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Local Hinesburg Group's Reading List Libraries are reservoirs of
strength, grace and wit, In
response to the attacks of September 11 and to the U.S. response, several
concerned ... and confused ... women gathered in my Hinesburg living room.
We came together to talk, to listen and to figure out what actions we might take
to support or further real national dialogue about U.S. foreign policy,
compassion for victims of terrorism everywhere, meaningful initiatives to fight
terrorism. We now meet every two weeks on Sunday mornings. The good bakers bring delicious breakfast treats. I'm in charge of coffee and tea. We report on our progress: fundraising for UNICEF, a telephone tree for contacting our Congressional representatives, work on the Earth Charter, membership on a board of Jews and Muslims. And we talk. We talk about our fears, anger, sadness, hopes. And we try to understand a complex world at a critical point. We talk history, economics, politics, religion in our attempt to figure out what needs to change and how we can help change it. We wonder how such small actions can matter. We question our principles about peace and force. We repeat information from news reports, or articles or books we've come across. And in an atmosphere of half-truths and propaganda, we wonder what the facts are. At each meeting one of us reports on a book she's read. We're in the midst of an on-going process of putting together a book list based on recommendations from the group or from research. Here's our list so far, in no particular order. ... A People's History of the United States: 1492 to present by Howard Zinn The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy by Howard Zinn Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy by Paul R. Pillar, Michael H. Armacost Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent by Mamoun Fandy Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk The Hundredth Monkey by Ken Keyes, Jr. Buddhist
Perspectives on the Earth Charter Feminism and World Religions edited by Arvind Sharma, Karherine K. Yang Changing Differences: Women and the Shaping of American Foreign Policy 1917-1944 by Rhodri Jeffrey-Jones Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Beyond Civilization by Keith Chandler A
History of God: The 4,000-year quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by
Karen Armstrong When Corporations Rule the World by Ken Norton The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
by Thomas Friedman Jihad Vs. Mcworld by Benjamin Barber Whose Trade Organization?: Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of Democracy by Lori Wallach, Michelee Sfora, Ralph Nader
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