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! 180 Ways To Create Peace
Peace begins with you
Peace begins with me
Multiply that by three
All will be free
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180 WAYS TO END THE WAR AND UNFOLD PEACE
1 Picket BP, Exxon, Shell, Texaco, Arco, Amoco, all of the many residences and newspapers of Rupert Murdoch, and other warmonger broadcasters such as CNN, sometimes the CBC, and the homes of
MP's, senators and congressmen and governors and 'justices', the homes and offices of
media anchors who are puppets of the Pentagon. indymedia.org around the world www.oregongasprices.com
2 Hire message planes to fly over warmonger
fundraisers pax.protest.net
3 Organize an interfaith prayer in at draft boards, the many factories
of Lockheed whose burning bombs are dropped from Lockheed planes onto Lebanese
babies, offices of GE, the offices of war profiteers, the homes of their executives.
www.public-integrity.org
4 Disinvest in pension funds or private investments from mutual funds of
Morgan Stanley, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Vanguard, Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Charles Schwab and other war profiteer and slaughterhouse
invested funds
5 Have pray in vigils outside churches pastored by warmonger nominal Christians such as John Hagee,
Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell.
6 Jump in the water... call talk radio ,.no matter what you think of the IQ of
the audience or the host
7 Boycott the sponsors of war radio and tv
8 It is up to each person's conscience whether or not he renders bombmoney taxes to the invading Caesars in Washington, Ottawa, London, New Delhi, Mexico City
and other governments overtaken by war profiteers.
www.warresisters.org/
9 One who organizes his neighborhood block by block for peace will connect with others.
10. Visualize peace and the divinity in each unawakened
infanticide bomber.
11 Avoid personal attacks.
12 Join the thousands of cities around the world and 46 towns in US passing peace resolutions
www.ips-dc.org/citiesforpeace/
13 Peace begins with food? Make our dinner plates nonviolent. Meat and fish are the most violent foods, fruit nuts and other plant gifts the least.
fruitarians.blogspot.com
14 Make our land nonviolent. Stop the war against plants. 52 reasons not to mow
stopmowing.blogspot.com
15 Breathe deeply meditate for peace.
16 Water thirsty trees.. who will tell other trees through the roots..and call down rain
17. Create a vacuum for higher flow by recycling, giving away, throwing away
unneeded objects.
18. Circulate peace links
19. Learn conflict resolution.
20 Avoid inflammatory speech. Build peacebridges with words. (poster
writes what she must learn)
21. David Krieger: Lose an argument to a loved one.
www.wagingpeace.org
22. Those without family or other constraining influences and heroism blockade planes bound for Israel, trains with weapons for Iraq, or create other acts of civil disobedience and direct action.
23. Horseman suggests:take over the Fox News mikes or tthose of other
chickenhawk warjocks.. Others
suggesting storming the ABC initiated Rush Limbaugh show
www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/08/347602.html
(Pray for 500 Mexican women who took over a tv station)
24. Organize against violence in movies, television and video games.
Sony is one marketer of violent video games.
25. Ben Cohen: Smile
26. File lawsuits against war profiteers and their government operatives.
27. Boycott unionbusters linked to war profiteers
(McDonald's, Walmart, FedEx etc.)
www.mcspotlight.org
www.walmartwatch.org
28. In the ancient spiritual language
of Sanskrit, the word for peace is
shanti. When shanti is repeated,
it becomes Shantish, God who is Peace,
and invokes God's presence.
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50 WAYS TO PROMOTE PEACE
50 ways to promote peace
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( Ben and Jerry's
icecream is from enslaved cows..
there are many vegan icecreams.. 25,000 cows suffocated in the heat in just 1 month
in just 1 US state in July)
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1. Be a media guerilla. Use e-mail, fax, photocopies, and newsletters to broadcast the message of peace. Spread empowering information.
2. Attend a peace rally. Check out United For Peace & Justice or Peace. Protest.net to find out about marches for peace around the country.
3. Host a peace speaker at an event in your community or at your workplace.
4. Get to know your neighbors. It’s hard to reclaim peace without a sense of community.
5. Make friends with someone of another race, ethnicity, age, ability, or sexual orientation. Appreciating and embracing diversity helps to promote peace.
6. Take an adventure to neighborhoods of your town or country that are ethnically focused to appreciate diverse cultures. Cross-cultural understanding is key to building peace.
7. Travel to learn. Get first-hand experience in how things happen in other places and bring home questions about how you do things at home.
8. Drive with patience and tolerance. Keep the peace on our streets and highways.
9. Listen more. Really listen, without giving unsolicited advice. The validation of being heard is often more important than solving the problem.
10. Learn to say I’m sorry. Learn to mean it. Learn when to say it and use it. These two simple words can prevent violence and save relationships.
