The Basis of Peace is the Security of the Commons

NEW PRESENTATION (This is an edited and revised version of the original presentation which follows after this one. It has been prepared for publication in Science for Peace Journal. See: www.scienceforpeace.sa.utoronto.ca ) INTRODUCTION “ In order to understand a thing, one must change it. ”…

Africa’s Last Colony: Western Sahara

By Theresa Wolfwood A land of sun that beats down on desert sands against the Atlantic shores; a land of people who have survived for centuries in the world’s harshest environment, Western Sahara is Africa’s last colony, brutally occupied by Morocco since 1975 when Spain…

Women In Black promote peace in Victoria and beyond by Michelle Martin

(this slightly shortened and edited article was originally printed in The Martlet, November 18, 2004, Victoria, BC) photo by T. W. A day spent ‘dreaming on’ with Victoria’s silent protesters Dressed in black, a group of about 15 predominately middle-aged and retired women stand in…

Betty Kituyi Report and Presentation

Report on International Peace Conference on Peace Education for Contemporary Concerns Held on 5 th to 7 th January 2004 in Jaipur, India . Betty Kituyi of Uganda spoke for Transcend Art for Peace at this conference. The conference was held at the Campus grounds…

Resistance is Creative: False Options and Real Hope

Draft for speech by Theresa Wolfwood, at Resisting Global Militarism conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, Sept. 27-29, 2001 This summer I was driving behind a tourist bus here in Victoria with a big AD for McDonalds potato chips which said, “Resistance is Futile”. I was so…