Page 16 RAIN March/April1985 The Peace Catalog, edited by Duane Sweeney, 1984, 363 pp., $14.95 from: Press for Peace 5621 Seaview Avenu·e NW Seattle, WA 98107 Don't let the pseudo-Wh9le-EarthCatalog cover turn you off from this excellent peace resource. It is a catalog, but not of the usual sort. The Peace Catalog_is a catalog of ideas by many of today's top thinkers on the cutting edge of finding alternatives to war. The meat of the catalog is a collection of over 50 current essays and articles conACCESS: Peace . cerning many facets o( peace. Comprehensive resource lists'are provided throughout, with suggested readings, a directory of over 1,000 national and local peace organizations, a reference guide to books, publications, films, andrresource centers, plus a guide to socially responsible investing. The Peace Catalog is a living, inspirational record infused with all the ·hope and enthusiasm of the people involved in making peace. Useful to anybody regardless of their level of involvement in the peace movement. As. the subtitle says, it is a "Guidebook to a Positive Future." Very highly recommended. FROM: The Peace_Catalog The publishers of the Peace Catalog, Press for Peace, will also be producing a quarterly, Th e Peace Journal, starting in April. It will deal with conflict management on all levels of human interactiona concept that challenges the present culturalassumption that all conflicts must have a win-lose solution as opposed to a more creative and lasting win-win solution. Each issue will include a Peacemaker· Award to someone who has demonstrated the unique solution to or avoidance of a conflict. Great potential here. Plans are also for a second volume of the Peace Catalog. Enc;_ore!-~B ACCESS: Children and Nuclear War © 1984 Direct Cinema, Ltd. From thefilm "If You Love This Planet" Why children and nuclear war? Why burden children with this hdrrible reality? Won't they find out soon enough on their · own? Children don't live in a vacuum, though. They know. The media constantly bombard them with images of nuclear war. Some children have visions of nuclear holocaust as early as Jour years of age. Investigations into th_e t_hreat of nuclear war and its' psychological effects on children have been done recently. Th e findings are frightening. Surveys show that up to 90 percent of children expect a nuclear war in their lifetimes. Saine researchers see drug addiction, suicide, and even punk rock ~s adaptive mechanisms children adopt to deal with the anger and confusion with the world their parents brought them into. What follows is a small portion of the organizations and books dealing with children and nuclear iuar. It is heartening to see the· number of people concerned with this aspect of th e arms race. -BB Please Save My World, edited by Bill Adler, 1984, 40 pp., $8.95 from: Arbor House Publishing Company 235 East 45th Street New York, ~y 10017 This book is a collection of essays and letters, ranging from the humorous to the hear.trending, by children speaking out against nuclear war. It is amazing the insights that kids have. This might be an ·inspiration for other childrert to express their hopes and fears about nudear war through writing. What About the Children?, by Glenn W. Hawkes, 1983, 16 pp., $1 donation from: Parents and Teachers for Social Responsibility Box 517 Mooretown, VT 05660 What about the children? All political and social allegiances aside, don't we at least owe the world's children a chance to live a life not thre'atened by nuclear extinction, a chance to undo the wrongs of previous generations? This short booklet was the impetus for this entire access section. A hard-hitting yet motivating overview of the arms race with an emphasis on the health threat that it poses to children everywhere. This persuasive essay is presently available in English and Spanish with German, French, and Italian editions on the way. How to Make Your Scho.ol a Nuclear Free Zone, 1984, 4 pp., $.50 from: Nuclear Free Zone Registry PO Box172 Riverside, CA 92502 What better way to give students a sense of empowerment than by declaring their school a nuclear free zone (NFZ)? A NFZ "is the prohibition of all development, testing, transport?tion, deploym~nt, funding, and usage of nuclear weapons within designated borders" (see also RAIN X:2, page 20 and XI:2, page 18). The NFZ Registry has produced a pamphlet, How to Make Your School a Nuclear Free Zone, to encourage schools, from elementary to collegiate ievel, to become part of this ·international movement. Currently over 9 million Americans live · in officially declared NFZs.. Tax deductible donations will help the NFZ Registry meet its goal of sending this pamphlet to every high school and college student council in the United States.
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