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“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.” – Jeannette Rankin
Memorial Day came out of the Civil War, about laying wreaths on the Union soldiers graves, per a plaque we saw today, May 9th, 2012 at Jefferson City in the Museum at the Capitol.
Here is what else came out of the Civil War:
Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic to inspire the soldiers to fight the Civil War was so disgusted with war afterwards including the Franco-Prussian war that she issued a call to the women of
the world to unite to stop all wars. This was one origin of one “Mother's Day”.Mother ' s Day Proclamation
Laura Kacere, Op-Ed: "Mother's Day began in America in 1870 when Julia Ward Howe wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation. Written in response to the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, her
proclamation called on women to use their position as mothers to influence society in fighting for an end to all wars. She called for women to stand up against the unjust violence of war through their roles as wife and
mother, to protest the futility of their sons killing other mothers' sons."Radical History of Mother ' s Day
The modern Mother’s Day also is connected to the civil war and to Anne Marie Reaves Jarvis work even before:
More Than One Woman Promoted Mother ' s Day in the US
Emily Elizabeth Parsons, who worked as a nurse from 1862 to 1864 in New York, Vicksburg, and St. Louis (including Benton Barracks Hospital), developed a method of training nurses that continued to be used long
after her death in 1880. She opened the Cambridge Hospital for Women and Children as a charity. Her father published the war journal she kept under the title Memoir of Emily Elizabeth Parsons.
Google Books : Emily Elizabeth Parsons
ST. LOUIS GROUPSSt. Louis Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom brings together women from around the world to unite in working for peace by non-violent means, promoting political, economic and social justice for all. Founded in In April 1915, Jane Addams, Carrie Chapman Catt and 1300 women from Europe and North America, from countries at war against each other and neutral ones, came together in a Congress of Women, in the Hague, the Netherlands, by to protest the killing and destruction of the war then raging in Europe.http :// www . wilpfinternational . org / Veterans for Peacehttp :// www . veteransforpeace . org / Founded by military veterans working for nonviolence, with national office and local chapter in St Louis.Veterans For Peace216 South Meramec Ave
St. Louis MO [email protected](314) 725-6005(office)(314) 725-7103 (fax) Peace Economy Projecthttp :// www . peaceeconomyproject . org / Researches military spending, educates about the hazards of an unchecked military-industrial complex and advocates for conversion from a military to a more stable peace-based economy. Based at the World Community Center in St. Louis.438 N. Skinker Blvd.St. Louis, MO 63130phone: 314.726.6406email: [email protected] Instead of War Coalition http :// www . insteadofwar . org / The St Louis Instead of War Coalition works to end war and oppression. Based at the World Community Center in St. Louis.438 N. SkinkerSt. Louis, MO [email protected] The Institute for Peace and Justicehttp :// www . ipj - ppj . org / The Institute for Peace and Justice focuses on alternatives to war and violence and on racial and economic justice. Based in St. Louis.475 East Lockwood Ave.St. Louis, MO 63119ppjn @ aol . com
Friends Peace TeamsFriends Peace Teams is a Spirit-run organization working around the world to develop long-term relationships with communities in conflict, to create programs for peace building, healing, and reconciliation. FPT's programs build on extensive Quaker experience, combining practical and spritual aspects of conflict resolution.www . friendspeaceteams . org 1001 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104314-588-1122Chuc Smith, Office AdministratorOffice @ FriendsPeaceTeams . org fpt @ quaker . org
Friends Peace Teams - African Great Lakes Initiative1001 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104314-647-1287
David Zarembka, CoordinatorAfrican Great Lakes Initiative of the Friends Peace TeamsP. O. Box 189, Kipkarren River 50241 Kenya
254.726.590.783Dave @ aglifpt . org
Dawn Rubbert, Program Manager314.647.1287Dawn @ aglifpt . org
Friends Peace Teams in Asia West PacificFormerly Indonesia Initiative1001 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104 USA314.621.7262
Nadine Hoover, Program Coordinator607.587.9111Indonesia @ FriendsPeaceTeams . org Peacebuilding en las Americas1001 Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104 USA314.621.7262
Val Liveoak, Program Coordinator210.532.8762PLA @ FriendsPeaceTeams . org Friends Peace Teams newsletter is “Peaceways”
ARCHIVES, ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Peace and Conflict Studieshttp :// iastp . berkeley . edu / pacs
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)http :// www . archives . gov / The National Archives and Records Administration contains records of military service.
Swarthmore Library: Peace Resourceshttp :// www . swarthmore . edu / library / peace / peacewebsite / scpcWebsite / Documents / ResourcesPeaceOrgs . htm Resources of/or links to peace organizations & groups or individuals.
Inner Peace/World Peace Bibliography Oak Park Coalition for Truth & JusticeThis bibliography is excellent and has many books and other categories of resources. http :// www . opctj . org / docs / bibliography . html
Peace, Justice & Conflict Studieshttp :// las . depaul . edu / pax /
Bing Internet search on “Peace Bibliography”:
http :// www . bing . com / search ? q = peace + bibliography & form = APMCS 1
ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)http :// afsc . org / The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service. Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) http :// fcnl . org Founded in 1943 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) fields the largest team of registered peace lobbyists in Washington, DC. Friends Committee on Legislation in California (FCLCA)http :// www . fclca . org / A non-profit action group established by Quakers in 1952 that works to bring more compassion and social justice into government by influencing law-making in Sacramento, the State Capitol of California.
