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We continue to believe the greatest threat to the planet is nuclear weapons, those who possess them, and those who seek to protect and expand the business of nuclear warfare. Total nuclear disarmament is essential to human survival, now more than ever. We also believe that adherence to international law as embodied in the U.N. charter and the Nuremberg principles is essential, and that participation in the International Criminal Court would go a long way to improving this world.  
To learn more, visit The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's extensive website.

For those interested in helping provide medical supplies for disaster relief world-wide, 
go to Direct Relief International.

[Note:  We have largely abandoned updating the rest of this section because there appears to be little interest in it. If any readers are curious about our take on specific issues or crisis points, drop a note and we'll try to respond. We will be opening a blog in early 2006 with updates.]

  Hotspots! 

Africa Index

Armenians and Turkey

Basque Country: Separatism, Nationalism, Unity, and Terrorism 

Burma
   Best Western Hotels leaves Burma

Chechnya Index

East Timor Index
  East Timor web resources Index

Iraq pre-war comment
   
Katrina (see FAQ)

Kosovo/Yugoslavia Index

9/11 audio tape

Sustainability
  BBC Radio's Reith Lectures 2000
    "Respect for the earth: Can sustainable development be made to work in the real world?"

Terrorism (see FAQ)

U'wa (Colombia) Index
   Alert from the Rainforest Action Network, 09.15.00

WTO, IMF, Corporate Globalization, and the New Economy Index
  Barshefsky's Betrayal of American Small Business by Rick Reinert, REHA Enterprises (USA) Inc.
  N30 -- Paul Hawken's Essay on his Experiences with the WTO in Seattle
  Spirals in Seattle by Natasha Todorovic
  How We Really Shut Down the WTO by Starhawk
  Z-Magazine on the WTO

LINKS to other useful resources
 The Disinformation Website edited by Alex Burns
 Human Rights Watch
 Amnesty International
 U.S. Army Center for Lessons Learned   
 Homepage of Z Magazine and ZNet edited by Michael Albert
 Alternet, the independent news and information service
 Go to the Links page for more websites of relevance and interest

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