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off our backs may be ceasing print publication after this issue. However, we have recently received many generous contributions and are planning to continue with at least a web presence, if not both web and print versions. We thank all of you who have donated so generously.
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Recent Stories in the Washington Blade and the Washington CityPaper cover our fundraiser event.
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Peace
What could be more important than peace? Peace with justice; peace with an end to all violence against women; peace that ends racism, classism, and imperialism; peace that is not just the absence of war.
Peace activist Lucinda Marshall, our guest editor, has compiled a magnificent collection of articles on peace from women in many parts of the world. Her introduction presents the vision for this issue and a summary of the many perspectives on peace our authors represent.
In a world whose so-called leaders don't believe in the possibility of peace, much less strive for it, these visions provide an important counterbalance. We feel it is everyone's duty—particularly that of citizens of the largest military power in the world—to work for true peace. We feel that only a feminist perspective—women of all nations working as equal partners—can bring peace.
We can't thank Lucinda enough. She has brought together diverse voices, from the women of the Nyalebbe community in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Selma James of Wages for Housework, to Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams, to Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen Sarah Deer, to CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin. All of these writers present distinct women’s views on war and peace. Lucinda’s work has created a collection that we expect to stand the test of time and remain a publication you will want to read and refer to for years to come.
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