The Gray Panthershttp :// graypanthers . org / Supports strategies of cooperation and non-violence. Veteran Feminists of America (VFA)http :// www . vfa . us /
World Can't Waithttp :// www . worldcantwait . net / World Can't Wait is a national movement formed to halt and reverse the terrible program of war, repression and theocracy that was initiated by the Bush / Cheney regime. Rabbis for Human Rights (RHRNA)http :// rhrna . org / Rabbis for Human Rights is an organization of rabbis from all streams of Judaism that acts on the Jewish imperative to respect and protect the human rights of all people.
The Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center (MTDPC)http :// www . mtdpc . org / The Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center is crafting an opportunity to connect more deeply with the needs and values of the people in Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Pleasant Hill and Concord to build a culture of peace. Their excellent email newsletter is called The Peace Activist Calendar.
Footprints for Peacehttp :// www . footprintsforpeace . net /
Born from the participation of many Native American Sacred Runs and Walks from 1993, Footprints for Peace aims to inspire, empower and mobilise people to take action and express their opinions not only through walking, running or bike riding but also through creative campaigning in street theatre, music, art, public meetings, petitioning, letter writing and non violent direct actions.
Intertribal Friendship House and International Indian Treaty Council http :// ifhurbanrez . org / The Bay Area American Indian community is multi-tribal, made of Native people and their descendants—those who originate here and those who have come to the Bay region from all over the United States and from other parts of this hemisphere. It is a community center and service organization.
Tikkunwww . tikkun . org Dedicated to healing and transforming the world, through writing that gives us insight on how to make that utopian vision a reality. Tikkun builds bridges between religious and secular progressives by delivering a forceful critique of all forms of exploitation, oppression, and domination while nurturing an interfaith vision of a caring society. Highlander Centerhttp :// highlandercenter . org / Highlander serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the South. This is where Rosa Parks was trained before she refused to move. RESISThttp :// www . resistinc . org / RESIST funds activist organizing and education work within movements for social change. War Resisters Leaguehttp :// www . warresisters . org / The United States' oldest secular pacifist organization, the War Resisters League has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923. (Editor’s note: WILPF is older, founded in 1915, but this is what WRL says on their website.)
Courage to Resisthttp :// www . couragetoresist . org / Supports war objectors in the military, including Bradley Manning. Code Pinkwww . codepink 4 peace . org A women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.
Iraq Veterans Against the Warhttp :// www . ivaw . org / Iraq Veterans Against the War gives a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent.
Gold Star Families for Peacehttp :// www . gsfp . org /
Gold Star Familes for Peace consists of people who lost a member of their family in the Iraq War. Cindy Sheehan’s Bloghttp :// cindysheehanssoapbox . blogspot . com / Peace activist Cindy Sheehan's blog. TomDispatch http :// www . tomdispatch . com / Tomdispatch is intended to introduce readers to voices and perspectives fromelsewhere (even when the elsewhere is here). Its mission is to connect someof the global dots regularly left unconnected by the mainstream media and tooffer a clearer sense of how this imperial globe of ours actually works.
Space4Peacehttp :// space 4 peace . blogspot . com / A blog by Bruce Gagnon, offering his own reflections on organizing and thestate of America's declining empire.
Antiwar.orghttp :// www . antiwar . org Devoted to the cause of non-interventionism and is read by libertarians,pacifists, leftists, "greens," and independents alike, as well as many onthe Right who oppose imperialism.
Information Clearinghousehttp :// www . informationclearinghouse . info / An independent media source that attempts to correct the distortedperceptions provided by commercial media.
Citizens for Legitimate Governmenthttp :// www . legitgov . org / A multi-partisan activist group established to expose and resist USimperialism, corpora-terrorism, and the New World Order.
“WORLD PEACE BEGINS AT HOME”(T-shirt slogan, by Yolanda Bako of the New York State Domestic Violence Coalition http :// www . nyscadv . org / nyscadv / )
National Coalition Against Domestic Violencehttp :// www . ncadv . org /
The National Network to End Domestic Violence ( NNEDV ) www . nnedv . org Dedicated to creating a social, political and economic environment in which violence against women no longer exists.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
http :// www . thehotline . org / Creates access by providing 24-hour support through advocacy, safety planning, resources and hope to everyone affected by domestic violence.
