ABSTRACT
War and peace are the most contested topics emerging in political debates revolving around social-justice issues. They also occupy a central place in the scholarly and activist work of dissident intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky (2010), Chris Hedges (2003), Edward Said (1993), Howard Zinn (2003), and Arundhati Roy (2003), and social-justice educators such as Paul Carr and Brad Porfilio (2011), Henry Giroux (2010), and Nel Noddings (2011). These dissident intellectuals and social-justice educators have taken positions challenging US foreign policy, which is by and large responsible for many wars and conflicts between nations (Chomsky, 2004; Roy, 2001, 2003). Furthermore, through their scholarly work and activism, they have countered US capitalism and US invasion and occupation of other countries. Although they are from different schools of thought, they share a common goal: to strive for the creation of a peaceful and a democratic world.
