspeakable evil. I am presenting these writings as one small thing that I can do to help heal these wounds of war, and it comes from my perspective about the interconnections within the world. If you're looking for other ways to help--consider starting a Jewish-Christian-Muslim dialog group...giving money to the Red Cross or other legitimate international disaster relief group...donating blood at your local hospital. And do what you can to make sure we do not compound this crime through the crimes of racism/ethnic cleansing (against Arabs, Muslims or anyone else), destruction of civil liberties, or abandonment of our struggles to improve the worldPeace be with youShel HorowitzSeptember, 2001Petition for Peace and Justicehttp://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/224622495Websites, Phone Numbers, and Other ResourcesCompiled by Hollis Thomases, mailto:marketing@webadvantage.net--with a few additions from me:RESOURCES:Local peace site (western Massachusetts) with links to national and international resources:http://www.crocker.com/~afsc/calendar/calendar.htmlIncludes a Calendar of upcoming events in the Valley related to the disasters of September 11th and the national reaction to them, and of Peace and Justice eventsNEWS (in addition to the major news networks): http://www.wtop.com (news site from Washington, D.C.) CamWorld is keeping an online timeline http://www.camworld.comThe Independent Media Center - http://www.indymedia.org/The New York City Indy Media Center (with news of the Friday nightvigil in Union Square) is at the following URL: http://nyc.indymedia.org/16 Sept 2001 2nd WTC Special Issue of GlobalCircle NetNews is now online athttp://globalcircle.net/1gnn0916wtc.htmReal news from the global Internet - Offering balance to the mediamonopoly with a broad range of links to the large and growing body ofalternative news and analysis, to promote rational discussion andresponsible reaction based on a wider range of sources of informationoutside mainstream media. Noncommercial, independent, nonpartisan.Special Issue THE WAY OF PEACE-- Online sources for survivor information and where to help-- U.S. Media - if it bleeds, it leads-- The tangled web of covert ops -- terrorist funding and training-- What's behind many countries' support for terrorist networks - it'snot rocket science-- And more hidden history on the World Policeman, exhaustive compilationof background links on US foreign policy-- No More Victims - editorial"Appeals for restraint, appeals to forego retaliation, don'tgo to the root of terrorism. You have to halt the long standing patternof death and destruction, U.S. military and covert attacks on thosecountries, to remove support for terrorists. You have to halt aid toruthless puppet regimes, because their people know the U.S. is behind allthat. The reason they support terrorists is no mystery in othercountries. Genuine patriotism and concern for our own people should promptus to demand our politicians halt the cause of terrorism, not escalate thevery policies that created it."CONTACTING OUR NATIONAL LEADERS:http://capwiz.com/msnbc/home/default.asp allows US residents to write to the President, both senators, and your representative in Congress--with one click. it also allows you to write to local and selected national media. make your voice heard for peace!ABOUT SURVIVORS:http://safe.millennium.berkeley.eduhttp://okay.prodigy.nethttp://www.ny.com/wtclist.htmlhttp://www.viexpo.com/dmstest/america.htmlhttp://www.bostoncoop.net:8080/SeptElevenhttp://www.shunn.net/okay/http://www.ahnj.com/Ferry.htmIf you are not sure if friends or family worked in the World Trade Center in NYC, a list of tenants in the WTC can be found at: http://www.onisland.com/wtc/bizdir/index.html. Simply click on each type of business to find a listing of firms.SPECIAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS:American Airlines: 800-245-0999 United Airlines: 800-932-8555 Army: 1-800-984-8523 or 703-428-0002 Navy and Marine Corps: 1-877-663-6772 Air Force: 1-800-253-9276 U.S. Justice Department's Family Assistance Center Victims Hotline: 1-800-331-0075.The FBI has established a toll-free telephone number for anyone with information regarding the incidents: 1-866-483-5137 (or go to http://www.ifccfbi.gov).STATE-LEVEL INFORMATION: http://www.researchbuzz.com/#stateTO HELP:http://helping.org/promos/cs_wtc.adphttp://www.firehouse.com (provides information on NYC firemen)Email911 http://www.email911.com/bbs/ (a bulletin board with threads about ways to help and survivors)Blood Donations (and Cash Donations)-- American Red Cross: 800-448-3543 (GIVELIFE) American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/COPING/GRIEF COUNSELING:American Psychiatric Institute http://www.psych.orgAPA Help Center http://helping.apa.org/therapy/traumaticstress.htmlPatience Press http://www.patiencepress.com/AtHealth.com http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/Newsletter/FPN_2_42.htmlList of Crisis Counselors http://www.find-a-therapist.com/directories/crisis.htmNational Disaster Information for Children http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/terror_eds.htmlEducators for Social Responsibility (ESR) free guide, "Talking to Children about Violence and other Sensitive and Complex Issues in the World" http://www.esrnational.org/(Quoting from the press release: According to ESR executive director, Larry Dieringer, "many children will be scared for their own and their loved ones' safety after hearing about and watching the tragedy on television. Some will have violentretaliation fantasies. There is a danger that some students willstereotype Arabs and other ethnic groups, and harass students perceivedto be from the Middle East. Still others will ask why some people inother parts of the world are so angry at the United States." Theguide helps adults think about the impact of tragedies like this one onyoung people, understand how children's needs differ at various ages, andchoose appropriate responses.)Grief Counselors (Children's Educational Co-op) http://www.GriefCounselors.comONLINE MEMORIALS:American Memorials http://www.americanmemorials.com/NationalTragedy.htmNational Obituary Archive http://www.nationalobituaryarchive.com/notablePersons/notable.asp?obituaryid=64163480Internet Remembrance Campaign http://remember.worldatwar.org/September 11th Ribbon http://clubs.lycos.com/live/events/september11_ribbon.aspChildren's Hunger Relief Fund Victim's Memorial Online.http://www.victims-memorial.orgAre you interested in writing for us? Click here to read our Writer's Guidelines. To visit the most important pages on our site, make a selection from the drop-down menu below. If your browser doesn't automatically take you there, please click on "Visit Now!" 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