National Coalition Against Sexual Assault
http :// www . ncasa . org /
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Networkhttp :// www . rainn . org /
PEOPLEAlbert Einsteinhttp :// www . ppu . org . uk / learn / infodocs / people / pp - einstein . html
Blase and Theresa BonpaneOffice of the Americas
Lewis Hill, pacifist and conscientious objector, in addition to co-founding the Pacifica Foundation.http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Lewis _ Hill
Madeleine Duckles, peace activisthttp :// capitolwords . org / date /2005/11/15/ E 2363_ honoring - madeline - duckles /
Eleanor Roosevelt (among many other peace activities) chaired the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.http :// www . un . org / en / documents / udhr / history . shtml
Kenneth ClokeMediator/Arbitrator, Center for Dispute Resolutionhttp :// www . kennethcloke . com /
Michael Nagler co-founded the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, and founded the Metta Center for Nonviolence.http :// www . michaelnagler . net /
Politicians for Peace
Congresswoman Barbara Leehttp :// lee . house . gov /
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinichhttp :// kucinich . house . gov /
Gloria Steinem during her commencement speech on May 18th, 2012 for the George and Betsy Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis:
“Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme said, ‘gender roles are the deepest cause of violence on earth and therefore it was the job of every government to humanize those roles.’ I always quote him because I don’t know of another statesman who said that.”
“I've learned from the histories of the original cultures (indigenous) in which the paradigm was and is the circle, not the triangle, not the hierarchy...And we as movements are a full circle ourselves, and all the movements are connected.”
“I've also learned that change doesn't grow from the top; like a tree it grows from the bottom.”
“Among one of the oldest tribes in Ghana, when someone acts in a clearly damaging way to the community, they do indeed isolate him or her. We are communal creatures, so isolation is probably a pretty universal punishment. But when that person is brought back, there's a ritual amount of time when everyone who knows that person tells them every good thing they've ever done, in order to knit them back into society, encourage good behavior. Wouldn't that be nice here, with so much of the population in prison?”
Military people who became Conscientious Objectors, or equivalent:
Yolanda Huet-Vaughnhttp :// peacemagazine . org / archive / v 09 n 3 p 06. htm
Aimee Allisonhttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Aimee _ Allison
Bradley Manninghttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Bradley _ Manning
Note: Below are the people on the Wiki-Lists of pacifists and anti-war activists, which were painstakingly merged by Jeanmarie Simpson, playwright (see below in the playwright section). Jeanmarie also added ‘Laura X’. :)
A●● Patch Adams ● Jane Addams ● Robert Baker Aitken ● Warder Clyde Allee ● Aimee Allison ● Randall Amster
H
● G . Simon Harak ● Lee Hays ● Abraham Joshua
Heschel● John Haynes Holmes ● Prynce Hopkins
R
● Jeannette Rankin ● Theodore Roszak ● Justin Raimondo ● Donna Reed ● Retort collective ● Earle L . Reynolds
● Joel Andreas ● Anthony Arnove ● Brian Avery ● Bill Ayers ● Victor Agosto ● Robert Baker Aitken ● Michael Albert
B
● Joan Baez ● Roger Nash Baldwin ● Natalie Clifford Barney ● Larry Bensky ● Michael Berg ● Karl Bissinger ● Sandra Boynton ● Elihu Burritt ● Frida Berrigan ● Dave Blalock ● Murray Bookchin ● Tara Brach ● Scott Braley ● Fred Branfman ● Carol Brouillet ● Harry Browne ● James B . Burkholder ● Smedley Butler ● Emily Greene Balch ● Roger Nash Baldwin ● Harry Belafonte ● Medea Benjamin ● Larry Bensky ● Michael Berg ● Alexander Berkman ● Daniel Berrigan
C
● Leslie Cagan ● James P . Cannon ● Walter Capps ● Grace Carlson ● Jennifer Casolo ● Eric Chester ● Todd Chretien
● Julia Ward Howe ● Jessie Wallace Hughan ● DeeDee Halleck ● Judith Hand ● G . Simon Harak ● James Harris ( politician ) ● Hubert Harrison ● Mark Hatfield ● Stanley Hauerwas ● George Helm ● Ammon Hennacy ● Emil Herman ● Forrest Hill ( politician ) ● Abbie Hoffman ● John Haynes Holmes ● Scott Horton ( radio host ) ● H . Stuart Hughes
I
● Arsalan Iftikhar ● Peter H . Irons
J
● Paul Jones ( bishop ) ● White Jimmy ● Paul Jones ( bishop )
K
● Theodore N . Kaufman ● Randy Kehler ● Helen Keller ● Florence Kelley ● Kathy Kelly ● Morris Kight ● Yolanda King ● George Ross Kirkpatrick ● Helen Keller ● Peter Kellman ● Kathy Kelly ● Stephen Kelly ( priest ) ● Al Khalafalla ● Malachy Kilbride ● Michael D . Knox ● Joel Kovel
