A peace effort by Generation Next: This is an email about an inspiring event that took place in Lahore recently, organized and participated in by almost 50...
Thanks to Naeem of Shobak_News for sending this - Some time back, I was sent another excellent article about a reservist who refused to serve, and what he's...
Thanks to friend Kalpana Sharma in Bombay for sending this on - another long, but really hard-hitting, open letterby a refusenik. beena ... Passover Eve, 2002 ...
dear all, from friend Kavita Philip in Atlanta. She writes: An inspiring story below. protestors CAN make a difference - and it means being aware of how...
Pervez Hoodbhoy is a well known educationist and anti-war activist, based in Islamabad. beena IS IT A WAR ON ISLAM? by Pervez Hoodbhoy Street opinion in...
See msg below from the editors at Opendemocracy.net - excellent website for debating current issues; second, an article from The Times (thanks Arun). beena ......
Dear MoveOn supporters worldwide, Yesterday, we launched a nationwide TV ad campaign in the U.S., which has received a great deal of national and local media ...
hello friends, for some time, there has been an attempt to start a website called goodnewspakistan - I'm pasting below a piece by Sehba Sarwar that might help...
thanks to Dilip D'Souza in Bombay for sending this. beena Subj: Call to Conscience from Vets to Active Duty Troops and Reservists Date: 1/14/2003 10:49:12 PM...
The western media is finally picking up the issue and paying attention to the hundreds of thousands that are protesting the possible US war on Iraq. Thanks to...
A short piece by Sehba Sarwar - a follow up to her radio piece that I sent out a few days ago with the goodnewspakistan posting. beena Two Homes -- a...
Thanks Sahar, for sending this. beena LETTER FROM PESHAWAR Maureen P. Lines Sent: Tuesday, January 21, Paper given at an international conference held in...
Ok, news is out that the number of US cities to pass resolutions against the war has reached 42, with Chicago, Des Moines, Gary, and Northampton joining the...
Thanks Arun, for sending this. beena I'm losing patience with my neighbours, Mr Bush Terry Jones (Sunday January 26, 2003, The Observer) I'm really excited by...
thanks Prof. Ishtiaq for this report and your note. beena ... Dear All, Men and women of courage and substance always make a difference. One of India’s most...
thanks Nayyar, for sending this interesting information! beena ... rooting out evil expanding the search for weapons of mass destruction c/o Centre for Social...
Thanks Naeem Sadiq for sending this. beena ... Aghajari has raised his voice against uncritically accepting the version of Islam presented by the clerics as...
Feb 15 is shaping up as a global day of protest against the threat to Iraq; rallies are planned in Pakistan too – Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad so far. Some...
A strong statement against 'militant Islam' and 'binladenism' from the Asiapeace discussion group. I'm sure it will provoke a lot of reaction - but it is about...
As groups in Karachi, Lahore and Pindi gear up to join the more than 520 cities that are holding antiwar rallies on Feb 15, here's a message from the NYC rally...
http://www.mnet.fr/aiindex/cw.html February 2, 2003 The Other Face of Fanaticism By PANKAJ MISHRA New York Times Magazine On the evening of Jan. 30, 1948, five...
In Pakistan also, peace groups are organising anti-war rallies in about 20 cities (according to Labour Party), incl. Karachi, Lahore, Pindi-Islamabad. beena UP...
A New Power in the StreetsSignificant front page article in NY Times; thanks Joseph Gerson for passing this on along with your message 'keep on keepin' on'....
Sunday, February 16, 2003, the lndependent/UK - thanks Anjali for sending this on. beena ... gulf between the pro- and anti-war movements in the United States ...
thanks Rahnuma for sending this article from www.alternet.org (good website). I think all of us have received these petitions at one time or other, and some...
friends - Here's an update about the Karachi rally - those in Karachi, please participate, those elsewhere, pls tell your friends in Karachi. Also see the news...
The demand that the parents who had their daughter shot because she wanted to obtain a divorce from her abusive and drug-addict husband and marry another man...