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YES! Online July 2008
Foreign Policy: the SUMMER issue of YES!
Nuclear Free SignspacerGeorge Shultz: No Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons abolition is not only possible, but necessary for our security and perhaps even our survival.
David KortenspacerSmart Security and the End of War
David Korten's thoughts on a just foreign policy and an emergent social movement calling the world’s parliaments to adopt the principles of Article 9 added to the Japanese Constitution following World War II.
Coffee beans are stacked in front of a mural in the Café Museo Café in San Cristóbal de las Casas. Photo by Barbara Soldi, glocaltravel.netspacerReclaiming Corn and Culture
For 14 years, NAFTA has displaced farmers and spurred migration. The answer from Mexico’s grassroots: co-ops and fair trade.
plastic soldiers on a dollar billspacerJust the Facts: Military Spending versus Foreign Aid
The U.S. spends piles of money on foreign aid, right? See how the spending actually stacks up.
Flag with flowers, YES! Magazine graphicspacerRaiding the War Chest
How to cut billions in unneeded weapons systems—and redirect the money towards health care, the economy, and climate.
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Dave Eggers during his TED speechspacerHow We Learn
Dave Eggers talks about his innovation in teaching that brought a whole community together.
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Blue Covenant
Maude Barlow talks to Amy Goodman about her new book on the Global Movement for Water Justice.
Read her new article Life, Liberty, Water.

YES! Magazine graphic: Donkey & Elephant tusslespacerComparing the Candidates: Obama and McCain on Foreign Policy
What will U.S. foreign affairs look like if John McCain prevails? What if President Obama sets the agenda? We look at the promises of the presidential candidates…
Image from Arash Shiva's photo-essay on Life in IranspacerLife in Iran
See daily life in Iran: Arash Shiva’s beautiful photographs depict an Iran that our administration would prefer we didn’t know about.
Pete seeger singingspacerPete Seeger at Home
"If there’s a world here in a hundred years, it’s going to be saved by tens of millions of little things." See our exclusive Photo-Essay and watch a video excerpt of Sarah van Gelder's interview with Pete Seeger.
Climate Solutions: the SPRING issue of YES!
Cow, photo by Dagmar Nelson, milsaway.smugmug.comspacerFood: Changes from the Ground Up
Farm industries create 18% of global greenhouse gases, the solution to lowering that lies in eating vegetarian, eating local, and changing how our foods are produced.
youth at PowerShift 2007, Photo by Shadia WoodYouth Feel the Power
"As youth, we are literally fighting for our lives. We are from communities already feeling the impact of climate change, and we are from the generation that has the most to lose."
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