11. Be helpful. Random acts of kindness can create more peaceful communities.
12. Spend time with a youngster. This can often remind us of the meaning of a peaceful world.
13. Practice the art of patience. Be careful not to rush to judgment or action.
14. Start peace conversations. Talking peace, and listening, are critical for a vibrant democracy.
15. Involve yourself in community parent workshops and family groups that help parents protect, nurture, and support their children.
16. Peace begins at home. Monitor, nurture, support, and involve your children and family in keeping peace.
17. Explore your prejudices. Find out what’s behind them, how they started, & how they influence your thoughts and actions.
18. Write a peace song. Peace songs are great tools for organizing and inspiring people.
19. Use music, art, stories, and drama to explore themes of peace and nonviolence.
20. Broadcast a peace message using a peace flag, poster, badge, t-shirt, or bumper sticker.
21. If you own a gun, keep it unloaded and locked up. Store the bullets in a separate place and hide the key safely away from children.
22. Find your own inner peace. Set aside a few minutes or more each day of quiet, peaceful time.
23. Join a study circle. Self-education is a fast track to empowerment toward peace.
24. Attend an educational series on non-violence. Look up peace & justice organizations in your state at United For Peace & Justice and call them for information on educational series.
25. Stay tuned to what’s going on in the world through newsletters, periodicals, newspapers, radio, TV, and online.
26. Educate yourself about the violence threatening kids in your community and nationwide. Help bring safety and peace to kids at Children’s Defense Fund and End Abuse.
27. Learn another language. Being able to communicate in a foreign language helps you participate in diverse cultures.
28. Help bring peace to the environment by reducing your carbon load emissions. Learn what you can do at our global warming campaign site at www.onesweetwhirled.org.
29. Learn how to fight fairly. Fight to resolve differences, not to win.
30. Register people to vote. One reason the political game’s gone sour is that too few of us play. Find out more at Rock The Vote or Project Vote Smart.
31. Become a volunteer on a peace project. Check out Peace Brigades International, Seeds of Peace, and the Peace Corps.
32. Volunteer at your local battered women’s shelter. Learn about the importance of non-violent conflict resolution.
33. Sign-up as a member of a peace organization like Global Exchange, United For Peace & Justice, or Peace Response.
34. Call a radio talk show. The good ones are often the town meetings of the airwaves.
35. Write letters and articles in support of peace and non-violence to the editors of your local media. Published, they can change minds, and even unpublished they can impact the media.
36. Sign a peace pledge. A good place to start is www.peacepledge.org.
37. Adopt a politician. Write a monthly letter to your Representative, Senator, or President on peace-related issues.
38. Take social action to support specific legislative peace initiatives. Try the Waging Peace site to get started.
39. Vote. Voting is your hard-earned right and your official voice. For information about the democratic voting process, visit the Federal Election Commission or the Center for Voting and Democracy.
40. Support organizations and/or campaigns that fight for basic human rights for all people. Social justice promotes peace. For a start, visit Global Exchange or Amnesty International.
41. Run for elective office. Be a voice for non-violent conflict resolution, reasoned sanity, and balance.
42. Learn about nuclear weapons from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Sign an appeal to end the nuclear threat. Visit the Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign and WagingPeace.org.
43. Take part in online advocacy for peace. Some good sites to get started are 20/20 Vision and The Interfaith Alliance.
44. Write to your own government; write to a foreign government. Let them know you care about what they do and hold them to the same standards for peaceful conflict resolution.
45. Call your City Council and attend the next meeting. It’s often through the strength of a group that changes are made and community is built.
46. Encourage peace projects for school classrooms. You can find some great ideas at CelebratingPeace.com and UNESCO.
47. Teach young people skills for non-violent conflict resolution. Learn about some great strategies from the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program or www.Images-Education.org for teachers, classrooms, parents, and students.
48. Teach young people about peace. Let your behavior reflect the values you want them to espouse.
49. Support your community’s efforts to create jobs and training opportunities for kids that help them become productive, contributing adults.
50. Dig deep. Oftentimes, reaching peaceful resolution means understanding what’s at the root of a problem rather than what’s most apparent on the surface.
