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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 3. november 2005 / Timeline November 3, 2005

2. November 2005, 4. November 2005

11/03/2005
2005 PEACE HISTORY SOCIETY CONFERENCE
Peace Activism and Scholarship: Historical Perspectives of Social, Economic, and Political Change
Conference 3-5 November 2005, to be held at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
Banquet and Keynote Speaker:_
The banquet will be held on the Winthrop campus in the Tuttle Dining Room. The cost will be $13.00 and the keynote address will be given by Father Roy Bourgeois. Father Bourgeois, a Maryknoll Priest, founded the organization School of the Americas Watch in 1990 as a response to the killing of six Jesuit priests and their co-workers in El Salvador in November 1989 by SOA graduates. SOA Watch seeks to close down the School of the Americas, which was renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, in Columbus, Georgia. Thousands of people come every year to the annual vigil at Ft. Benning, and the movement has helped to transform the U.S.-Latin American peace movement. Father Bourgeois received the Ghandi Peace Award in 1994, the Fransiscan Peacemaker of the Year Award in 1996, the Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace Award in 1997, and the COPRED Award for Social Change.
“Combining Work as an Historian and Activist: A Personal Account” Lawrence Wittner, State University of New York at Albany
“A History without a History: What I learned as a Historian Studying My Activist Roots” Marian Mollin, Virginia Tech University
“The Historian as Activist (and vise versa): Researching and Writing a ‘Relevant’ History of U.S. Foreign Relations” Brad Simpson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
“Seeking a Place in the Middle: Plotting a Path to Becoming a Scholar Activist” Virginia Williams, Winthrop University 1. Academics Challenge Militarism
“ Ethics in the Classroom: Academic Freedom in a time of war” Sharon Jumper, Walden University
“The Role of the Academy in ‘The Struggle Against the Bomb: 1945-present” Dorothy Sulock, University of North Carolina At Asheville
Commentator: Chris Van Aller, Winthrop University
2. Women Activists in the 19^th Century (Thurmond 208)
“The Quaker Lady and the Young Frenchmen: Prisilla Peckover’s Role in the French Peace Movement” Michael Clinton, Gwynedd-Mercy College
“The Interplay of Writing, Renown, and Reforms in the Career of L. Maria Child” Tisa M. Anders, Independent Scholar
Commentator: Wendy Chmielewski, Swarthmore Peace Archives
3. Social movements, Anti-imperialism, and Radicalism (Thurmond 308)
“The Road to Social Justice and Peace in Vieques: Achievements of Today and Models for Tomorrow” Pia Saunders, Vieques, Puerto Rico
“Radical Flanks in U.S. Anti-War Movements: A Comparative Analysis” Stephen Samuel Smith, Winthrop University
Commentator: E. Timothy Smith, Barry University 1. Print Culture and Peace Activism (Thurmond 208)
“Peace Activists Among Writers of Norwegian Textbooks on Modern History” Frode Lindgjerdet, Independent Scholar
“An Unarmed Propaganda of Truth’: Print Culture and American Pacifism in the 1920s and 1930s” Joselph Kip Kosek, Yale University
“Protest, Cyberactivism and New Social Movements: The Reemergence of Protest Movements in the Face Movement Post 911” Victoria Carty, Niagara University
Commentator: Charles Howlett, Molloy College
2. Gender and Activism (Thurmond 308)
“Scientist, Pacifist: The Life Work of Kathleen Lonsdale” Rachael Waltner Goossen, Washburn University
“Planning for Peace: Virginia Gildersleeve at the United Nations Conference on International Organization” Christy Snider, Berry College
“Speak Truth to Power: Quaker Scholarship, Race, and Sexuality During the Cold War” Wendy Chmielewski, Swarthmore College
Commentator: Jennifer Disney, Winthrop University
3. Anti-Imperialism in Asia (Baruch Room – Conference Center)
“Opposing Imperialism in Guam and Indonesia After World War II: The Work of ScholarActivists Laura Thompson and Raymond Kennedy” Robert Shaffer, Shippensburg University
“The Orange Colored Poison: The Continuing US Ecological Assault on the Children of Vietnam” Robert J. Topmiller, Eastern Kentucky University
“Interrupting the Cycle of militarism: The Japanese Case as a Lesson for 21^st -century America” Francis H. Conroy, Brulington County College and F. Hilary Conroy, University of Pennsylvania (emeritus)
Commentator: Ed Haynes, Winthrop University
Banquet, 7 pm - Tuttle Dining Room (McBride Hall)
Welcome: Dr. Tom Moore, Academic V.P., Winthrop University
Presentation of the Scott Bills Prize: E. Timothy Smith, Barry University
Introduction of the Keynote Speaker: Virginia Williams, Winthrop University
Keynote Speaker: Fr. Roy Bourgeois, M.M.,
Founder of School of the Americas Watch
1. From Women’s Suffrage to Human Rights: Women’s Peace Initiatives in the 20^th Century (Thurmond 208)
“Women Activists: Linking Women’s Rights and Peace since 1914” Prudence A. Moylan, Loyola University Chicago
“Peace Organizing in the Heartland: Woman’s Peace Party Activism in Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Grinnell, Iowa, 1915-1917” Barbara Steinson, DePauw University
Commentator: Lynne Dunn, Winthrop University
2. Social Activists Confront Economic Violence (Thurmond 308)
“The World Economic Forum: A Scholarly Perspective” Marc Becker, Truman State University
“Winthrop University Study Trip to Chiapas, Mexico” April Gordon, Jennifer Disney, Hollie Blake, and Jared Funderburk
Commentator: Roger Peace, Florida State University
1. Peace Theory in an Anti-Intellectual Age (Thurmond 208)
“The Rise of Anti-intellectualism as an Antidote to Social-Political Activism” Thomas Fiutak, University of Minnesota
“If democracy were synonymous with humanity there would be no need for any foreign policy’: Reflections on Democracy and Lasting Peace During World War I” Carl Bouchard, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Commentator: Michael Lipscomb, Winthrop University
2. Campus Peace Activism and the Vietnam War (Baruch Room – Conference Center)
“The Vietnam Era Peace Movement at Central Michigan University” Mitchell Hall, Central Michigan University
“Antiwar Activism at Indiana University” Mary Ann Wynkoop, University of Missouri-Kansas City
“Southern Dissent: The 1970 Protests at the University of South Carolina” Andrew Grose, Winthrop University
Commentator: Kenneth Heineman, Ohio University-Lancaster
3. Christian Peace Activism (Thurmond 308)
“The ‘Good War’ and Baptists Who Refused to Fight It” Paul R. Dekar, Memphis Theological Seminary
“Getting History Right: The Precursors to ‘The Challenge of Peace’ and Their Present Implications” Todd David Whitmore, University of Notre Dame
Commentator: LeDayne Polaski, Conference Coordinator, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
1. American Activists and Cultural Constructions of Africa (Thurmond 208)
“Mixing Nigerian Cocktails: American Cultural Constructions of Nigeria in the 1960s” Larry Grubbs, University of Georgia
“’An International alliance of People of all Nations Against Racism’: Nonviolence and Solidarity in the Antiapartheid Activism of the American Committee on Africa, 1952-1965” David Hostetter, Director of Research and Programs, Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University
“African Universities and the Adoption of Peace, Justice, and Conflict Resolution in the Curriculum” Pefok Dingana Collins, Yaounde Cameroon
Commentator: Opolot Okia, Winthrop University
2. Dissent and Resistance in the Vietnam Era and Beyond (Baruch Room)
“Action and Assessment in the First Generation of Writing about U.S. Vietnam War Resisters in Canada” Joseph Jones, University of British Columbia
“The Blossoming Seeds of the Sixties: Peace Activism at British and American Universities in the 1970s” Carrie Hoefferle, Wingate University
“Voices of Protest Against War in the 1960s: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez” Diana Soteropoulos, Winthrop University
Commentator: Michael Foley, College of Staten Island, CUNY
3. Peace Initiatives in Wartime (Thurmond 308)
“Peace Initiatives during the First World War: A Typology” E. Peter Fitzgerald, Carleton University
“British Public Opinion, Lord Shelburne and the Peace of Paris, 1781-1782” Rory T. Cornish, Winthrop University
Commentator: Lawrence Wittner, State University of New York at Albany

