Peace

Alone for Peace

Having delivered our troops and the people of Iraq into a quagmire, the American public is working hard to forgive itself by reaffirming its commitment to the war against Terror.

Photo Proof

When a peace association or an individual is maliciously accused of wrongdoing, you can count on me for stand up for it.

Kristallnacht

The breaking glass that you hear may be the shattering of a nonviolent hope for peace in Israel and Palestine.

Buddhism and War

During the heyday of Buddhism on the Indian subcontinent, emperors such as Harsha of Kanauj and Dharmapala of Binhar and Bengal waged wars of expansion quite avidly, despite their faith.

A conversation

Girl: Mommy, can't we go shopping and save the world?

What is a Pacifist 2?

"I'm a pacifist," an NRA enthusiast once told me. "That's why I carry a gun."

Uniting for Peace

After reflecting on what signing this might do to others' perceptions of me, particularly my fellow Americans, I signed it:

Misfire for Peace, etc.

For many years, a favorite taunt of the left was that the Gulf War achieved nothing: Saddam Hussein remains in power. We got our answer to that one and it is called Gulf War 2...When we win this one that some think we're going to lose, what will we be able to say but "duh"?

Negativism?

I reiterate this challenge to anyone who thinks the time has come to give in to Bush by participating in campaigns or personal gestures in support of the soldiers, sailors, and airmen now poised to attack Iraq: show me the negativism in promoting making lives over killing.

Cassandro Sighs

There's a lot of pessimism out there. Pessimism that suggests that we've done all we can do, that it shall end with candle-light vigils and last minute protests.

Red Saint Patrick's Day

Is Bush color-blind?

Wailing for Peace

I suspect he laughs off the candlelight vigils, but a scream would put the chill to him.

War Blogging

The ways people choose to deal with the threat of war is not unlike the ways that people express grief over the death of a loved one. Here the loved one is World Peace. Some cry, some scream, some stay silent, some distract themselves. They are all valid responses to this insane situation.

Peace Vigils/Candles for Peace

Put this code on your page by March 17, 2003 as a sign of your support for peace instead of war.

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World Opinion on Iraq

Will my fellow Americans start getting the hint that the world does not want this war?

Turkish News
Another of those stories which doesn't seem to make it to the United States thanks to our so-called "liberal media"...

The Gunfighter Myth

Only the United States puts the first priority on polishing its guns, stocking ammunition, and, from time to time, using them. In the meantime, while we declare our independence from the world, we eat a lot of cold beans, grown and canned elsewhere.

Notice to U.S. Counter-Terrorism Operatives

I think you should know that a major terrorist activity is set for March 17 2003 at the United Nations Building.

Blogging in Iraq

Remember when the patriots of the Sovereign Empire of Bush were saying stuff like "why don't you go to Iraq?" and I asked them to put their money where their mouth was?

Of Time and the River

What I want to do in these troubled times is float. I do too little of that in good times and even less in times like these.

Of Time and the River

What I want to do in these troubled times is float. I do too little of that in good times and even less in times like these.

A Common Sense Backlash

More Peace Stickers

Emergency Petition to Security Council

I signed. Now it's your turn.

They Think It's Funny

Peace Stickers

Virtual March on Washington

Didn't go to one of the demonstrations last week? Feel left out of history?

Sinking the Propaganda Boats

Nothing but Jingo Bells all the year through, no matter how many times we spoil Georgie's black oil Christmas with facts and reason.

This is My Country -- Get Used to It!

....there are a lot of people who have been taking cheap shots at those of us who love our nation like some people love their alcoholic spouses: we don't want it to destroy itself on this power-tripping drug called militarism.

Blogging for Peace

Not in Our Name plans a moment in which everyone drops what they are doing to do something to express their opposition against the war later this month.

Peace Rally Signs

A rare steal from an email.

Worth it

We may well see concussions, broken bones, and worse conditions wreaked by police. And it may be worth it.

Psychological Warfare

We got the message, George, and we still don't want to war.

Casa de los Amigos Earthquake Report

They don't have any special fund for earthquake relief, yet, but there's a chance that some of the indigenous communities that they assist will present them with needs in the near future.

