Dear rn list, June 5 David Thiessen wrote with some generous encouragement and more information on these "air shows" (= WAR SHOWS). I hadn't realized that Canada hosts one which is so big it is considered a "North American" show. The truth is, of course, that Canada's military production and decisions are intertwined inextricably with US militarism. From: "David Thiessen" <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Airshow Canada 1997 Hello, Thanks for the great list. It is a major part of my daily routine. Just thought I would forward your way two addresses where you can download two or three of my articles on Airshow Canada, North America's single largest aerospace (civil and military) tradeshow. For several years Airshow Canada (now often referred to as Aerospace North America) struggled to compete with the show in Dayton for continental bragging rights. In 1997, however, the US officially sanctioned the Canadian show in Abbotsford as "the" N.A. show. I have one rather lengthy article (2,-2,500 word) on the history of the tradeshow. You can find this article at: http://watserv1.uwaterloo.ca/~plough/monj96c.html I have another more recent (1997 -- the show runs every two years, the next one in 1999) that attempts to put this massive tradeshow in an international context. This can be found at http://www.peacewire.org/airshowcanada.html ----------------------I was also involved last year in a producing a video on the show. You can see live clips of the video at: http://www.peacewire.org/bombsaway.html Please feel free to download and run the articles, as is or edited according to your needs. This show is very large -- a gathering palace for the worlds top military buyers and sellers -- and of great concern, yet it is not receiving nearly the critical attention it deserves. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thanks again for all your efforts. __________________________________________________ David Thiessen 604-850-1462 •••@••.••• ************************************************************************** One concern I have with this rn list is that lately so much of the information has been focussed on Canada and the US. I do hope we can be relevant to other geographical areas. With this in mind, I would like to suggest the following web sites (which I must confess to not having visited yet myself. But I feel I know the type of information they provide well enough (because of other communication) to be able to recommend them: The Transnational Foundation is working to find ways to make peace and justice realities in areas such as the former Yugoslavia, areas which most news stories suggest are beyond hope: Here are some things you can find at their site: * David Krieger on India's and Pakistan's nuclear policies. * PressInfo about forgiveness and reconciliation policies. * Jonathan Power on the Peru-Ecuador Peace Agreement. * Jan Oberg and Bjorn Moeller discuss what peace research should be about. * TFF report on teaching reconciliation with Croat and Serb gymnasium students in Eastern Slavonia, Croatia Do you want to check news and analyses from BBC, OneWorld, CNN, International Herald Tribune and news agencies in the Middle East, Africa, Asia including Japan? Do you want alternative comments to some of them? Go to our site map - it's all there, at your fingertips Welcome to www.transnational.org ! Dr. Jan Oberg Director, head of the TFF Conflict-Mitigation team to the Balkans and Georgia T F F Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research Vegagatan 25, S - 224 57 Lund, Sweden Phone +46-46-145909 (0900-1100) Fax +46-46-144512 Email •••@••.••• http://www.transnational.org Maria Näslund, webmaster **************************************************************** Someone I know of from way back, because of his involvement with Civilian Defence, Hans Sinn, has now shifted his work towards Civilian Peace Service. Hans wrote: I think I should point out that my emphasis for the past eight years has shifted from Civilian based Defence (or Social Defence)toward the creation of a Civilian Peace Service (CPS). Although the people behind these initiatives are largely the same, the focus of a CPS is on unarmed peacemaking and peacekeeping (foreshadowed by today's Peace Teams) rather than on nonviolent civilian defence. By the sound of it the difference between Civilian Defence and a Civilian Peace Service may not be all that great. But for purposes of a potential constructive, future, dialogue, the difference between the two (not unrelated) indicative, appears to be critical. With best wishes Hans. Hans Sinn 687 Brooke Valley Rd RR#4 Perth Ont. K7H 3C6 Canada Phone: (613) 264 8833 Fax: (613) 264 8605 Email: •••@••.••• Civilian Peace Service homepage: http://www.superaje.com/~hansinn/index.htm