11/03/2005
Centenary of Satyagraha-nonviolent action
A Proposal:
Gandhi Development Trust
3rd November, 2005
On 11 September 2006 South Africa in particular and the world in general will be observing the centenary of the birth of Satyagraha. It all started at the Empire theatre in Johannesburg when at a meeting convened by Mahatma Gandhi who lived in South Africa for 21 years and during this period transformed from a young lawyer to a Great soul- the Mahatma, that Satyagraha or non-violent action was born. South Africa must claim that important legacy.
In opposition to a proposed new legislation in 1906 imposing pass laws on the Indian community in South Africa, (some of who had already been in the country since 1860) Mahatma Gandhi and his colleagues in the Congress movement mobilised the community to oppose this Bill. Accordingly a mass meeting was convened at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg on 11.9.1906. Gandhiji writes about that day, “The old Empire Theatre was packed from floor to ceiling. I could read in every face the expectation of something strange to be done or happen. ….The most important among the resolutions passed by the meeting was the famous Fourth Resolution by which the Indians solemnly determined not to submit to the Ordinance in the event of its becoming law in the teeth of their opposition, and to suffer all the penalties attaching to such non-submission….all present standing with upraised hands, took an oath with God as witness not to submit to the Ordinance…. I can never forget the scene….None of us knew what name to give to our movement,.. a small prize was therefore offered in the Indian Opinion to be awarded to the reader who invented the best designation for our struggle.” Thus the word Satyagraha was coined. Gandhiji explains, “Truth (Satya) implies love, and firmness (agraha) engenders and therefore serves as a synonym for force….the Force which is born of Truth and love or nonviolence.”
Since then the use of Satyagraha as a mode of opposition to oppression has been utilised by many leaders through out the length and breadth of the world. Satyagraha has been recognised as the most formidable but also the best way of dealing with conflict whether in the home, in society or in International affairs. More and more people are opting for non-violent solutions rather than the wanton destruction of violent action. But at the same time in the world and in our country violence has increased and we need to take some systematic action to curb the violence. One way is to popularise the efficacy of nonviolence.
To mark this important centenary we have planned the following events:
A conference on nonviolence in collaboration with tertiary institutions and other NGO’s ,
Annual Gandhi Lecture
A Legacy Tour, on our heritage of nonviolence, which will cover the Gandhi sites as well as other important sites in and around Durban. We will also encourage overseas and local people to tour the entire country as an organized tour for visitors wanting to study our legacy of nonviolence as depicted in the apartheid museum, in Robben Island and other places of interest. We are preparing a brief description of a possible tour.
Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace
The Mahatma Gandhi salt March in Easter
These events would really be enhanced and elevated with your input and participation.
We therefore seek endorsement for these important events in 2006. Participation in these events at whatever level possible i.e.
Organise similar events in your own country at the same time,
travel to our event in South Africa,
present papers or
assist in raising funds for these events.
As the Lecture, Award and Heritage tour are an annual event, they fall within the scope of South Africa’s rich heritage in the Province of Kwa Zulu Natal as well as within the month when South Africans celebrate the rich heritage of our country and within the month when Durban celebrates eThekweni month. So there are many events at the time for participants and visitors to South Africa to enjoy.
The Mahatma Gandhi Salt March falls within the Easter celebrations in Durban and can be an important attraction for people commuting to Durban. The Legacy Tour can be an attraction for many international guests. Already there are numerous enquiries about our programme for next year. We therefore take this opportunity to invite participants wishing to present papers to submit their proposals urgently to us. We also seek your assistance in advertising this event as widely as possible.
Thank you for your assistance
Ela Gandhi

