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Archives: Jan. 27, 2003 to March 26, 2003

March 26, 2003
[07:40 pm]
Announcement of Upcoming rally: Friday, March 28, 2003, 11:00-12:30 PEACE RALLY at Rand Terrace. Students, professors, and vets speak out for peace. [Organised by Vanderbilt Students for Peace.]

March 26, 2003
[11:40 am]
The Nashville Peace and Justice Center’s new web site is up and running. A calendar of local peace events and community news items can be found here.

March 25, 2003
[11:45am]
To all colleagues and instructors: you might find these reflections helpful on dealing with the topic of war in the classroom (Thanks to James Newell for the reference.) [DCW]
Guidance for Instructors Concerning Class Discussions about War in Iraq

Faculty, staff, and students at Vanderbilt gather on March 24 for a silent protest against the Iraqi war.
Faculty, staff, and students at Vanderbilt gather on March 24 for a silent protest against the Iraqi war.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 20, 2003
[09:30 am]
Message from David Wood: At the outbreak of war on this day, I can find no more eloquent words than those of Robert Byrd on Mar. 19: “I weep for our country.”

Plan to gather at the Federal Building in downtown Nashville this afternoon (Mar. 20, 2003) at 4 p.m. to Stand United for Peace.

Vanderbilt Students for Peace will hold a vigil today and everyday from noon to 1 p.m. on the steps of Rand.

March 18, 2003
[01:25 pm]

“The reality is that Britain is being asked to embark on a war without agreement in any of the international bodies of which we are a leading partner — not NATO, not the European Union and, now, not the Security Council.

To end up in such diplomatic weakness is a serious reverse. Only a year ago, we and the United States were part of a coalition against terrorism that was wider and more diverse than I would ever have imagined possible. History will be astonished at the diplomatic miscalculations that led so quickly to the disintegration of that powerful coalition.”

–excerpt of Robin Cook’s resignation speech as leader of the House of Commons. The entire speech, which won an unprecedented standing ovation, can be read at this CNN site or heard at this BBC site.

Upcoming event: GATHERING AT FEDERAL BUILDING. STANDING UNITED FOR PEACE.
PROBABLE GATHERING TIME & DATE: THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH, 2003 at 4PM

March 16, 2003
[03:25 pm]

Candlelight Vigil tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Nashville Peace and Justice Center.

In an open letter to 10 Downing Street, published in the Guardian newspaper, a group of sixteen academic lawyers have argued that taking action without a new, clear United Nations mandate “will seriously undermine the international rule of law”. Here is the full text.

“The threatened war against Iraq will be a breach of the United Nations Charter and hence of international law unless it is authorised by a new and unambiguous resolution of the security council,” writes Mark Littman in another Guardian article.

March 15, 2003
[08:05 am]
Worldwide Candlelight Vigil for Peace: this Sunday, March 16, at 7:00 p.m. You can find Nashville Peace and Justice Center’s listings for this event and others on our Events page.

February 26 , 2003
[07:45 pm]

Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor

Paris
Paris

Lima
Lima

A collection of photos from the antiwar protests around the world during the weekend Feb. 15-16: Images for Peace: The World says No to War

“Both just war theory and international law say that states may resort to war only in self-defense. Iraq has not attacked the United States, and claims that it is about to do so are not credible.” –from the American Philosophical Association’s recent resolution concerning the war.

February 21 , 2003
[10:30 am]
Suggested by Vereen Bell, Professor of English:

Waking Early Sunday Morning (c.1967)

No weekends for the gods now. Wars
flicker, earth licks its open sores,
fresh breakage, fresh promotions, chance
assassinations, no advance.
Only man thinning out his kind
sounds through the Sabbath noon, the blind
swipe of the pruner and his knife
busy about the tree of life. . .
Pity the planet, all joy gone
from this sweet volcanic cone;
peace to our children when they fall
in small war on the heels of small
war–until the end of time
to police the earth, a ghost
orbiting forever lost
in our monotonous sublime.

Robert Lowell

February 15 , 2003
[09:45 am]
We’re beginning a list of academic courses at Vanderbilt that are relevant to peace and war studies. [If there are further courses that should be added, please let me know. DCW]

February 10 , 2003
[10:20 pm]
If the US goes to war with Iraq, especially without the support of the UN, many of us want to say—Not In Our Name. These individual statements give many reasons why.

February 9 , 2003
[04:45 pm]
Wendell Berry’s “A Citizen’s Response to the National Security Strategy of the United States” appears in today’s New York Times.

February 7 , 2003
[03:40 pm]
A vision of peace: John Kennedy, June 10 1963.”What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war …”

February 5 , 2003
[11:00 am]
Weekly Talks on Global Issues at Vanderbilt International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) will be held on Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m in Sarratt 189. For more information see listings on our Events page or contact: Laura Flower, Program Coordinator.

February 3 , 2003
[03:10 pm]
In response to our Open Letter, a meeting with Bart Verhulst, Senator Frist’s State Director, is being arranged for early February.

January 28, 2003
[05:30 pm]
We’ve begun a list of online resources.

January 27, 2003
[02:30 pm]
To subscribe to the Peace Forum listserve (for email bulletins of events and messages), please contact the University Chaplain: Gay House Welch gay.h.welch@vanderbilt.edu

The Peace Forum web site will be adding a calendar of events and a resource page shortly. Questions regarding this week’s Peace Forum activities should be directed to David Wood.

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