Dear NvT, As a devoted reader of NvT I find the articles detailing the planning, preparation and enacting of a nonviolent action especially interesting and useful. I am interested in hearing ideas for nonviolent actions that could be used in the animal rights movement, when different considerations must come into play. For example, blockading a sheep truck is totally different to holding up a truck load of yellow cake or sitting in front of a bulldozer in a forest. The animals must not be distressed or suffer due to our actions in any way. I am sure that more experienced activists than me can come up with some imaginative ideas that will help the animal rights movement focus on the violence and exploitation involved in the meat, egg and wool industries, etc. Necia Page 4 Henry St Norwood SA 5067 Dear NvT, Through this letter which is being published in different publications, I am attempting to reach out to many thousands of people around the world. More than forty years after his assassination, Mahatma Gandhi remains for millions, an inspiring figure and powerful symbol of resistance to injustice. Since Gandhi's death, his message of truth and nonviolence has taken root in many parts of the world. His advocacy of nonviolent resolution of conflict and of nonviolent living patterns has taken on increasing poignancy and urgency, particularly since the realisation of the threat to our global environment. Now, too Marxism id fading and the question some asked long ago, "Marx or Gandhi?", also has a new importance. Sharing a profound belief that the historical potential of Gandhi's philosophy has not yet been realised, some friends and I have begun a new organisation, the International Gandhian Movement. With a quarterly journal and Gandhian educational resource mail-order service launched, among other early initiatives, we are now ready to seek the support of those sympathetic to the Gandhian ideal around the world. It is the ideals for which the International Gandhian Movement stands, and is working, embodied in our charter, that we are really seeking support. I therefore invite you to become a supporter. For details write to: The Coordinator, International Gandhian Movement, PO Box 304, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia. Stephen Murphy Dear NvT, Many thanks for the latest issue of NvT. I sent the article on Tax Resistance on to friends in Vermont who are resisting the eviction and government take-over of the home of long time tax resisters there. I am getting solid support from the Plowshares/Catholic Worker network here, as well as hearing from Europe, Oz, NZ, etc. More vulnerable are the military resisters - who were pretty much left high and dry by the mainline peace movement - that asked them not to go! A lot of these folks are black/Latino/Asian - the very people the peace movement often moan about not being able to reach. I'm hoping friends will remember us, the military resisters and the embargoed Iraqi's to George Bush when he arrives in Australia in January. These are dangerous times, the Vietnam Syndrome transcended, the Nuclear Allergy co-opted to justify preemptive strikes and Empire with a blood-lust and no deterrence. Ciaron O'Reilly 03810-052, Reeves County Law Centre. PO Box 1560, Pecos, TX 79772. Dear NvT, I have only recently become a subscribing member of NvT. I studied with Rob Burrowes at R.M.I.T. last semester 1991. Throughout the semester we covered many areas relating to war and peace. Through Robert's expertise and vast experience in dealing with fundamental nonviolent action, I have become extremely interested in discovering more about NvA. Your publication of NvT is a welcome relief. It is great to read facts and hear the concerns of others. The petitions sent out in the Jan/Feb '92 publication in relation to the East Timor massacre and the Shell intervention in the Timor Gap were fantastic. Another avenue for NvA. Keep publishing... there's hope for us all! Chris Flett