99 SUGGESTIONS FROM DAVID KRIEGER ON MAKING PEACE
http://www.wagingpeace.org
# Be generous with your smiles.
# Be kind.
# Respect the Earth.
# Walk in a forest.
# Plant a tree.
# Contemplate a mountain.
# Protect the Earth.
# Live simply.
# Help feed the hungry.
# Erase a border in your mind.
# Teach peace to children.
# Read Chief Seattle's Letter to the President.
# Be honest.
# Demand honesty from your government.
# Think about consequences.
# Commit yourself to nonviolence.
# Support nonviolent solutions to global problems.
# Speak up for a healthy planet.
# Demand reductions in military expenditures.
# Be fair.
# Pledge allegiance to the Earth and to its varied life forms.
# Think for yourself.
# Ask questions.
# Recognize your unique potential.
# Join an organization working for peace.
# Be less materialistic.
# Be more loving.
# Empower others to work for peace.
# Oppose all weapons of mass destruction.
# Support equality.
# Speak out for a nuclear weapons-free world.
# Support a Department of Peace.
# Listen to your heart.
# Help the poor.
# Fight against militarism.
# Study the lives of peace heroes.
# Help create a community peace park or garden.
# Commemorate the International Day of Peace.
# Help strengthen the United Nations.
# Support the International Criminal Court.
# Read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
# Advance the rights of future generations.
# Be a voice for the voiceless.
# Join an action alert network.
# Be forgiving.
# Laugh more.
# Play with a child.
# Support education and the arts over weapons.
# Help educate the next generation to be compassionate.
# Take personal responsibility for creating a better world.
# Sing.
# Write a poem.
# Organize a church service on the theme of peace.
# Learn about another culture.
# Help someone.
# Support the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
# Oppose the arms trade.
# Clear your mind.
# Breathe deeply.
# Sip tea.
# Express your views on peace to government officials.
# Fight for the environment.
# Celebrate Earth Day.
# Think like an astronaut, recognizing that we have only one Earth.
# Be constructive.
# Let someone else go first.
# Plant seeds of peace.
# Work in a garden.
# Change a potential enemy into a friend.
# Be positive.
# Share.
# Be a good neighbor.
# Send a note of appreciation.
# Tell your friends how much they matter.
# Say "I love you" more.
# Don't tolerate prejudice.
# Demand more from your elected officials.
# Walk by the ocean, a river, or a lake.
# Recognize that all humans have the right to peace.
# Respect the dignity of each person.
# Be a leader in the struggle for human decency.
# Be a friend.
# call for a world free of nuclear weapons.
# Oppose technologies that harm the environment.
# Lose an argument to a loved one.
# Value diversity.
# Walk softly on the Earth.
# Appreciate the power of the sun.
# Speak out for global disarmament.
# Support a democratic order.
# Teach non-violence by example.
# Remember that "No man is an Island."
# Spend time in nature.
# Boycott war toys.
# Be thankful for the miracle of life.
# Seek harmony with nature.
# Remind your leaders that peace matters.
# Oppose violence in television programming for children.
# Listen to Beethoven's Ode to Joy.
# Celebrate peace.
PEACE LINKS
indymedia.org
www.internationalanswer.org
www.afsc.org
pax.protest.net
wagingpeace.org
peace.mennolink.org/links.html
Mennonite
www.cpt.org/ Christian Peacemaker Teams
www.catholicworker.org
www.hindu.org
www.sathyasai.org
www.batshalom.org
www.peacenow.org
www.converge.org.nz/pma/link.htm
New Zealand
www.people4peace.net/links/
www.teachingpeace.org Colorado
Conscientious Objector links:
quinnell.us/conflict/links/object.html
www.peacetax.org
www.peacepilgrim.com/links1.htm
www.whatreallyhappened.com/spyring.html
www.911truth.org
www.emory.edu/CARTER_CENTER/homepage.htm
www.amnesty.org peace requires
ending state murder
www.tcadp.org
www.abolition2000.org peace
is disarmament
www.actagainstviolence.com
end violent tv images
www.artsforpeaceandjustice.net
www.codepink4peace.org
www.worldanimalnet.org
spot.acorn.net/fruitarian
stopmowing.blogspot.com
www.aflcio.org
www.ufw.org
www.ufcw.org
PERSONAL PEACE
be in the sun
meditate
begin yoga
exercise
positive thought, because the mind is a transmitter tower
buy more second hand clothing
live closer to healing water
drive peacefully and slowly
save fruit tree seeds and plant them
bikers: check for bugs, toads, snakes
drivers: offer rides to those at busstops
buy the cheapest gas from the nongiants
recycle
work for mass transit
support farmers' markets and local small businesses
build with brick and block, stone and stucco
get news on the web instead of deforesting newspapers
Avoid fast food and chain restaurants. Patronize the local
and the small.
plant a garden of tomatoes, squash, cucumbers,
peppers, and other fruit vegetables.
JEWISH PEACE MOVEMENT
Phillip Solomon who
resigned from West Point rather
than be involved in killing:
"I was positive that I objected to war in any form, to killing for any cause, that these beliefs were a substantive part of my
spiritual nature, and that I couold not become party to any military system. I was vexed and disillusioned by the existence
of the system which was the law of the land, a law which indiscriminately prescribed a formula for my conscience. In my ire, I designated it as a Selective Slavery System, for was it not a form of slavery to have to register for the draft, to carry a draft card, to be given a status of citizenship? Draft cards, to me, were symbols of involuntary servitude. I didn't think that free men should be forced to carry them.... What right
did a group of distant men have to judge my system of morality?