● Adrienne Rich ● Lillian Robinson ● Jose Rodriguez ( activist ) ● John Ross ( activist ) ● Murray Rothbard ● David Rovics ● John Runnings ● Bayard Rustin ● Ken Rutherford ( political
scientist ) ● Marla Ruzicka
S
● Carl Sagan ● John Nevin Sayre ● Steven Schwarzschild ● Pete Seeger ● Joel Segal ● Cindy Sheehan ● Herbert M . Shelton ● William James Sidis ● Jeanmarie Simpson ● Joan Slonczewski ● Joffre Stewart ● Lothrop Stoddard ● Gene Stoltzfus ● Anna Louise Strong ● Nicola Sacco ● Vincent Saint John ● Ben Salmon ● Mark Sanchez
( politician ) ● Sonia Sanchez ● John Nevin Sayre ● Floyd Schmoe ● Jim Scott ( musician ) ● Pete Seeger ● Ali Shakeri ● Ahmed Shawki
( socialist ) ● Martin Sheen ● Herbert Shughart ● David Dean Shulman ● William James Sidis
● Gordon Clark ( activist ) ● Ramsey Clark ● Rosa Clemente ● Voltairine de Cleyre ● David Cline ● Alexander Cockburn ● Frank Cordaro ● Tom Cornell ● Rachel Corrie ● David Cortright ● Henry Cadbury ● Maris Cakars ● Kiki Carter ● Julien Davies Cornell ● Peter Coyote ● Abraham Cronbach ● Frances Crowe ● Norman Cousins ● Frances Crowe
D
● Edwin T . Dahlberg ● Eugene V . Debs ● David Dellinger ● Barbara Deming ● Dorothy Detzer ● Ralph DiGia ● Stephen Donaldson ● Constance Drexel ● B . D . Dykstra ● D . C . Nine ● Hamid Dabashi ● Doc Corbin Dart ● Garry Davis ● Dorothy Day ● Zack de la Rocha ● Eugene V . Debs ● Dorothy Detzer ● Ralph DiGia ● Aaron Dixon ● Frank Dorrel ● James W . Douglass ● Lloyd J . Dumas ●
● Brian Kraft
L
● Joseph Leavitt ● Robert LeFevre ● Arthur Lelyveld ● Michael Lerner ( rabbi ) ● Charles Herbert
Levermore● Samuel L . Lewis ● Thomas Lewis ( activist ) ● Karl Linn ● Viola Liuzzo ● Louis P . Lochner ● Juli Loesch ● Alfred H . Love ● Percival Lowell ● Staughton Lynd ● Bradford Lyttle ● William Ladd ● Lyndon LaRouche ● Sidney Lens ● Thomas Lewis ( activist ) ● David Lipscomb ● Frank Little ( unionist ) ● Nativo Lopez ● Bernard Lown
M
● Ian MacKaye ● Jessie Belle Hardy
Stubbs MacKaye ● Rachel MacNair ● David McReynolds ● Judah Leon Magnes ● Judith Malina ● Dave Matthews ● J . B . Matthews ● Colman McCarthy ● W . S . Merwin ● Lucretia Mott ● William Moyer ● Kate Mulgrew ● Jesse Macbeth
● Jeanmarie Simpson ● Samantha Smith ● Stephen Soldz ● Lysander Spooner ● C . Maxwell Stanley ● John Stauber ● Mollie Steimer ● Jill Stein ● John Stockwell ● Gene Stoltzfus ● Paul Street ( journalist ) ● Anna Louise Strong ● Kat Swift ● Joe Szwaja
T
● Eve Tetaz ● Rini Templeton ● Eve Tetaz ● Ellen Thomas ● Thomas ( activist ) ● A . C . Townley ● Tree of Peace Society ● Chuck Turne r● Sarah Turner
V
● Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh ● Oswald Garrison Villard ● Kurt Vonnegut ● Bartolomeo Vanzetti ● William F . Vendley ● Louie Vitale
W
● Arthur Waskow ● Wavy Gravy ● Dan West ● Mel White ● Norbert Wiener ● Anita Parkhurst Willcox ● William P . Merrill ● Mary Wilhelmine
Williams
E
● Crystal Eastman ● Albert Einstein ● Eve Ensler ● Marie Equi ● Steve Earle ● Crystal Eastman ● Eileen Egan ● Barbara Ehrenreich ● Ira Einhorn ● Marie Equi ● Jodie Evans
F
● Chuck Fager ● Bob Fass ● Lawrence Ferlinghetti ● Frederick Vanderbilt
Field● Paul Comly French ● Richard A . Falk ● Lawrence Ferlinghetti ● Michael Franti ● John Froines
G
● Fanny Garrison Villard ● Stephen Gaskin ● Alice Gerard ● Yonassan Gershom ● Paul Goodman ( writer ) ● Richard Gregg ( social
philosopher ) ● Nanci Griffith ● Albert Gallatin ● Danny Garcia ( activist ) ● Fred Gardner ( activist ) ● Eric Garris ● Fawaz Gerges ● Arthur Gish ● Danny Glover ● Jim Glover ● Mary Lou Goertzen
● Gayle McLaughlin ● Ben Manski ● Jessica Mathews ● Colman McCarthy ● Gerald McCarthy ( poet ) ● Seymour Melman ● Thomas Merton ● Ross Mirkarimi ● Fred Moore ( activist ) ● Michael Moore ● Macy Morse ● Peg Mullen ● Ed Murphy ( activist ) ● Gael Murphy ●
N● Juanita Morrow Nelson ● Gerald Nye ● Maud Nathan
O
● Phil Ochs ● Yoko Ono ● Mary White Ovington ● Kate Richards O ' Hare ● Kenneth O ' Keefe ● Yoko Ono ● Abraham Osheroff ● Kate Richards O ' Hare ● Kenneth O ' Keefe ● Yoko Ono ● Abraham Osheroff
P
● Glenn D . Paige ● Shailja Patel ● Linus Pauling ● Utah Phillips ● Concepcion Picciotto ● Marge Piercy ● Peace Pilgrim
● Brian Willson ● Noah Worcester ● Harvey Wasserman ● Alfred Webre ● Jerry White ( activist ) ● Jody Williams ● Brian Willson ● Lawrence S . Wittner ● John Wallach ● Dahlia Wasfi
X● Laura X
Y
● Sol Yurick
Z
● David Zeiger ● Helen Zia ● Howard Zinn
● Emma Goldman ● Robert Goldwyn ● Matt Gonzalez ● Toby Goodshank ● Jerome Grossman
● R onald Podrow ● Eli Pariser ● Linus Pauling ● Stephen Pearcy ( activist ) ● Pete Perry ● Utah Phillips ● Robert Pickus ● Joseph Polowski ● Midge Potts
Q
● William P . Quigley
If you want to have a lot of fun looking to see if your ancestry or ethnic heritage has a pacifist, do as Laura did as a cultural anthropology grad/history buff and pacifist. The history is richer than she knew. Enjoy!
