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Newsletter #19 |
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#19 Media Favorites: Peace Movements Worldwide (Jan. 2011)![]() Sharing Fabulous Videos
As we begin the year 2011, A Future Without War has been thinking about powerful POSITIVE uses of media. There are libraries full of books and films documenting our problems. But to change our cultures and the course of history, we will have to reach hearts with positive messages as well. Four of our favorite YouTube videos are New Year presents to our newsletter readers. We hope they provide moments of amusement and even sheer joy. First, though, we give thanks for YouTube and its creators. This extremely powerful medium will facilitate the global sharing of all kinds of good works and good news. Please accept our gratitude. ![]() Stand By Me
The first video would be most naturally grouped into the AFWW Cornerstone called "Foster Connectedness." An essay entitled "Foster Connectedness" explains why organizations and individuals with a focus on creating a sense of oneness between people and between us all and the planet that sustains us are one of many necessary keys to ending war. The video is called Stand By Me. It was produced by the group Playing For Change. Playing for Change is part of the Peace Through Music movement. Watch Stand by Me ![]() Women and Girls, of the World - Arise!
The second video, "The Girl Effect," is an inspirational depiction of the key roles of women, and in this case young women, in changing history. The emphasis is on poverty ... but we can't have a future without war if our future is filled with poverty. You may wish to check out one of AFWW's essays on why we will never abolish war unless we do empower women and girls as equal partners with men. The essay is entitled "Locked in the Embrace of Male Biology." The video, wonderfully creative in design, was produced by girleffect.org and the Nike Foundaton. View "The Girl Effect" ![]() Kings Firecrackers of Ohio
The third video beautifully highlights the extraordinarily well-developed human trait of cooperation. In a blog entitled "Origins of War and Human Destiny," AFWW has explained why we embrace the "Humans the Cooperators" model of human evolution rather than the "Man the Warrior" model. The essay has a link to this demonstration of astounding cooperation. It's called "Jump Rope Dance" and was performed at the U.S. Naval Academy by the "Kings Firecrackers" and produced by Bong. For full effect be sure you watch all the way to the end. There is not a species on the entire planet that can outdo us in cooperation!!!! Let's put that extraordinary gift to work to bring about the end of arguably our worst trait: war. Watch Jump Rope Dance. ![]() Imagine
Finally, if you have never seen John Lennon sing IMAGINE, here is your chance. You can view his vision of how to present the music. John Lennon was in fact a dreamer. We need our dreamers. They can touch our hearts, inspire our spirits, expand our vistas. They can reach out to and uplift the best in us. His visionary song looks into a future with no poverty, nothing to kill or die for, a place of sharing where we live as one. Watch John Lennon sing "Imagine" ENJOY These Awesome Videos!!!! ![]() Peace Movements Worldwide - Three Volumes
Michael N. Nagler, Marc Pilisuk, and their research helper Gianina Pellegrini announce publication of a three volume work, Peace Movements Worldwide. The scope and quantity of these essays leaves no doubt that something big most definitely is afoot! Yearning for a profound change from the way the human world has been running is on the rise globally and has, in the view of A Future Without War, reached critical mass. These writers and legions more testify to that truth. The publisher describes the work saying, "From Veterans for Peace to the Nonviolent Peace Force, from UN initiatives to local actions by women in Colombia and Kenya, and from citizen diplomats to creative conflict resolvers to survivors of genocide, this set tells the stories of ideas, people, and worldwide organizations striving to help humanity realize its never-ending yearning for peace." A Future Without Warhas not yet reviewed the series. We hope to find that it includes chapters that explore the human potential for peace from cutting-edge biological and anthropological perspectives. Here is the TOC of all three volumes: Peace Movements Worldwide: History, Psychology, and