Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

Oppression and Conflict: Introduction
	Onaje Mu'id describes drug addiction as a means of controlling unruly minorities.
	Onaje Mu'id calls for a plebiscite to determine the relationship people of African descent should have with the USA.
	Onaje Mu'id describes the need for some sort of reconciliation amongst the nations or races of the world, but the question relates to ripeness.

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War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off. -- Karl Kraus

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Organizations Making Noteworthy Contributions to Efforts to Promote More Constructive Conflict

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