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From: Peacework
Date: 20020201
Author:Anonymous

`War is God's way of teaching Americans geography," Ambrose Bierce once wrote.

This February Peacework starts out with the text of Noam Chomsky's keynote address to a major AFSC "After September 11" conference last December. Chomsky gives a broad view of the premises of this war, its roots, its architects, and the looming dangers of money and violence in a unipolar world. It's a long speech, but we've printed it whole. You may have to save it for later, but we ignore its lessons and challenges at our peril.

We often wish Peacework had more room for maps. On page 10 you can see the attractive ...

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