Archive for June, 2010
A ‘New York Times’ Op-Ed on Holder vs. The Humanitarian Law Project
This piece examines some possible blind spots in the recent supreme court decision about interaction with organizations designated as terrorist entities. An excerpt follows: “Many groups that were once widely considered terrorist organizations, including some that were on the State Department’s official list, have become our partners in pursuing peace and furthering democracy. The African […]
RIP Elise Boulding (July 6, 1920 – June 24, 2010)
Elise Boulding died at 4:40 pm, June 24, 2010 in Needham, MA. Hailed as a “matriarch” of the twentieth century peace research movement, she was sociologist emeritus from Dartmouth College and from the University of Colorado and in on the ground floor in the movements of peace, women’s studies and futures and played pivotal roles in each. Her writings on the role of the family, women, spirituality and international non-governmental organizations have offered activists and educators new ways of conceiving the tasks inherent in making peace. Beginning in tandem with her late husband, economist and Quaker poet Kenneth Boulding and later on her own, she went on to build a life that encompassed research, writing and teaching, networking and building communities of learning.