Hospitals in the developing world can't get enough essential painkillers -- morphine and codeine -- for their needs. Meanwhile, farmers in southern Afghanistan grow vast fields of opium poppies, which the US military is forcibly eradicating through aerial spraying and burning. Read our interview with Norine MacDonald of the Senlis Council.
Banning Cluster Bombs
Cluster bombs were left out of the Ottawa Treaty which banned anti-personnel mines, but now they too have been outlawed. René Wadlow, who's been working for a ban for nearly 30 years, tells us more about the Dublin Treaty.
Think Tank for Activists: Inside the Rideau Institute
It's new, it's all over the internet, and it's making an impact on policymakers and the media (above , director Steve Staples at an event for the 10th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty on landmines). Can it change the way the peace movement sees itself? Brian Adeba on Ottawa's Rideau Institute.
Impeaching George Bush
Congressman Dennis Kuchinich has tabled a bill in the US House of Representatives to impeach the President. Why are the media remaining quiet about this story?
See our full table of contents for July-September 2008 here.
On the web: 2007 archives
All articles from the 2007 editions of Peace Magazine are now online in the archive.
On the web: Cover gallery
You can now view all our covers (from 1985 to the current issue) as thumbnail images. See the gallery here. The covers can also be seen when you browse individual articles from the archive.
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