"Globalisation and Talibanisation" by Vandana Shiva
EUROPE
Sylvie Brunel, president of Action contre la Faim defends humanitarian principles in "Le temps du dévoiement published" in Le Monde
"L'esprit du terrorisme" by well-known French philosopher and sociologist Jean Baudrillard
Rony Brauman, former president of Médecins sans frontières (MSF), condemns the notion of "military-humanitarian coalition".
Nick Cohen’s article "Bread not bombs"
Letter from Bishop Rolf Koppe of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) to churches in the USA about the status of prisoners being held by the US government on the Guantanamo military base in Cuba
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia report: "Anti-Islamic reactions within the European Union after the recent acts of terror against the USA"
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva (English-speaking) - reflection by pastor Stephen Larson
Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy - reflection by Waldensian theologian Paolo Ricca
Article by Robert Fisk: Middle East correspondent for the London Independent
Robert Fisk reports on a certain number of "disturbing arguments" that a Western journalist could hear today in the Middle East and in Pakistan
Robert Fisk in Taliban-controlled Kandahar province, writes on the experiences of the "losing side" in the current military conflict
According to Robert Fisk (29 November) in "We are the war criminals now", war crimes have been committed during the Mazar-i-Sharif prison revolt.
French philosopher René Girard develops his own interpretation of the symbolic dimension of the current world crisis
In "House of Saud looks close to collapse", David Leigh and Richard Norton-Taylor, journalists at The Guardian, explore (November 21) the risks of a radical political change in Saudi Arabia.
Interights (UK) article: "Responsing to September 11: the framework of international law"
Médecins sans Frontières article by former president Rony Brauman
In "An imperial nightmare", Seumas Milne reflects on the temptation for Britain to recreate an imperial project
Le Monde has introduced a new book written by two specialists close to the US and French Intelligence services which reveals that the Bush administration maintained close ties with the Taliban until 11 September
"Société-monde contre terreur-monde" gives philosophical and ethical perspectives on the current world crisis in this short essay by French sociologist Edgar Morin published in Le Monde.
A reflection by Waldensian theologian Paolo Ricca of Italy raises fundamental questions about war and suggests that war is not the right way to solve the problem of terrorism today.
Russian Orthodox Church Department for External Church Relations: TV interview with Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad
David Shenk, a teacher at Lithuania Christian College in Klaipeda, has written: "Jesus and Mohammad: Two Roads to Peace". German translation
In "This must be the end", Andrew Murray, chair of the Stop the War Coalition, urges the US and British governments to halt the "unjust war" in Afghanistan
The Sunday Times (UK) reports that the war on terrorism is to be extended to three new countries as soon as the campaign in Afghanistan is over
In "The UN and the United States in Afghanistan", Ian Williams argues that since September 11, the United Nations has gained a rare prominence in Washington's calculations.
In "Americans want a war on Iraq and we can't stop them", Hugo Young explains (November 27) why president Bush is in favour of a wider war.
www.e-christians.net"La comunidad cristiana del mundo hispano en Internet"
LATIN AMERICA
Articles about the impact of the attacks on Latin America
Centro de Documentación, Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos artículo por Lucrecia Molina Theissen
Viva Rio, Brazil, information on campaigning for peace
MIDDLE EAST
Media Monitors Net presents a variety of articles and reflections on the current crisis, including:
° an analysis from a Middle Eastern perspective by Edward Said
° an examination of the shortcomings and bias in television news coverage of military actions in Afghanistan by Norman Solomon
° a look at the characterization of the conflict as a war against the west from a Middle Eastern perspective by Hani Shukrallah
NORTH AMERICA
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) International Legal Remedies in Response to the Attacks of September 11
Open letter to Muslims by Rev. Canon Patrick P. Augustine, rector, St. John's Episcopal Church Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Baptist Peace Fellowship articles
Noted US author Wendell Berry's "thoughts in the presence of fear"
Reflection by Bishop Stephen Bouman of the New York Metropolitan Synod
Article by United Christian Church in Florida bishop Robert Bowman "Will the Real Terrorists Please Stand Up?"
"After Afghanistan: is Iraq next?" in the Christian Science Monitor looks at the implications of an expansion of the war.
Christian Science Monitor has two reports on the political and social situation in Afghanistan: "Afghans wary of warlord rule" and "Afghan women at the peace table"
Christianity Today editor at large Philip Yancey: "Reflections on September 11"
Church of the Brethren resolution
The Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University has set up a website which seeks to present alternative analytical reflections on the current situation
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) "Journal of Lutheran Ethics" has materials related to 11 September from Lutherans around the world
"Defining a Just War" - article by Richard Falk in The Nation
Fund for Reconciliation and Development - reflection by John McAuliff
Human Rights Watch background paper on legal issues arising from the 11 September attacks, the war in Afghanistan and related anti-terrorism efforts
The US Institute of Peace has issued a new report on Faith-based NGOs and International Peacebuilding
In
"America and the War", published in the New York Review of Books on 15 November, Tony Judt calls for a sustained effort to understand the causes of anti-Americanism in the world.
Keston News Service has released a new report, entitled "Radical Islam in Northern Alliance Territory"
and an article "Afghanistan: What impact will fighting have on Uzbekistan?"
Ron Kraybill, associate professor of Conflict Studies in the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University, on "Destroying Terrorists Weakens Our Security"
John Paul Lederach, a Mennonite from the US, on "The Challenge of Terror: A Traveling Essay"
and "Quo Vadis? Reframing Terror from the Perspective of Conflict Resolution", also by Lederach
Jim Lobe, in
"Hawks Take Aim at Iraq", considers it "all but official" that the US will target Iraq.
Janice Love - Jesus is Coming: Are We Ready? - speech at the Emory University
The New York Times [free registration required] reports that Bush seems to have broadened his definition of terrorism
Project Ploughshares director Ernie Regehr on "Responding to Terror"
In "New World, Old Order", Jerry W. Sanders describes the metaphorical dilemma raised by the Bush administration which has suddenly shifted its foreign policy from uni- to multilateralism.
Peter C. Sederberg on "They want war"
Anne-Marie Slaughter, professor of international law at Harvard Law School, deconstructs the concept of the military court and its justification in the context of the "war against terrorism". New York Times
Glen Stassen and Steven Brion-Meisels on "Ending Terrorism Means Promoting Justice"
In an instructive comment published in The New York Times, "Al Qaeda Should Be Tried Before the World", Anne-Marie Slaughter, professor of international law at Harvard Law School, deconstructs the concept of military court and its justification in the context of the "war against terrorism".
The Social Science Research Council website has a series of essays related to the current crisis.
In an opinion piece on SojoNet News, Jim Wallis, editor-in-chief of Sojourners, writes that a widening American war in the Arab and Muslim world is a scenario we must steadfastly prevent.
Strategic Forecasting LLC: Ground War Strategies: What's Next for the Taliban?
John Maresca, vice president of international relations at Unocal Corporation 1998 testimony to the US House Committee on International Relations on the importance of Afghanistan for production and transport of natural gas
Charles and Ruth West on "What has been happening to us"
H. S. Wilson on TERRORISM AND RELIGIONS
Worldwatch: Dick Bell and Michael Renner paper "A New Marshall Plan? Advancing Human Security and Controlling Terrorism"
