NONVIOLENT CHANGE
Journal of the Research/Action Team on Nonviolent Large Systems Change,
an interorganizational project of the Organization Development Institute
Vol. XXIII, No.2 Compiled August 21, 2008 Fall 2008
Nonviolent Change helps to network the peace community: providing dialoguing, exchanges of ideas, articles, reviews, reports and announcements of the activities of peace related groups and meetings, reviews of world developments relating to nonviolent change and resource information concerning the development of human relations on the basis of mutual respect.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor’s Comments
Nonviolent Change on the Web
Upcoming Events
Ongoing Activities
World Developments
Dialoguing:
- Javier Solana, “What kind of Palestine?”
- Alon Ben-Meir, “Cease Fire To What End”
- Uri Avnery, ” All Quiet on the Gaza Front
- Alon Ben-Meir, “Caught in a Vicious Cycle of Violence.
- Jimmy Carter, ” A Human Rights Crime: The world must stop standing idle while the people of
- Gaza are treated with such cruelty
- Paul Scham, “Carter’s trip: boon or bungle?
- MJ Rosenberg, “A Ceasefire Is No Small Thing.
- Nicholas D. Kristof, “Strengthening extremists
- Uri Avnery, “An Apology”
- Ziad Asali, “Mideast Conflict: Need for a New Perspective
- Ghassan Rubeiz “Middle East Peace Requires Forgiveness”
- Marc Gopin, “Israelis are talking to Hamas: religion at the cutting edge”
- Mohammed Herzallah, “A Credible Peace Process”
- Samir El-Youssef, “Should Palestinians forgive Israel..
- Naomi Chazan, “The roadmap revisited”.
- Gershon Baskin, “Encountering peace: creating a new reality on the ground”.
- Amin Howeidi, “The Day After”.
- Ha’aretz Editorial, “Don’t be afraid of peace with Syria
- Theodore H. Kattouf, “The United States and Syria should talk (about everything)”.
- David R. Sands, “Israel-Syria talks hindered”
- Alon Ben-Meir, “Israeli-Syrian Negotiations: The Need For A Bold Move”..
- Rabbi David Rosen, “Not Just Another Interfaith Parley”…
- What We Readers Are About…
Articles
- Gareth Evans. “Burma/Myanmar: ‘Facing Up to Our Responsibilities’:
- Moki Kokoris, “Water Wrestling”..
- Stephen M. Sachs, “Developing a Legitimate Carbon Trading Program To Appropriately
- Abate Global Warming”…..
- Alon Ben-Meir, “Mediating the nuclear Impasse”….
- Alon Ben-Meir, “Israel’s Peace Offensive“..
- Daniel Levy, “Civil War in Gaza Isn’t in Israel’s Interest”..
- Alon Ben-Meir, “Toward Israeli-Syrian Peace”……..
- Hasan Abu Nimah, “What Syrian-Israeli talks mean”…………
- Thomas L. Friedman, “Little engery for peace”……
- Ron Kraybill, “Peace Does Not Trickle Down from the Top”……
- Mara Rudman , “Taking Steps Forward: Economic and Political Fronts”…..
- Lawrence Pintak, Jeremy Ginges and Nicholas Felton, “Misreading the Messenger”…..
- Rene Wadlow, “Banning Cluster Bombs: Light in the Darkness of Conflicts”…..
Media Notes
Announcements
COEDITORS:
Stephen Sachs, 1916 San Pedro, NE. Albuquerque, NM 87110 (505)265-9388, ssachs@earthlink.net
Alon Ben-Meir, NYU (212)866-5998, alon@alonben-meir.com
Ruby Quail, Web Master, imagehost.net, rubyquail @@@@gmail.com
Marilee Niehoff, 810 Four Seasons Rd #102, Bloomington, IL 61701 (309)661-7382, DrMarilee@aol.com
Robert W. Hotes, American College of Counselors, 824 S. Park Ave., Springfield, IL 62704 (217)698-7668,
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