aggressive and violent aspects. Preposterous speculation? Perhaps. . But the prospect of transforming the function of military services is more conceivable with a thoughtfully articulated vision such as this one. -FLS "The Search for Soiutions," special feature in Nuclear Times, March/April 1986; · "Real Security," special, feature in Nuclear Times, May/June 1986; $4 per back issue from: Nuclear Times Room 500 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Alternative approaches· for seeking peace and security are in the air. Just look at recent issues of this leading voice in the nuclear disarmament movement. The March/April issue heralded a change of format and expansion of cir- ,culation, as the magazine began working with eight major national organizations: Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility; Citizens Against Nuclear War; Coalition fpr a New Foreign and Military Policy; Educators for Social Responsibility; the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign; Peace Links; Physicians for Social Responsibility; and SANE. The first two issues of the new, expanded Nuclear Times demonstrate an expanded analysis and vision in the · special feature sections of each issue. March/April's "Search for Solutions" offers an article on how peace organizations are developing long-term visions alongside short-term plans, an activisU academic dialogue on "getting there from here," and an article by Mark Sommer on non-nuclear defense. May/June's special feature on "Real Security" describes how mariy organizations (including many of the eight listed above) are seeking to define what they are for ("real security") as well as what they are against (more weapons). It also includes an article by Lester Brown (see box on page 8) on redefining national security. -FLS "Arms · Control, Disarmament'""""".:' or 'Alternative Defense'?," by Mark Satin, in New Options, March 31, 1986, $2 per back issue, from: New Options PO Box_19324 Washington, DC 20036 New Options newsletter, edited by Mark Satin, has done much to publicize alternative apporaches to defense and security, with several pieces on what he calls "post-liberal'' perspectives and organizations in recent issues. Many of the resources in this section of RAIN were first discovered in the pages of New Options. This lead article in issue number 26 offers Satin's most cogent overview of these "post-liberal" alternative defense approaches. -FLS FROM: Peace Resource Book (Illustration by William Harsh) "Slow Scan to Moscow," by Adam Hochschild, in Mother Jones, June 1986, inquire for price from: ' Mother Jones 1886 Haymarket Square Marion, OH 43306 The work Joel Schatz has done to promote visualizations of a peaceful world (he and his wife Diane created the Peace Trek poster) and the use of new technologies for U.S.-Soviet communications is well-known to longtime RAIN readers. This recent cover story in Mother Jones has brought news of his innovative work in high-tech citizen diplomacy to a much wider audience. The article describes the same trip to Moscow that Schatz described in the . September/October 1985 issue of RAIN, from a journalist's point of view with more narrative detail. We learn of how Schatz and his Soviet counterpart, Joseph Goldin, are working ·to· enhance citizen-based U.S'.--Soviet communica- . tions through technologies such as computer teleconferencing, slow-scan television (sending a still picture over a telephone line), and big-screen televisions linked by satellite. The article gives a good feeling for the sense of .Summer 1986 RAIN Page 13 adventure that comes from pioneering the use of cutting edge communication technologies to break through barriers of cultural misunderstanding and political animosity. In .a time when official relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union. leave much to ·be desired, visionary non-governmental efforts like this give us cause for hope. -FLS Association for Transarmament Studies 3636 Lafayette Omaha, NE 68131 ATS promotes the concept of civilianbased defense through its quarterly newsletter, Civilian-Based Defense: News and Opinion, and the sale of books by Gene Sharp. An introductory packet on civilian-based defense is available for .$2. Annual membership dues are $5 (includes subscription to the newsletter). -FLS The Exploratory Project for the Conditions of Peace (Expr'ot"-n Room 519 McGuinn Hall Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 Expro is a new organization made up of 25 distinguished academics, theorists, · and activists who seek to envision the minimum political and cultural conditions required.for a world without war. These conditions together constitute a "peace syste~" which must gradually replace the war 'system that currently prevails. Expro seeks· to identify and promote the elements of such' a system. Expro was the sponsoring organization for Mark Sommer's book, Beyond the Bomb (see page 10). Sommer co-founded the group, along with philanthropist W. H. Perry. Other members include Gar Alperovitz, Elise Boulding, Dietrich Fischer, Johan Galtung, Patricia Mische, and Kirkpatrick Sale. -FLS Business Executives for National 'Security (BENS) Euram Building 21 Dupont Circle, NW Suite 401 Washington, DC 20036 Several professional associations have emerged in recent years to promote 'peace and disarmament. We have Physicians for Social Responsibility (1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20009), Educators for Social Responsibility (23.
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