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The Dallas Peace Times was founded in 1985 by the Dallas Peace Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to action, education, dialogue and research for peace and justice. Six bimonthly issues are published annually. Circulation is approximately 5000 copies.

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October-November 2002

$200 million PR blitz on Saddam

9-11 victim speaks out for peace

Austin, Dallas rallies Oct. 5, 7

Cost of Empire

Critiques on Iraq war come from all quarters

Dallas Peace Center statement on the Middle East

DFW Green Alliance -- Making Recycling Happen

Faiths find unity in commitment to peace one year after 9/11

How did Iraq get its weapons? We sold them

Mail bag: IMF has a role in Zimbabwe's 'wasteland'

Not in our name!

Peace Center support Middle East Open Letter

Praying for Peace, Not Paying for War

September 11

Texans rally against war on Iraq

Texas War Machine

Town Hall Meeting builds strategies for opposition to war

U.N. World Summit: not so bad after all

Unsupported justifications for war on Iraq point to ulterior motives

Upcoming events

U.S. military aid to Colombia broadens from anti-drug focus

YWCA’s ‘Week Without Violence’ to include Peace Center’s Alternatives to Violence seminar

August-September 2002

Amnesty International condemns Palestinian attacks on civilians

Editorial: Civilian spies may get the singer jailed, but the songs will be sung

China and the war on terrorism

Chipping away at the Cuba blockade

Close encounters with death penalty inform action agenda

The Colombian Contras

Echos of Nagasaki

Houston activist among 29 sentenced for SOA action

No grounds for new Iraq attack

In Memory: Ken Gjemre

In Memory: Anna Marie Harkey

Minefield Clearing Campaign gearing up for second round

Opinion: Billions spent on weapons enable continuing conflict in Middle East

Opinion: Zimbabwe: pity the wasteland

Pentagon unceremoniously closing Peacekeeping Institute

Peace around the corner: dealing with the terror in the heart

Peace Poetry Contest

Sierra Leone leaders give thanks for peace and those who help bring it

Smiling in spite of the bullets, a Colombian plants hope

TAFFY program expanding

Taking a step for labor justice

June-July 2002

Child abuse prevention: everybody’s job

Colombian labor unions focus of attacks

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson keynotes women’s peace event

Do you know what games your children are playing?

DPC summer interns to advance landmine, labor organizing efforts

Former Death row chaplain to speak on June 29 panel

Colombian Unionist, Congress member at Cathedral June 11

Hatred and violence against Jews must be denounced and punished

Newly released documents reveal long-standing U.S. anti-guerrilla involvement in Colombia and Andean region

Sudan rejects U.S. envoy’s peace proposal

Ten thousand more to reach 21st Century Underwriters Challenge

Texans rally in Crawford, Washington DC, and SMU (photo essay)

Texas and the South: Arsenal to the world

"Victims of Trafficking" effort identifies shelter need

What happened to U.S. participation in the landmine treaty?

April-May 2002

Afghan women’s organization and struggle celebrated with dance, poetry, on International Day of the Woman

Border Crossing -- poem by Lydia Bean

Challenging the fierce face of U.S. greed: a letter from Colombia
Doubtable massacres: Bethlehem and Colombia

Giving peace a chance

Lackland AFB: Texas’ own SOA

Life without Majid

‘Low point in Constitutional history’

Peace Center launches death penalty abolition group

Stories from Upper Manhattan

Susan Campbell Lee Solar, 1941 - 2002 : "We are hope to each other"

Tour to turn spotlight on military industry in South

Tulia receives peace panels from Dallas Presbytery

Tulsa immigrant workers’ plight uncovered

The state of our civil liberties

Feb.-Mar. 2002

3,800 civilians killed: unwelcome news of the ‘war on terror’

Bond passage an opportunity to advance participatory democracy

Chiapas Journal

Cities, unions, investors, churches boycotting World Bank bonds

Conditions on Texas death row

Future cloudy as Congress reviews Clean Air Act

King Day Parade Celebration

Local panel seeks alternatives to "war on terror"

Maryknoll, Pastors for Peace, Christian Peacemaker Teams offer short-term programs in Central America

Momentum growing for North Texas fair-trade crafts outlet

Mother Courage: Imagining Peace

North Texans raise money for Iraq project

North Texas reservist follows conscience in seeking objector discharge

Responding to terror in Colombia: "Would you forgive?"

SMU History Prof. among seven arrested at US Supreme Court

Unions Join Peace Activists to Honor King

Dec. 2001-Jan. 2002

Area religious leaders urge halt on bombing

Dallas Women Voters host trade policy debate

Editorial: A challenging time for faith-based peacemaking

Feds humble Dallas, Army Corps over Cadillac Heights

Iraq Water Project making an impact

Local peace organization born as U.S. war footing intensifies

Minefield clearing campaign surpasses goal

New Immigrant Council helps abducted child-soldier

Pair of heavily armed Israelis arrested in Mexican Congress

Saying Goodbye to Patriotism

Sister Patricia Ridgley named 2001 Peacemaker of Year

The war-for-oil subtext in Afghanistan

War in Afghanistan planned well before 9/11


PDF format of Peace Times

August-September 2001 (643k)

June-July 2001 (789k)
Arise! Answering Colombian Cries , (feature article, with color photos) (62k)

April-May 2001 (Photos available in future online editions.) (128k)

February-March 2001 (300k)
Presence of guns in Dallas MLK parade challenged (8k)

December 2000-January 2001 (281k)

October-November 2000 articles

Church has built up, destroyed a pedestal for the death penalty

Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation opens Dallas Chapter
Organized death penalty opposition grows

"Sanctions Strengthen Saddam"
Citizens confront members of Congress

To Vote or Not To Vote Should Not be the Question!

What will we do about racism in the 21st century?


Archive articles

Bombing Paradise First-hand report of dislodgement of resistors from a U.S. Navy bombing range in Puerto Rico July-Aug 2000
‘Look what they’ve done’ Cliff Pearson’s First-hand Report from Kosovo Aug/Sep 1999
The American Dream Anita Thomas’ op-ed on simple living vs. consumerism July 1999
Dallas activist attends 1999 Hague Appeal for Peace Rita Calvert’s account of the conference June 1999
A people’s obligation Beau Golwitzer reflects on the lessons of Kosovo June 1999
Clinton declares ‘sham’ victory in Yugoslavia Cliff Pearson’s scathing op-ed on Kosovo June 1999
Exxon, Mobil merger sparks global warming controversy An account from the shareholder’s meeting June 1999
Eyewitness details human costs of sanctions on Iraq Joyce Hall reports on Kathy Kelly’s Dallas visit Apr/May 1999
Is peace possible for Yugoslavia, U.S. and NATO? Cliff Pearson’s analysis of the Kosovo conflict Apr/May 1999
KLIF blunder leads to improved understanding of American Muslims by Anne Marie Weiss-Armush March 1999
Celebration amid occupation Cliff Pearson’s First-hand Report from Chiapas Dec 1998
Rememberence and renewal at Ft. Benning Bill McElvaney reflects on civil disobedience at the SOA Dec 1998
Activists halt Sierra Blanca nuclear dump Susan Lee Solar reports on environmental victory Nov 1998
Pentagon admits Iraqi bombing unnecessary by Cliff Pearson August 1998
Texas politician linked to CIA/SOA military coup by Cliff Pearson May 1998