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ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES
Ann Fagan GingerBasically invented Peace Law.Nuclear Weapons are Illegal: The Historic Opinion of the World Court and How It Will Be Enforced. Complete decision of the Court, separate and dissenting opinions. Essays placing the decision in its broader political and legal context, describing how governments and NGOs brought the issue to the Court and how the opinion is being enforced. Questions for discussion, a glossary of terms, and a complete index. Edited by Ann Fagan Ginger. Apex Press, 1998. See her work at http :// mcli . org Kay Drey is an anti-nuclear activist based in St. Louis.http :// www . greatriverslaw . org / kay _ drey . htm http :// www . beyondnuclear . org / about /
Ava and Linus Paulinghttp :// www . legacy . com / ns / news - story . aspx ? t = ava - paulings - vision - of - peace & id =200 Editor’s Note: Linus Pauling is the only person in history to earn two nobel peace prizes on his own, although he always credited Ava with his peace prize.
http :// www . grandmothersforpeace . org / Working for the abolition of nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction.
http :// www . ucsusa . org / The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world.
Peace Action was formed from the merger of The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy and the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign.http :// www . peace - action . org /
"Nuclear Famine Letter." Petition. https :// secure 2. convio . net / psr / site / Advocacy ? cmd = display & page = UserAction & id =767 "Help Ban Nuclear Test Explosions!" Petition. http :// capwiz . com / fconl / issues / alert /? alertid =61138461 "Shut Down Nuclear Power." Petition. https :// www . facebook . com / ShutDownNuclearPower "Senators Boxer and Feinstein: Investigate the ongoing danger from the Fukushima nuclear reactors." Petition. http :// www . change . org / petitions / senators - boxer - and - feinstein - investigate - the - ongoing - danger - from - the - fukushima - nuclear - reactors "Nuclear Power: Too dangerous. Too expensive. Not worth it." Petition. http :// www . change . org / petitions / nuclear - power - too - dangerous - too - expensive - not - worth - it "The President of the United States: Urgent Request on UN Intervention to Stabilize the Fukushima Reactor Unit 4." Petition. http :// www . change . org / petitions / the - president - of - the - united - states - urgent - request - on - un - intervention - to - stabilize - the - fukushima - reactor - unit -4 "Mr. President, US Senate, Congress, --Tell Us Where Our Food Is From!!" Petition. http :// www . change . org / petitions / mr - president - us - senate - congress - tell - us - where - our - food - is - from "Washington Post calls Fukushima 'non-catastrophic'! The editorial board needs to hear from you!" Petition. http :// www . beyondnuclear . org / storage / documents / WP _ Alert _ Rebuttal . pdf http :// enenews . com / Provides latest information pertaining to the Fukushima nuclear crisis. "Bob Burnett - Two Meltdowns: Fukushima and the US Economy." Web. http :// prn . fm /2012/05/01/ bob - burnett - meltdowns - fukushima - economy /? utm _ source = rss & utm _ medium = rss & utm _ campaign = bob - burnett - meltdowns - fukushima - economy "Fukushima Primed For Worldwide Disaster." Web. http :// www . veteranstoday . com /2012/05/01/ fukushima - primed - for - worldwide - disaster / http :// www . beyondnuclear . org /
Educates and activates the public about the connections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons and the need to abandon both. http :// www . ipp . aut . ac . nz / news - and - events / all - news / marilyn - waring - the - chris - laidlaw - radio - interview - july -18,-2010 Marilyn Waring and New Zealand's Nuclear-Free Zone. Who's Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics. Dir. Terre Nash. Perf. Marilyn Waring, John Kenneth Galbraith and Cinthy Kalye. National Film Board of Canada, 1995. Documentary. Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment. Dir. Debra Chasnoff. Groundspark, 1991; New Day Films, 2000. Documentary.
