the
peace archives
If we divide into two camps—even into violent and the nonviolent—and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of violence within ourselves. We must work on ourselves and also with those we condemn if we want to have a real impact.
—Ayya Khema, "Be An Island"
In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King
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"You can no more win a war than
you can win a hurricane."
"I think that people want peace
so much that
Peace march essays by Jackie:
8/29/04: No RNC in NYC!
by Pete Dolack: This is What a Police State Looks Like
In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up. —Martin Niemoller
THE BUSH ARCHIVES:
Peace Organizations MoveOn: this one is indispensible
Social/Freedom Focus on the Corporation -- & join their listserv Institute for Global Communications
Environmental Environmental Defense Action Center Scorecard (rank your community's toxins)
Relief Organizations
News Organizations
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Exhibit 13: a group of artists commemorates 9/11
Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.
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