Gandhiji told us in I forget which session, “There is a soul force in the universe which if we permit it will flow through us and produce miraculous results.”
. . . .
“…we have an audacious idea that says nonviolent peacekeeping is effective and infectious.”
Mel Duncan
http://www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org/en/summaryia2007
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Posted in peace, poetry, war on November 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
consider the infinite fragility of an infant’s skull
how the bones lie soft and open
only time knitting them shut
consider a delicate porcelain bowl
how it crushes under a single blow
-in one moment whole years disappear
consider that beneath the din of explosions
no song can be heard
no cry
consider your own sky on fire
your name erased
your children’s lives ‘a price [...]
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“As the death count rises for Iraqis and Afghanis, it is apparent that at its most basic level, these are their wars. It’s essential that our curriculum confronts this fact truthfully. War is not Hollywood, war is not a macho presidential boast that we’ll ’smoke ‘em out.’
War is life left empty and twisted and brutalized. [...]
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Let us wake up, come together,
and work on cleaning and healing our planet,
instead of further destroying it.
Let’s not waste one more day in creating a machinery of destruction.
Give us a chance.
On behalf of ourselves and all species on Earth.
We can do it.
We must.
Yoko Ono
Address to the United Nations, 2005
http://www.imaginepeace.com/links.html
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Posted in Sartre, peace, war on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
When the rich wage war
it is the poor who die.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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In adolescence I aimed to change the world — to right the wrongs of humanity on a global scale. I envisioned an end to war, oppression, injustice, and strife.
Soon I realized that I would have to change my own community first. Only after succeeding here, could I hope to impact upon the world. So I [...]
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“War is not an accident.
It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.”
A. J. Muste
The Essays of A. J. Muste edited by Nat Hentoff
for more on the subject of peace, please see my olive leaves blog at <oliveleaves.wordpress.com>
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Poetry
Its door opens near. It’s a shrine
by the road, it’s a flower in the parking lot
of The Pentagon, it says, “Look around,
listen. Feel the air.” It interrupts
international telephone lines with a tune.
When traffic lines jam, it gets out
and dances on the bridge. If great people
get distracted by fame they forget
this essential kind of breathing
and they [...]
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“At the beginning of the Peace People movement, some of us started out to change Northern Ireland and the world. In the years since, I have come to believe that the real struggle starts in my own heart and in all our own hearts and that ‘inner change’ should be the first priority in [...]
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Posted in culture of peace, peace on January 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
(this is from an email that I received today)
How do you join the global movement for a culture of peace?
The Culture of Peace Movement is not an organization. All you have to do is decide to make ‘building a culture of peace’ your goal. Every effort for a better world makes a difference when we [...]
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