Disarmament:: A Basic Guide is intended to inform, educate and generate public understanding of and support for multilateral action in the field of arms limitation and disarmament.
http :// www . un . org / disarmament / HomePage / ODAPublications / AdhocPublications / HTML / BasicGuide . shtml
Shut Down Nuclear Power http :// www . facebook . com / ShutDownNuclearPower CLOSE ALL NUKES-too dangerous! When will we take to the streets on this? Meanwhile, pls tell our Senators there isn't time to tour/investigate Fukushima. Just take Sen. Wyden's word for it and assemble an international team of experts to immediately stabilize unit 4 until they can remove its fuel rods to a safer location and put them in dry cask storage. Then do the same for the 23 GE designed nukes in the US that risk Fuku failure. Then do the same for all other US nukes, and cold shut down of all nukes, worldwide. They are all insanely dangerous.http :// www . change . org / petitions / senators - boxer - and - feinstein - investigate - the - ongoing - danger - from - the - fukushima - nuclear - reactors
http :// www . change . org / petitions / nuclear - power - too - dangerous - too - expensive - not - worth - it
Petition: Cesium Red Alert re Fukushima:http :// www . avaaz . org / en / un _ for _ fukushima _ daiichi /? vl
Fukushima radiation has been detected in the US. We should have the right to know where our food is from:http :// www . change . org / petitions / mr - president - us - senate - congress - tell - us - where - our - food - is - from
INFO on Fukushima's widening crises: http :// www . eneNews . com
Beyond Nuclear http :// www . beyondnuclear . org / Beyond Nuclear aims to educate and activate the public about the connections between nuclear power and nuclear weapons and the need to abandon both to safeguard our future. Beyond Nuclear advocates for an energy future that is sustainable, benign and democratic. The Beyond Nuclear team
works with diverse partners and allies to provide the public, government officials, and the media with the critical information necessary to move humanity toward a world beyond nuclear.
VIDEOS "Can Americans be Sent to Propaganda Prisons?" Web. <http :// www . informationclearinghouse . info / article 31252. htm >
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"The U.S. Internment Camp: Prison for a New American Century." Web. http :// www . activistpost . com /2012/05/ us - internment - camp - prison - for - new . html Mike Farrell’s anti-war M*A*S*H note for youhttp :// www . solomonforcongress . com / index . php / page / mike _ farrells _ anti _ war _ mash _ note _ for _ you
FILMS, TV AND RADIOPacifica Foundation. Radio stations: KPFA . org , KPFK . org , KPFT . org , WBAI . org , and WPFW . org . Constantine’s Sword. Dir. Oren Jacoby. Perf. Liev Schreiber, Philip Bosco and Natasha Richardson. First Run Features, 2008.
Deterrence. Dir. Rod Lurie. Perf. Kevin Pollack, Timothy Hutton and Sheryl Lee Ralph. Paramount Classics, 1999.
Democracy Now! Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite television. Radio Program. A national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The Bedford Incident. Dir. James Harris. Perf. Richard Widmark, Sidney Poiter and James MacArthur. Columbia Pictures, 1965. Film. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion). Dir. Jean Renoir. Perf. Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo and Pierre Fresnay. Réalisations d'Art Cinématographique, 1937. Film. Nuremberg. Dir. Stuart Schulberg. Perf. Francis Biddle, Karl Dönitz and Hans Frank. Office of Military Government in Germany, 1948; Schulberg Productions, 2010. Judgment at Nuremberg. Dir. Stanley Kramer. Perf. Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster and Richard Widmark. Roxlom Films/United Artists, 1961. Film. Nuremberg. Dir. Yves Simoneau. Perf. Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox and Christopher Plummer. Alliance Atlantis Communications, 2000. TV mini-series.
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It. Prod. Rick Tejada-Flores and Judith Ehrlich. 2000. TV Documentary. Conscientious Objectors who opposed WWII The Rules of the Game. Dir. Jean Renoir. Perf. Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor and Paulette Dubost. Janus, 1939. Film. Hiroshima, Mon Amour. Dir. Alain Resnais. By Marguerite Duras. Perf. Emmanuèle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, and Bernard Fresson. Zenith International Film Corp, 1959. Film. Paths of Glory. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Perf. Kirk Douglas. Bryna Productions/United Artists, 1957. Film. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Perf. Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden. Columbia Pictures, 1964. Film. On the Beach. Dir. Stanley Kramer. Perf. Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire. Stanley Kramer Productions/United Artists, 1959. Film. Blue Sky. Dir. Tony Richardson. Perf. Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones. Orion Pictures Corporation, 1994. Film. Johnny Got His Gun. Dir. Dalton Trumbo. Perf. Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields and Marsha Hunt. World Entertainment/Cinemation Industries, 1971. Film.
Boy Soldier. Dir. Karl Francis. Perf. Richard Lynch, Dafydd Hywel and James Donnelly. Wales, 1986; US 1987. http :// history . sffs . org / films / film _ details . php ? id =657& searchfield =
Das Boot. Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. Perf. Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann. Bavaria Film, 1981.
Catch-22. Dir. Mike Nichols. Writ. Joseph Heller and Buck Henry. Perf. Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam and Richard Benjamin. Paramount Pictures, 1970.
