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An Explanation of the Nobel Peace Prize: The Story Behind the Famous Nobel Prize for Peace

By: Stuart Cooke

Preventing Youth Violence: Integrating a Nonviolence Paradigm into the School System

By: Lane Luft

US Military Power Versus Peaceful Co-Existence: Military Superiority May Act as Obstacle to Global Peace

By: Vernon Crumrine

Differences in Male and Female Gangs: Dealing with Gang Problems

By: Gwendolyn Cuizon

Martti Ahtisaari Wins 2008 Nobel Peace Prize: Former President of Finland Recognized for Peace-Making Efforts

By: Cheron Taylor

2008 Nobel Peace Prize: 197 Nominees Including Bob Geldof , Vladimir Putin and Esperanto

By: Karen Lotter

Project Ploughshares: No More War: A Profile of the Faith-Based Organization that Works for Peace

By: Paula Kirman

Activism in the Winter: Staying Warm and Safe While Making the World a Better Place.

By: Paula Kirman

U.S. War Resisters in Canada: Why Canada Should Welcome Conscientious Objectors.

By: Paula Kirman

In Between Peace Events: Productive Down Time For Activists.

By: Paula Kirman

Why Canada Must Leave Afghanistan: Troops Should be Pulled Out Immediately.

By: Paula Kirman

Supporting the Troops: What does Being Patriotic Really Mean?

By: Paula Kirman

Action on Security Certificates: National Day of Action Called for October 20

By: Paula Kirman

Peace Action Called for October: Canadian Peace Alliance Issues a Call to Action

By: Paula Kirman

Attracting New Peace Makers: How to Find New Members for Your Peace Group.

By: Paula Kirman

Peace and Vegetarianism: Social Activists Say No To Meat

By: Paula Kirman

Starting a School Peace Group: Ideas for starting up a peace club at your school

By: Paula Kirman

The Language of Peace: How your words affect peace and harmony

By: Paula Kirman

Stay Informed: How to keep up to date with peace issues

By: Paula Kirman

Peace and the Environment: Peace making and environmental activism go hand in hand.

By: Paula Kirman

Avoiding Conflicts While Planning: Ways to help event planning meetings to go smoothly

By: Paula Kirman

Peace Event Safety: Peace events should be educational, motivational, fun, and safe.

By: Paula Kirman

Saint Patrick's Day: Irish Patriotism and Ireland's Patron Saint

By: George Frederick Winter

Activism and Life Balance: Is there really such a thing as an overload of peace making work?

By: Paula Kirman

Peace Making vs. Peace Keeping: A comparison of terms that are spoken of much in the peace movement.

By: Paula Kirman

The Six-Day War - 40 Years Later: A significant anniversary in the history of Israel/Palestine

By: Paula Kirman

Palestine - Peace Not Apartheid: A review of the controversial book by Jimmy Carter

By: Paula Kirman

Health Care and The Peace Process: The Things One Person Can Do To Increase World Health and Peace

By: Kimberly Burnham

The U.S. vs. John Lennon: A review of this film about Lennon, his music, and his work for peac

By: Paula Kirman

George Galloway: A profile of a politician and peace activist

By: Paula Kirman

Nobel Peace Prize Race Heats Up: Al Gore and Shiela Watt-Cloutier take the Lead with Green Issues

By: Karen Lotter

Western Values and Hegemony: Imperialism or democracy?

By: Paula Kirman

The changing nature of war: challenging complacent assumptions about "peace in our time"

By: Marshall Nyman-Fenner

The Music of Peace: Songs of the movement

By: Paula Kirman

Dealing With Discouragement: Don't let frustration keep you down.

By: Paula Kirman

Zapatistas 2.0: Mexican Insurgents Unveil Communication Strategy and Global Campaign

By: Timothy Dzurilla

Get The U.S. Out Of Iraq: March 17 Was a Global Day of Action

By: Paula Kirman

The Roots of Conflict: An examination as to what causes conflicts and prevents peace.

By: Paula Kirman

Peace Marches As Religious Ritual: How peace marches are like religious experiences.

By: Paula Kirman

Violence at Home, Violence Abroad: Think Globally, Act Locally

By: Paula Kirman

Planning Your Peace Making Event: What you need to know before the march or rally.

By: Paula Kirman

Where Would Jesus March? Faith and Peace Making

By: Paula Kirman

A Reflection on Gaza and Lebanon: A Jewish peace activist discusses her local peace movement.

By: Paula Kirman

Canada Out of Afghanistan: Reasons why Canada should withdraw military support from Afghanistan

By: Paula Kirman

Security Certificates: Violating Human Rights

By: Paula Kirman

Misconceptions About Peace Makers: Fighting the freakish labels

By: Paula Kirman

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