- Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-364) and index.
- Prophecies and warnings: Lament to the spirit of war / Enheduanna (Sumeria, circa 2300 B.C.E.); Patriotism as a "menace to liberty" / Emma Goldman (U.S.A./Soviet Union, 1869-1940); Militarism as a province of accumulation / Rosa Luxemburg (Poland/Germany, 1870-1919); Progress / Gwendolyn Brooks (U.S.A., 1917-2000); Declaration of love / Carilda Oliver Labra (Cuba, b. 1922); Nightmare factory / Maxine Kumin (U.S.A., b. 1925); Borders / Rochelle Ratner (U.S.A., b. 1948); Fifties / Wendy Rose (U.S.A.: Hopi Nation, b. 1948); Bioterror and biosafety / Vandana Shiva (India, b. 1952) -- Violence and mourning: Elegy for my brother / Al-Khansa (Arabia, circa 575-646); Son of man / Natalia Ginzburg (Italy, 1916-1999); Star obscure / Gueni Zaimof (Bulgaria, b. 1922); War / Vesna Parun (Croatia, b. 1922); Evasion / Claribel Alegria (Nicaragua/El Salvador, b. 1924); Hatred / Maire Mhac an tSaoi (Ireland, b. circa 1935) -- Courage and resistance: Deliverance of Argos / Adelaide-Gillette Dufresnoy (France, 1765-1825); National crime / Ida Wells-Barnett (U.S.A., 1862-1931); And still I rise / Maya Angelou (U.S.A., b. 1928); Antigone / Ileana Malancioiu (Romania, b. 1940); Bath / Kimiko Hahn (U.S.A., b. 1955) -- Hope and survival: To an army wife in Sardis / Sappho (Greece, circa 610 B.C.E.); In defense of the United Nations / Eleanor Roosevelt (U.S.A., 1884-1962); Future / Daisy Al-Amir (Iraq, b. 1935); My son's childhood / Xuan Quynh (Vietnam, 1942-1988); New dawn in town / Flora Brovina (Kosovo, b. 1949).
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