MASH. Dir. Robert Altman. Perf. Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould and Tom Skerritt. Twentieth Century Fox, 1970.
M*A*S*H. TV Show. Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers and Loretta Swit. 20th Century Fox Television, 1972.
War Game. Dir. Dave Unwin. Writ. Michael Foreman (book), Simon Nicholson (screenplay). Perf. Iain Jones, Adam Godley and Ben Warwick. Illuminated Film Company, 2002. Animated Short Film.
Joyeux Noel. Dir. Christian Carion. Perf. Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann and Guillaume Canet. Nord-Ouest Productions, 2005.
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming. Dir. Norman Jewison. Perf. Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint and Alan Arkin. United Artists, 1966.
Interview with Jay Nordlinger, author of "Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, The Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World." Interviewed by Matt Murphy. Book TV: After Words, May 20, 2012. http :// www . booktv . org / Program /13411/ After + Words + Jay + Nordlinger + Peace + They + Say + A + History + of
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SONGS, SINGERS/SONGWRITERS, POETRY, PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTSWoody Guthriehttp :// www . woodyguthrie . org /
Pete Seegerhttp :// www . smithsonianmag . com / arts - culture / Pete - Seeger - Where - Have - All - the - Protest - Songs - Gone . html
Arlo Guthrie http :// www . arlo . net /
“We Shall Overcome” sung by Mahalia Jackson.http :// www . youtube . com / watch ? v = TmR 1 YvfIGng
Harry Belafontehttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Harry _ Belafonte
Paul Robesonhttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Paul _ Robeson
David Welshhttp :// lsb . kpfa . org / legacy / elections /2006/ candidate _ davewelsh . php . html
Eleanor Waldenhttp :// www . crmvet . org / vet / walden . htm
Anne Feeneyhttp :// www . annefeeney . com /
Jon Fromerhttp :// www . jonfromer . com / Every November, Jon helps lead and organize the music for the annual mass demonstrations of more than 20,000 protesters outside the School of The Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich: Her Own Song. Dir. David Riva. Perf. Bert Bacharach, Andre G. Brunelin and Rosemary Clooney. 2001. Film Documentary. Shailja Patelhttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Shailja _ Patel
Hali Hammerhttp :// www . halihammer . com /
Dave Lippmanhttp :// www . davelippman . com /
Labor Heritage/Rockin' Solidarity Chorushttp :// www . laborchorus . org / Directed by musican and labor organizer Pat Wynne
Freedom Song Networkhttp :// www . berkeleydailyplanet . com / issue /2007-10-12/ article /28206? headline = Freedom - Song - Network - Turns -25-- By - Judith - Scherr
Emma’s RevolutionPat Humphries and Sandy Ohttp :// emmasrevolution . com /
http :// www . poets . org / viewmedia . php / prmMID /22253 “A Wedding at Cana, Lebanon, 2007” by Tom Sleigh
http :// www . poets . org / viewmedia . php / prmMID /15408 “i sing of Olaf glad and big” by e. e. cummings
http :// www . oldielyrics . com / lyrics / peter _ paul _ and _ mary / down _ by _ the _ riverside _ study _ war _ no _ more . html "Down By The Riverside (Study War No More)" sung by Peter, Paul and Mary
http :// www . sisterschoice . com / peace . html Traditional Stories about Peace and War.
http :// www . cmnonline . org / peace - resources . aspx The Children’s Music Network
http :// people . wku . edu / charles . smith / MALVINA / mr 181. htm “We Hate to See Them Go” by Malvina Reynolds
http :// www . english . illinois . edu / maps / poets / m _ r / rolfe / bio . htm Edwin Rolfe of the Spanish Civil War, Abraham Lincoln Battalion of the International Brigade. http :// www . warpoetry . co . uk / The work of Wilfred Owen and other First World War poets, as well as modern antiwar poetry. http :// www . poetsagainstthewar . org / A global movement of poets that erupted in February, 2003, to protest the invasion of Iraq by the Bush administration. http :// www . poetryforworldpeace . com / A community network of poets promoting and supporting Global Peace Through Poetry.
http :// www . worldpeace . org . au / poems . asp
An opportunity to share with the world your own heartfelt feelings in inspirational peace poetry - the language of the soul. http :// aseekingspirit . wordpress . com /2007/12/07/ amazing - peace - a - christmas - poem - maya - angelou / A Christmas poem: Maya Angelou and a story from her life.
Edwin Markhamhttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Edwin _ Markham Best-known poem: “Outwitted”
He drew a circle that shut me out--Heretic, a rebel, a thing to flout.But Love and I had the wit to win:We drew a circle that took him in!
“The New Colussus” by Emma Lazarushttp :// www . libertystatepark . com / emma . htm "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."
The Christmas truce of World War One has inspired many songs.http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Christmas _ truce
Playwrights
Jeanmarie Simpsonhttp :// www . jeanmariesimpson . wordpress . com A Single Woman - play about first US Congresswoman and lifelong pacifist, Jeannette Rankin. Rankin voted against US entry into both world wars.http :// ncmdr . org / singlewoman . html Coming In Hot - solo play depicting stories of 17 US military women from Vietnam to Afghanistan/IraqMary's Joy - play about Mary Dyer, first colonial woman executed in the "New World." Hanged in Boston in 1660 for being Quaker.