11/03/2005
INTERNAL AUDIT IDENTIFIES MISSING CALIBRATION SAMPLE
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency
DESERET CHEMICAL DEPOT, STOCKTON, Utah -- An expired dilute nerve agent calibration standard was discovered missing yesterday during a routine inventory audit by quality assurance personnel at the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS) facility.
An immediate internal investigation was initiated when the audit identified that one of the controlled calibration standard vials was not returned to the CAMDS laboratory.
The 1.25 inch-long glass vial contained less than 2 ml of diluted GB nerve agent. The agent concentration in the sample poses no health risk from potential exposure [sic]. Dilute standard vials are routinely used to calibrate equipment which monitor the air for potential agent contamination.
“While the contents of the vial pose no threat to the public or workers, this situation is unacceptable,” said Col. Raymond T. Van Pelt, commander, Deseret Chemical Depot. “I have asked the Chemical Materials Agency to assist in the investigation and help us refine accountability procedures.”
Since the 1970s, the CAMDS facility has developed personal protective ensembles, monitoring systems, processing equipment and procedures currently in use by other chemical agent destruction facilities across the United Sates. CAMDS is located approximately 1.5 miles south of the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF).
The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency is responsible for safely storing and eliminating the United States’ aging chemical weapons and agent stockpiles and for the safe elimination of recovered chemical materiel.

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