Practices Marc Pilisuk & Michael N. Nagler (Editors) Table of Contents VOLUME 1: History and Vitality of Peace Movements Acknowledgments Set Introduction Introduction to Volume 1 Part I THE MEANING OF PEACE Chapter 1 Eternal Peace Michael N. Nagler Chapter 2 A Philosophy of Peace Barry L. Gan Chapter 3 Peace and Development Today: An Overview Johan Galtung Part II THE PEACE INHERITANCE: SCIENCE AND THE PROMISE OF HUMAN NATURE Chapter 4 The Evolution of Peace Michael N. Nagler & Angel Ryono Chapter 5 Psychology and Peace Marc Pilisuk & Mitch Hall Part III A SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVE Chapter 6 Cultural Understanding in Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, and Peace Building Paul R. Kimmel Chapter 7 Rethinking "Identity" for a Global Age: Emerging Responsibilities and Duties Rebecca Joy Norlander & Anthony J. Marsella Chapter 8 Cultures of Peace or Culture of Peace? David Adams Part IV RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS OF PEACE Chapter 9 The Spirit of Change: Spiritual and Religious Resources for Peace and Justice Movements Donald Rothberg Chapter 10 When Prayer and Revolution Became People Power Hildegard Goss-Mayr Chapter 11 Catholic Social Teaching: Integrating the Virtue of Nonviolent Peacemaking Eli Sasaran McCarthy Chapter 12 Alternatives to War and Violence: An Islamic Perspective Mohammed Abu-Nimer &Jamal A. Badawi Part V GENDER IN WAR AND PEACE Chapter 13 Women: Battleground for War, Resource for Peace Gianina Pellegrini Chapter 14 Nothing Short of a Revolution: Reflections on the Global Women's Movement Kavita Nandini Ramdas Chapter 15 A Feminist Ethical Perspective on Weapons of Mass Destruction Carol Cohn and Sara Ruddick Part VI THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US Chapter 16 War, Peace, and Climate Change: A Billion Lives in the Balance Jan Egeland Chapter 17 The Moment for Turning: Living as if Peace and Sustainability Really Mattered David C. Korten Chapter 18 Against So Much Money and Power, Can the Peace Movement Succeed? Marc Pilisuk & Ellen Gaddy A Final Word Marc Pilisuk & Michael N. Nagler Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors VOLUME 2: Players and Practices in Resistance to War Acknowledgments Set Introduction Introduction to Volume 2 Part I PREVENTION Chapter 1 Shedding the Tools of Destruction: The Disarmament Effort Marc Pilisuk Chapter 2 Nuclear Disarmament: The Path Forward, Obstacles, and Opportunities Alice Slater Chapter 3 Hiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep for 64 Years Daniel Ellsberg Chapter 4 Citizen Diplomacy and the Ottawa Process in Banning Landmines: A Lasting Model? Jody Williams & Stephen D. Goose Chapter 5 Bringing the Corporate Role in Global Violence to Daylight Gianina Pellegrini Chapter 6 Socially Responsible Investing, Peace, and Social Justice Tessie Petion & Steven D.Lydenberg Part II RESISTING VIOLENCE Chapter 7 A Hand for Peace in a Zone of War Kathy Kelly Chapter 8 Human Security: Providing Protection without Sticks and Carrots Christine Schweitzer Chapter 9 Psyched Up to Save Psychology: A Tale of Activists' Efforts to Resist Complicity in U.S.Human Rights Violations Post 9-11 Jill Latonick-Flores & Daniel J. Adamski Chapter 10 Shut it Down! A brief History of Efforts to Close La Escuela de Asesinos (The School of Assassins) Jill Latonick-Flores with Father Roy Bourgeois Chapter 11 Structured Cruelty: Learning to be a Lean, Mean Killing Machine Martin Smith Chapter 12 If You Start Looking at Them as Humans, Then How Are You Gonna Kill Them? Inigo Gilmore & Teresa Smith Chapter 13 Where is the Rage? Justin C. Cliburn Chapter 14 Soldiers in Revolt Howard Zinn Part III HEALING THE WOUNDS Chapter 15 Out of the Inner Wilderness: Torture and Healing Diane Lefer & HectorAristizbal Chapter 16 From Grief to Gratitude: The Tariq Khamisa Foundation Azim N. Khamisa Chapter 17 Steps Toward Reconciliation: Understanding and Healing in Post-Genocide Rwanda and Beyond Ervin Staub & Angel Ryono Chapter 18 Interactive Problem Solving: Informal Mediation by the Scholar-Practitioner Herbert C. Kelman Chapter 19 From Young Soldiers to Young Peace Builders: Building Peace in Sierra Leone MichaelWessells Chapter 20 Modern Day Slavery Melissa Anderson-Hinn Chapter 21 Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress Rachel M. MacNair Part IV PEACE MOVEMENTS WORLDWIDE Chapter 22 The West German Peace Movement Andreas Buro Chapter 