Dear Readers,
This issue of the Review comprises a report on a seminar held on Monday 17 November at Friends House Euston Road with the title ‘Hard Times’, which focused on what can be done in the way of conflict transformation or other forms of nonviolent intervention at the height of an armed conflict or humanitarian disaster. The decision to hold a seminar on this theme was prompted by the recognition that much conflict transformation work perforce takes place in the period leading up to armed conflict or disaster in an effort to avert it, or in the ‘post-conflict’ period, and that more thought is needed on what can be done at the really critical moments. However, the seminar was also timely in that it coincided with renewed international debate about possible intervention in the Congo, Zimbabwe and other disaster areas.
The seminar took an unusual form in that it was combined with a regular CCTS meeting. Howard Clark, who was actively involved with the Balkans Peace Teams in Croatia and Serbia/Kosovo, and in organizing nonviolent initiatives elsewhere with War Resisters’International, gave an opening talk prior to the morning business session. The seminar continued in the afternoon with a lively discussion of his presentation. The report was written by Michael Randle.
Hard Times
Opening talk by Howard Clark
Discussion chaired by Alan Playdell
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