George Bernard Shawhttp :// www . ecoglobe . ch / peace / e / shaw - peacesong . htm “Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.” George Bernard Shaw won the Nobel Prize for the play ‘St. Joan.’(transcript available at:http :// gutenberg . net . au / ebooks 02/0200811 h . html )
Aristophanes The play Lysistrata, originally performed in 411 BC.http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Lysistrata Kathryn Blume and Sharron Bower organized the Lysistrata Project which protested the war in Iraq. They organized readings of of the ancient Greek anti-war comedy Lysistrata on March 3, 2003 in over 1000 readings in 59 countries and all 50 states.http :// www . kathrynblume . com / LysProj . htm
Books of Poetry
Contributed by Barnes Bradshaw, Historical interpreter at the Missouri History Museum
A Treasury of the Familiar; an Anthology compiled by Ralph L Woods, copyright 1942Joffre to his SoldiersRobt. E Lee Farewell AddressLincoln Letter to Mrs. Bixby An English Plea for Peace, Wm. Pitt The Soldier Rupert Brooke Battle Hymn of the Republic Julia Ward Howe The Bivouac of the Dead After Dunkirk Winston Churchill Warrens' Address at Bunker Hill John Pierpont The Caisson Song Maj. Ed. L. Gruber Inscription to Spartan Dead at Thermopylea The Blue and the Gray Frances Miles Finch To Lucasta on Going to War Richard LovelaceIncident of the French Camp Robert BrowningThe Charge of the Light Brigade TennysonBarbara Frietchie John Greenleaf Whittier
One Hundred and One Famous Poems; an Anthology compiled by Roy J. Cook, copyright 1958I Have a Rendezvous w/ Death Alan SeegerIn Flanders Field Lt. Col. John Mc CreaGrass Carl SandburgTree Sgt. Joyce KilmerGettysburg Address LincolnThe War Inevitable, March 1775 Pat. Henry
ART, GRAPHIC ART AND SCULPTURE
Pablo Picasso. Guernica.http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Guernica _%28 painting %29
Käthe Kollwitzhttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / K % C 3% A 4 the _ Kollwitz
Garry Trudeau. Doonesbury.
MARTYRSThích Quảng Đức http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Thich _ Quang _ Duc Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who immolated himself in protest of the persecution of Buddhists in 1963.
Dieu Quang
On August.15, 1963 Dieu Quang, Buddhist nun, immolated herself in the courtyard of the Tu Dam Pagoda for peace and an end to Buddhist perscution.http :// news . google . com / newspapers ? nid =1734& dat =19630815& id = iU 8 cAAAAIBAJ & sjid = alEEAAAAIBAJ & pg =4524,2694433
Alice Herzhttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Alice _ Herz Alice Herz martyred herself for peace in the Vietnam War.
Norman Morrisonhttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Norman _ Morrison
Self-Immolation as protesthttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Self - immolation
Elijah Parish Lovejoy was killed by anti-abolitionists.http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Elijah _ Parish _ Lovejoy
Emily Davison threw herself under the kings horse in protest against the lack of suffrage for women.http :// www . spartacus . schoolnet . co . uk / Wdavison . htm
RELIGIONGautama Buddhahttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Gautama _ Buddha
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Martin _ Luther _ King ,_ Jr .
Mahatma Gandhihttp :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Mohandas _ Karamchand _ Gandhi
Palm SundayThe donkey that Jesus rides into Jerusalem symbolizes peace.http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Palm _ Sunday
George Packard"The People's Bishop." By Chris Hedges. Web. http :// www . truthdig . com / report / print / the _ peoples _ bishop _20120507/
Mark Twain: "The War Prayer"http :// www . positiveatheism . org / hist / twainwp . htm
Commentary on the “ War Prayer ” by Joseph Lewis from “The Bible Unmasked”
http :// en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Prayer _ of _ Saint _ Francis The Prayer of St Francis.
The Network of Spiritual Progressives
www . spiritualprogressives . org / The Network of Spiritual Progressives welcomes secular humanists, atheists and people who are "spiritual but not religious" as well as people from every religious community who share the values of love, generosity, creativity, wonder and a commitment to respect one another. The goal is to inspire leaders, influence legislation and incarnate community.
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows- Prayer ReflectionQuotes from Gandhi, Baha'i, Judaism, Islam , covering "Peace within the word, within me, and within the environment"https :// docs . google . com / document / d /1 GaMRGCUu 2 N - pobPd 5 ftZtzA 98 YTscKCgXg 4 DU 8 Ecgpc / edit
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalistshttp :// www . bfuu . org /
Compiled and edited by Laura X and David MartinContributors: Viviane Lerner, Jeanmarie Simpson, David Martin, Dana Harvey, Sherrie Jackson,
Yvonne Logan, Jane Weisbin and Barnes BradshawThis bibliography was inspired by Yvonne Logan, Viviane Lerner.and Barnes Bradshaw