23 Peace in Transition: The Peace Movement in South Korea Jujin Chung Chapter 24 Life in Peace: The Emergence of the Indian Peace Movement Ramu Manivannan Chapter 25 Peace Psychology in Asia Cristina Jayme Montiel Chapter 26 Active Nonviolence: A Creative Power for Peacemaking and Healing Hildegard Goss-Mayr Chapter 27 Nonviolent Skills versus Repressive Conditions:The Iranian Women's Movement and Codepink: Women for Peace Cynthia Boaz Chapter 28 Peace Movements and the Middle East: The 1991 Gulf War and Aftermath Stephen Zunes A Final Word Marc Pilisuk & Michael N. Nagler Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors VOLUME 3: Peace Efforts That Work and Why Acknowledgments Set Introduction Introduction to Volume 3 Part I PEACE FROM ABOVE Chapter 1 New Understandings of Citizenship: Path to a Peaceful Future? Elise Boulding Chapter 2 Peace Building: 12 Dynamics Kai Brand-Jacobsen Chapter 3 Our Water Commons: Toward a New Freshwater Narrative Maude Barlow Chapter 4 Beyond Leviathan? The Historical Relationship Between Peace Plans, International Lawand the Early Anglo-American Peace Movement Cris Toffol Chapter 5 The Good News: The ICC and the R2P Principle Ronald J. Glossop Chapter 6 Toward a Necessary Utopianism: Democratic Global Governance Richard Falk Part II PEACE FROM BELOW Chapter 7 I am the Leader, You are the Leader: Nonviolent Resistance in The Peace Community of San Jose de Apartade, Colombia Elizabeth Lozano Chapter 8 Peace Building Education: Responding to Contexts Candice C. Carter Chapter 9 Inside the Military Media Industrial Complex: Impacts on Moveents for Peace and Social Justice Peter Phillips & Mickey S. Huff Chapter 10 Renaissance 2.0: The Web's Potential for the Peaceful Transformation of Modern Society Deva Temple Chapter 11 Building the Peace by Examples of Civil Courage during the War Svetlana Broz Chapter 12 Peace Can Be Taught Colman McCarthy Chapter 13 When Violence "Works" for 30 Years: The Late Return of Satyagraha to the Northern Irish Peace Process Marcel M. Baumann Chapter 14 Hands of Peace: From Epiphany to Reality Laura Bernstein Chapter 15 The Movement Toward Peace in Crisis - and Opportunity Michael N. Nagler Chapter 16 To Remake the World Paul Hawken Chapter 17 Search for Common Ground John Marks & Susan Collin Marks Chapter 18 Setting the Stage for Peace: Participatory Theater for Conflict Transformation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lena Slachmuijlder Chapter 19 The Pledge of Resistance: Lessons From a Movement of Solidarity and Nonviolent Direct Action Ken Butigan Chapter 20 Money Cannot Be Eaten: Nonviolent Resistance in Struggles over Land and Economic Survival Rev. Jos M. Tirado Chapter 21 Searching for Development with Human Dignity in Guatemala Jennifer Achord Rountree Part III PEACE FROM WITHIN Chapter 22 On Meditation Michael N. Nagler Chapter 23 Despair Work Joanna Macy Chapter 24 Experimenting with Nonviolence From West Texas to South Korea Richard L. Deats Chapter 25 Trained to Hate: Confessions of a Convert to Humanity Claude AnShin Thomas Chapter 26 Searching for Peace in the Peace Movement: a Lovers' Quarrel Rabbi Michael Lerner Chapter 27 Breaking out of the Culture of Violence: An Oral History with former Economic Hit Man, John Perkins Nikolas Larrow-Roberts & John Perkins Chapter 28 Inspiring Peace Workers Marc Pilisuk & Michael N. Nagler A Final Word Marc Pilisuk & Michael N. Nagler Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors Copies of Peace Movements Worldwide are available from: ABC-CLIO | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble |
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"Why not try peace for a while? If we find war is better, it will not be difficult to fight again..." - Abdu l-Baha, Baha'i teacher A Good Movie People united and well led can shape history in positive ways, and do it nonviolently. Amazing Grace (2007), starring Ioan Gruffudd and directed by Michael Apted, documents how, with dedication and unswerving patience, the British trade in slaves was ended. A Good Book Sharp, G (2005) Waging Nonviolent Struggle. 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential. Boston: Porter Sargent Publishers Inc. An indispensable "how to" compendium. A Future Without War Believe in it. Envision it. Work for it. And we will achieve it. QuickLinks How Long Ending War Would Take Why Women Are the Key to Security The Nine Cornerstones AFWW Newsletter Archives |