Peace On Earth Needs No Memorial

The next time there is a war...let's build a monument that honors all the casualties. Not just our dead, not just soldiers, but their dead, too, and any neutrals who happened to get in harm's way.

Why Pacifists Don't Support War?

"Duh!" is the most succinct and apt response.

Srebenica, the Sniper, and the Right Thing

Now that the sniper has turned out to be a black muslim, what's next? Insistance that we should never have freed the slaves?

Hard Truth

They see the older pacifists marching and think it cute, something to photograph. But have they talked to those who made genuine sacrifices for the cause? Have they considered what their showing up may mean?

Slovenia 1991

Wouldn't it be wonderful, we laughed, if all wars were fought by lines of men who just mooned each other?

Cassandro 2

I already dwell in the prison whose walls are the ignorance, the forgetfulness, and the apathy of others around me.

Country Joe and the Fish

Remember Country Joe and the Fish? The anti-war anthem they sang at Woodstock?

Violence

Chief Jingoist George W. Bush cries that Sadam Hussein tried to kill his daddy. It is true. But George Bush Sr. directed the armed forces to find and kill Sadam Hussein during the Gulf War. Here we have the petty politics of personal feud taken to the global level.

Pity

Such idealism!

Home of the Brave?

if war is about courage, why so many expressions of patriotism that suggest that the thing we should do is hide?

I do not support this adventure, regardless

The blame for the evil that this adventure is sure to bring rests on its promoters. I am prepared to forgive, but they shall still be held accountable. I shall strive to see them removed and forever prevented from holding office in our future nation of the free.

The Jigsaw Woman

You couldn't look at her. Not right at her. Not in those eyes that ballooned out of their sockets. I looked away from her face, but I saw her leg.

I signed this

From Not in Our Name: We believe that questioning, criticism, and dissent must be valued and protected. We understand that such rights and values are always contested and must be fought for.

Fifteen Minutes of Fame

Did you know that President-Elected-By-The-People Al Gore spoke out against Mr. Bush's war in San Francisco yesterday?

Witness to the Effects of a Spiritual Fragmentation Grenade

I've grown sick because the human rights issues that I have championed over the years are being selectively employed to justify the ultimate human rights abuse, which is murder.

A Suggested Amendment

I think perhaps it is high time that we add a new amendment to the constitution.

A Clue for Certain Friends

It's not just our boys. It's their boys, too. And their girls, their old grannies, the pale women secreted in their harems, and their sun-wizened men who sip syrupy coffee and play backgammon.

Moral Decline

It's about ridiculing saints. It is about pressing people who could be saints to ignore their consciences and their rational minds, to give in to hate.

Possessed

Joel the Angel of Wrath came out swinging the terrible swift sword of invective.

Viva La Nonviolent Revolution!

...if you want to help a terrorist, the best thing you can do in his book is install more draconian measures.

Hiroshima Day

Well, with the way most of us have been conditioned to think about "the necessity" of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Another unpopular position

My beef with both the Israelies and the Palestinians is that they are waging unjust war against each other. Who started it? I say that question is bullshit....

America the Gangster Land

...yesterday's signing of the "Hague Invasion Act" marks a low point in American history.

A Comment Made Elsewhere

It's a good thing that a free people can listen in on the Congress when it is considering whether to commit itself to becoming the world's chief bully and make a hopeless shambles of an already bad economy. I just wonder if the big decision is going to be a smart one.

I've Done It Now

I cry.

What's wrong with America?

<The_Christian_Zionist> the USA Is awsome .. and thanks to Bin Laden .. we have our enemies identified so its going to be a really cool war

One of the few things you're going to see me say about Israel/Palestine

This has never been one of my favorite subjects.

The Language of Quitters

After Vietnam, Watergate, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, the Impeachment Imbroglio, the Starrish Inquisition, and the Stolen Election, Americans may have given up on the expectation of integrity for those in public office. Instead of striving for betterment, we are merely happy with the idea that we're lousing up no worse than before.

Holocaust Denial

Would that the number were only 300,000 as some hope!