What qualified them to understand my soul? I knew I had the
absolute right to my mind, yet an agency of the government
existed which said I did not have this absolute right. I looked upon modern militarism as a form of organized religion; the
draft card was a sacrament of that religion. The generals, admirals, and their subordinate officers were priests. The politicians and industrialists were missionaires; preaching,
practicing, and spreading the gospel of evil, hate, and killing. All wars were holy in nature. Political ideologies
were prayers. The battlefield was an altar upon which men were
sacrificed to the gods of war. The battle itself was a Dionysian
festival, and the participants were intoxicated with the wine of
necrophilia. Bombs and tanks, warships and jet bombers, bullets and napalm were icons to which men had become subservient."
"The law of the land indiscriminately prescribed a formula for
my conscience."
"You are a coward, (he said and I replied) I am braver than you Father
(dialogue between soldier father and conscientious objector son)."
"The bayonet is a phallic system killing in a sexual manner.
The wound is a female symbol."
"I would escape the predatory spirit of my father's bayonet.
"Modern militarism is a form of organized religion."
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http://boston.indymedia.org/feature...86888/index.php
Boston Jews protest Olmert violence
http://www.care2.com/news/member/193692282/149670
Israeli Jews protest Olmert violence
pictures
http://www.batshalom.org
http://www.peacenow.org
God who dwells in the hearts of every being give all
now to all. Remove stolen monies from the coffers
of those who fill coffins and materialize it for the poor.
ANY WAR IS A WAR ON ANIMALS NINETEEN WAYS THESE WARS HARM ANIMALS
1 People animals birds are killed by bombs and rockets.
2 People animals birds are blown apart by mines of war profiteers .
3 Animals die on livetransport ships in wartorn ports after standing in their own waste, dying of hunger and thirst
4 Whales, dolphins, fishes, turtles, sea birds are killed in oil spills from bombing power plants. 30,000 tons of oil have been dumped into the Mediterranean by the Israeli bombing of a Lebanese power plant creating the greatest Mediterranean
environmental disaster in many decades.
5 Animals die in military weapons research labs.
6 Animals die in military contract 'vaccine' research.
7 Animals are bulldozed (killed or backs broken) in zoos in wartorn areas.*
8
Animals are made minesniffers. . porpoises are electroshocked into being submarine bomb carriers.
9 Animals are seized, slaughtered and eaten by armies.
10 Animals disoriented by bombs run away from their homes.
11 Animals are abandoned by refugees.
12 Animals are not allowed in to all refugee camps. The US Red Cross
after a worldwide outcry re its gunbacked separation of people
from animals has begun to change its rules on this.
13 Animal habitat (trees, orchards, vines, plants, watersheds) are destroyed by daisy cutter, bunker
buster and other bombs
14 Depleted uranium is giving animals as well as people
cancer, 81 times the average in Baghdad.
15 Animals as well as people have died as supply convoys were foiled by bombed roads and bridges, and as convoys have been fired upon.
16. Some abandoned animals are left tied up without war
and are dying of thirst.
17. Motorists racing to get out of bombing areas are
mowing down goats, cats, dogs, chickens, sheep on the roads.
18. US soldiers at Dugway Proving Ground and elsewhere
are told to hunt kill and eat rabbits and other creatures.
19. American soldiers drinking have shot tigers and lions in the Baghdad Zoo.
Millions of fishes as well as untold numbers of birds, turtles and other
sea beings have died in an oil spill
created by a power plant bombing. Cows have died of thirst
on boats unable to land liveshipped animals. Animals
have died as relief supplies can't get into the many crisis
areas. The Olmert regime has fired upon relief workers.
* http://www.chai-online.org did an article about the bulldozing of the Gaza zoo
and is one of many groups involved in relief for war animals
http://www.animalaid.org.uk (search for war on animals)
http://www.worldanimalnet.org
http://www.wspa.org (Australian branch) re animals trapped
in live shipment boats in Beirut harbor
http://www.chai-online.org re bulldozing of Gaza zoo
http://www.peta.net/feat/military (all but 1 item factual)
http://www.indymedia.org.uk (re Glaxo and Oxford
vivisection)
ocean creatures dying from
massive oil spill generated by Israeli bombing of power
plant
http://www.wspa.org international animal relief
http://www.worldanimalnet.org
500 CLUSTER BOMBS A DAY
500 cluster bombs a day are being found in civilian
areas of Iraq..
while the military says 1500 in total found their way
into civilian areas
And the military which doesn't mind the use of antipersonnel
weapons.. doesn't mind blowing dogs to bits either
