Pacifism, New Brunswick man fatally shot by police

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110923/NJNEWS/309230052/Protests-seek-justice-after-cop-fatally-shoots-New-Brunswick-man

Protests were held at City Hall in New Brunswick after an unarmed man was fatally shot by a New Brunswick police officer. I thought this article was interesting because it happened in our community. The protests were held to display concern to this community issue, resembling a pacifist attitude towards unjust actions in our city.

Preventative Force

This article discusses a proposal by the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change regarding the enlargement of the UN Security Council from 15 to 24 members. The Panel produced the most comprehensive proposals for change since the origin of the UN in 1945. The proposal primarily focuses on non-state threats, promoting international collective security and individual states responsibilities to protect one another.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-1-2005_pg3_3

Terrorism and Just War Theory

http://amestrib.com/articles/2011/09/12/ames_tribune/news/doc4e6a8ea6f1715904162534.txt

This articles discusses the impacts of the 9/11 attacks, ten years after. I think this article is relevant to our discussion on terrorism and the just war doctrine because it exemplifies the fear that citizens felt by the attacks, and how it changed the way they think about their safety in their own homeland.

My name is Kevin Brown, I am an Environmental Policy, Institutions & Behavior major. This is my senior year at Rutgers. I work on an organic farm called Blue Moon Acres in Pennington, NJ.