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Working Groups : Violence & Militarization of Society : Resources

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One of the concerns of the Militarism and Violence in Society Working Group is the inappropriate marketing of violent video games to youth. Corporations must assume greater responsibility for education about, and enforcement of, rating systems and guidelines applicable to violent interactive videos.


 

 

General

Publications:

"The Peacemaking Imperative" (XXIX: 3, 01). A special issue of the Corporate Examiner. Copies ($4ea.) can be ordered online at: http://www.iccr.org/products/pubs_printout.htm, or by calling (212) 870-2295

Links to:

The Aftershock Project http://www.mainpoint.com/Aftershock/index.shtml

List of Top 200 Federal Contractors http://www.govexec.com/top200/02top/s2chart1.htm

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists http://bullatomsci.org

UN NGO Disarmament Site http://www.peacenet.org/disarm/

Defense News http://www.defensenews.com

Violent Video Games

Links to:

ICCR's Violence in Video Games Campaign

Foreign Military Sales/ Offsets

Links to:

Federation of American Scientists http://www.fas.org

Mother Jones Magazine http://www.motherjones.com/arms

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute http://www.sipri.se

Offsets in Defense Trade http://www.doc-bxa.bmpcoe.org/odtir.html (An Annual Report to Congress)

Ballistic Missile Defense / Space Weaponization

Video:

(VHS) Weaponization of the Heavens" Video of a talk given at ICCR, February 2000 (40 minutes); available for rental or purchase.

Links to:

Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space http://www.space4peace.org

Economic Conversion

Links to:

Center for Economic Conversion http://www.conversion.org

Military Budget

Links to:

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments http://www.csbaonline.org

Gun Issues

Publications:
"Making a Killing: The Business of Guns in America"
by Tom Diaz. The New Press, New York City, 1999.

Links to:

Physicians for Social Responsibility http://www.psr.org

Center to Prevent Handgun Violence http://www.cphv.org

Violence Policy Center http://www.VPC.org

Index of New York Times articles on guns http://www.Nytimes.com/library/national/index-guns.html

School of the Americas

Links to:

School of the Americas Watch http://www.Soaw.org