Stop the next war now: effective responses to violence and terrorism

Foreword / Alice Walker

Preface / Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans

Introduction / Arundhati Roy

Ch. 1. It starts with one voice

Regaining my humanity / Camilo Meijia

Breaking the code of silence / Nancy Lessin

From Cindy to George / Cindy Sheehan

nation rocked to sleep / Carly Sheehan

Understanding the U.S. military / Marti Hiken

Essential dissent / Mary Ann Wright

Protect your right to dissent / Kit Gage

We must separate the warrior from the war / Patricia Foulkrod

Ch. 2. From a culture of violence to a culture of peace

new paradigm we hold within / Eve Ensler

open space of democracy / Terry Tempest Williams

Warriors for peace / Rose Kabuye

Choosing peace / Elise Boulding

Building a just and caring world : four cornerstones / Riane Eisler

challenge of educating for peace / Joan Almon

Dark enough to see the stars / Catherine Ingram

mind can be a prison or a door / Susan Griffin

Ch. 3. Building a stronger antiwar movement

Activists as ambassadors / Phyllis Bennis

permanent people's movement / Leslie Cagan

life in the movement : an interview with Frida Berrigan / Medea Benjamin

patience to win / Eisha Mason

new coalition / Rebecca Solnit

art of misbehavin' / Diane Wilson

Nurture new activists / Marti Hiken

Not Ronald Reagan's antiwar movement / Becky Bond

Ch. 4. Strengthening women's voices

new counterterrorism strategy : feminism / Barbara Ehrenreich

Mothers of all the world's children / Beth Osnes

Mother's day proclamation / Julia Ward Howe

W stands for war / Laura Flanders

Feminist voices for peace / Starhawk

Freedom through solidarity - the lie of "liberation" / Sonali Kolhatkar

Global women for peace / Kavita N. Ramdas

Empowering the silent majority / Neela Marikkar

Ch. 5. humanity we share

We refuse to be enemies / Sumaya Farhat-Naser and Gila Svirsky

pillars of peace / Shirin Ebadi

mother's plea / Nurit Peled-Elhanan

Pilgrimage for peace / Rabia Roberts

letter to my imaginary American friend / Jasmina Tesanovic

Making America a hate-free zone / Pramila Jayapal

What we expect from America / Mary Robinson

Ch. 6. Unspin the media

guards are sleeping : an interview with Helen Thomas / Gael Murphy

Heading into the cave with a torch / Katrina vanden Heuvel

power of dissent / Amy Goodman

Building a better media / Janine Jackson

Be the media / Andrea Buffa

Hope versus cynicism / Nina Rothschild Utne

Killing the messenger with kindness / Tad Bartimus

Ch. 7. Hold our leaders accountable

On not passing the buck / Patricia Scott Schroeder

Democracy is a lifestyle / Doris "Granny D." Haddock

Making our voice heard / Chellie Pingree

Get SMART : a better response to terrorism / Lynn Woolsey

Finding our conscience again / Barbara Lee

Ch. 8. Disarm the world

world working together / Jody Williams

Seating women at the peace table / Noeleen Heyzer

Ending the nuclear crisis : a prescription for survival / Helen Caldicott

Nonproliferation : the U.S. imperial double standard / Randall Forsberg

Colonizing the globe, one base at a time / Joseph Gerson

Armies for peace / Gar Smith

Ch. 9. Protect and respect resources

Victory cars / Arianna Huffington

Conserving our resources, resisting war / Julia Butterfly Hill

Oil addicts anonymous / Jennifer Krill

Bring Halliburton home / Naomi Klein

Ending poverty, ending terrorism / Benazir Bhutto

cracked mirror / Wangari Maathai

Ch. 10. Celebrate joyful revolution

Grito de Vieques / Aya de Leon

Lessons from the field : igniting the spirit of joy / Alli Chagi-Starr

Planet called home / Holly Near

Picture peace / Juana Alicia

Making a scene / Kathryn Blume

new America / Cynthia McKinney

To the next generation of peacemakers / Adrienne Maree Brown

opportunity of imprisonment / Sharon Salzberg

Afterword / Medea Benjamin.