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A note from Kathie
Ban the bomb again!
Raise a roar
Beliefs that perpetuate war
News from Engaging Peace
Children and youth peace corner

Kathie Malley-Morrison

Greetings!

 

This month, Choosing Peace for Good takes a look at the need to stop nuclear testing, the value of poetry for promoting peace, and beliefs that perpetuate war.

We're also delighted to announce that Engaging Peace has been officially designated as a public charity!

The Children and Youth Peace Corner features a tribute by 16-year-old poet and activist San'aa Sultan.

 

Please check out the blog for more stories, and join the dialogue on Engaging Peace.

-- Kathie

Coming soon to Engaging Peace!

Be sure to check out the blog for these upcoming posts:
-- Economic "warfare" and its implications for Labor Day
-- Remembering 9/11
-- International Day of Non-Violence

 - More book and movie reviews about issues of war and peace  

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The Newsletter of Engaging Peace                           August, 2011 

Ban the bomb again! 

By Dr. Kathie Malley-Morrison

 

"...the end of nuclear tests is one of the key means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world."

 

Those words are from the Preamble of the United Nations Resolution designating August 29 as International Day against Nuclear Tests.

 

Please take the time to watch a brief dramatic video about the events leading up to the U.N. General Assembly's unanimous decision on December 2, 2009.

 

It includes information and powerful images about the 2000+ nuclear tests... Read more...
Raise a roar

By Dr. Kathie Malley-Morrison

I Made You Look:  An Anti-War Poem

I Made You Look: An Anti-War Poem

Raise a roar, abhor war.

 

The Engaging Peace blog has featured some powerful anti-war poetry -- "Dulce et Decorum Est" by the great WWI poet Wilfred Owen, several compelling poems by the Vietnam War poet David Connolly, and most recently "My soul isn't at peace" by 16 year-old San'aa Sultan.

 

Pro-and anti-war poems have a long history and hundreds of...

Read more...  

 

Beliefs that perpetuate war

By guest author Dr. Dean Hammer     

 

In 1989, Roger Walsh (a professor of psychiatry at University of California Irvine) wrote a seminal paper entitled, Toward a Psychology of Human Survival: Psychological Approaches to Contemporary Global Threats.  

 

Walsh identified several global threats that continue to plague us today including: malnutrition, resource depletion, the ecological blight, and nuclear weapons. These threats to human survival and wellbeing "are actually symptoms of..."  Read more...


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Children and youth peace corner
By guest author San'aa Sultan

 
Sameer Ahmed Rah taken from

Sameer Ahmed Rah was killed by Indian Occupational Forces in the valley of Kashmir on the 2nd of August.

At the tender age of nine his life met a violent end and he became for me a symbol of the world we live in. He became more than a story and a nameless face. Sameer became the little boy in whose name I would devote my activism.
 
There are many things that young people can do to encourage peace and ensure that stories like Sameer's are not common. The first step is to stretch out our hands towards those less fortunate than ourselves, in our own neighborhoods if not abroad, and with love or a smile or even with money.

Our small acts of kindness bring hope to those we reach out to and tell them they are not alone. For those who are suffering, these are the best gifts we can offer--love, hope and solidarity.

 

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Sincerely,
Kathie Malley-Morrison, Principal Author
Pat Daniel, Managing Editor
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