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Iraq Peacebuilding Program

PBU’s Iraq Program provides web and print resources on Iraq for activists, educators, and concerned individuals. These include:

• Iraq Update -  A bi-weekly electronic newsletter with over 54,000 subscribers.
• AskAboutIraq -  A companion listserve sent several times a week to a smaller list of activists (1,600) who want more extensive and frequent updates.
• Current News in Context - This blog by Iraq program staff Peter Lems is a web feature offering news analysis and campaign highlights. It offers immediate access to reports and trends that are moving too quickly for the weekly newsletter. http://www.afsc.org/iraq/news/default.htm
• AFSC’s Iraq Website -  Our Iraq website was cited by the Library of Congress for its importance and quality.  Currently, the site features the Wage Peace Campaign that includes a flash movie, an appeal to support the End The War Act by Representative Jim McGovern, an on-line letter to Congress and printed and downloadable resources. http://www.afsc.org/iraq/default.htm
• Iraq: Occupation Timeline -  A quarterly summary of occupation realities, timelines feature a summary of major trends and a calendar listing of key events. The timelines are among the most popular documents on a resource page that includes statements and position papers.  http://www.afsc.org/iraq/guide/occupation-timeline-6.htm

Staff is developing a new resource kit on Iraq for activists who are either new to the peace movement or have backgrounds in general human rights and peace advocacy, but little in-depth knowledge of the Middle East.  Iraq 101: A Curriculum for Change will give antiwar activists a basic grounding in knowledge of Iraq; its history and culture; its diverse cultural, religious, and ethnic groups; the impact of the sanctions; and other factors leading up to the outbreak of war.

It will provide tools for advocating for the withdrawal of all troops and bases from Iraq and for determining an appropriate role for the US in providing compensation and aiding reconstruction.  Concise one-page documents seek to popularize key issues. The first document was 10 Reasons Why the US Must Leave Iraq. Future themes will include. Reconstruction, Not Occupation | Recasting the Violence: Iraq's Many Wars | Openings for Peace | Self-Determination & Control of Resources | Who We Are Killing: Knowing the Iraqis | Women, Children, & Minority Rights | How do we promote "democracy"

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