Reply #18: What I found on Intervention Magazine: [View All]

I took this from their mission statement. Also, here is Daniel Redwood's homepage. www.drredwood.com

"In 1982, a group of Vietnam combat veterans and veterans of the anti-Vietnam War movement came together to start a print quarterly entitled Intervention Magazine. At that time, the Reagan Administration was dedicated to eradicating the so-called Vietnam syndrome by engaging in what we considered immoral and ineffective military interventions in Central America and the Middle East. Our mission was to remind readers that "Never Again!" was a calling that needed to be reinforced every decade. The Advisory Board of the publication included Peter Arnett, US Congressmen Thomas Downey and Walter Capps, Daniel Ellsberg, Victory Navasky, and Studs Terkel. After several years, Intervention Magazine ceased publishing.

Fast forward fifteen years to the rebirth of Intervention Magazine. A big difference in this new publication is the platform: the Internet. While many of the same combat veterans and antiwar activists are the editors and writers today, we also have an influx of new participants to enrich the mix. Both veteran writers and new contributors remain committed to the same ideas and goals. In fifteen years, however, the world has changed much, and so has Intervention. The new publication is broader politically and more diversified in content, which represents a mission that is both wider and more complex. Even the word "intervention" has changed in our minds.

We are still concerned with military intervention, still leery of military interventions. Today, however, the US military is not confronting the singular threat of communism that led this country into several dreadful adventures. The military is now engaged in a variety of murky, complex operations including humanitarian interventions that defy simple moral positions. In fact, those who advocate US intervention today are often the very same people who were staunch opponents of intervention yesterday.

In the last fifteen years, money and corporate profit have become the primary motivating factors in determining international policy, and often domestic policy. For us, then, intervention also means citizens intervening in their political system. It means citizens strengthening and continuously scrutinizing the tools of democracy and institutions for public participation. From the world economy down to local zoning, increased participation is crucial for justice. Political intervention is crucial. "

http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=668&POSTNUKESID=65f5bd8f3474bba61cb0be7c5fa265cd