Summer, 2002

• The Way to Peace
  PAM's Statement on Israeli/Palestinian Conflict



• Hundreds March for Peace on Mother's Day [with ]
  by W. T. Whitney, Jr.




Following are excerpts from some of the speeches at the Mother's Day Rally for Peace


Evil Exists as Long as We Support It
by Jack Bussell

Stop the Violence in the Middle East
by Susan Bakaley Marshall

I Saw It Coming and Did Nothing to Stop It [with ]
by Jillian Aldebron

• Welcome to Greg Field Our New Director [with ]



• Annual Meeting Report



• A Message from the New Board Chair (includes "Talking Points")



• Come to Chicago for the National Congress



• The Nuclear Posture Review: America as Rogue State? [with ]
  Excerpted from a speech by Ira Shorr, delivered in Portland on May 15, 2002, sponsored by the Campaign for Responsible Defense



• Maine Women Oppose Government's Military Plans [with ]
  by Mary-Elizabeth Cori-Jones



• How We Barely Avoided Nuclear War 40 Years Ago
  Will We Be as Lucky This Time?
  by Jim Maier, M.D.



• The People Have the Power
  by Ed Democracy



• Is Maine a Peace State? Readers' Ideas Solicited



• A Surprise Ending in Case of the "Portland Three"
  by Sally Breen



• We Must All Prevent War
  by James Carroll



• The US Role in the Conflict



• Thank You Cynthia McKinney



• The Weapons Industry: A Bibliography
  Susan V. Thompson ed. 9/11peace.org weekly newsletter



• Passings
  Wally Nelson, 1909-2002
  Condolences to the Okot Family



• On the Lighter Side
  ANDDOVUS Nations Authorize "Regime Change" for USA
  Pro-Democracy Coup to be Staged No Later than Next Spring
  by Dennis Hans, Buenos Aires



• Welcome to Peace Action Maine New Members in 2002