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. http://indymedia.org around the world http://www.oregongasprices.com

2 Hire message planes to fly over warmonger
fundraisers http://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.
http://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.

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.
http://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
http://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.
http://fruitarians.blogspot.com

14 Make our land nonviolent. Stop the war against plants. 52 reasons not to mow
http://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.
http://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

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.)
http://www.mcspotlight.org
http://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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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 http://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 http://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 http://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.

DAVID KRIEGER
99 of David Krieger's ideas to make peace 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
http://indymedia.org
http://www.internationalanswer.org
http://www.afsc.org
http://pax.protest.net
http://wagingpeace.org
http://peace.mennolink.org/links.html
Mennonite
http://www.cpt.org/ Christian Peacemaker Teams
http://www.catholicworker.org
http://www.hindu.org
http://www.sathyasai.org
http://www.batshalom.org
http://www.peacenow.org
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/link.htm
New Zealand
http://www.people4peace.net/links/
http://www.teachingpeace.org Colorado
Conscientious Objector links:
http://quinnell.us/conflict/links/object.html
http://www.peacetax.org
http://www.peacepilgrim.com/links1.htm
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/spyring.html
http://www.911truth.org
http://www.emory.edu/CARTER_CENTER/homepage.htm
http://www.amnesty.org peace requires
ending state murder
http://www.tcadp.org
http://www.abolition2000.org peace
is disarmament
http://www.actagainstviolence.com
end violent tv images
http://www.artsforpeaceandjustice.net
http://www.codepink4peace.org
http://www.worldanimalnet.org
http://spot.acorn.net/fruitarian
http://stopmowing.blogspot.com
http://www.aflcio.org
http://www.ufw.org
http://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



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.

R.W. Burniske's comments closely capture my own thoughts and sentiments about peace and justice as they relate to the War in Iraq and the possibility of future military actions occurring around the world. As a member of the faculty at the University of Hawaii, I have been inspired and invigorated by the number of faculty members and students on our campus who have made their voices heard regarding the need to promote peace and not war over the past several months.

I have also been disappointed in the number of persons on our campus who remain silent in spite ot the horrific actions that are occurring in Iraq. When I take time to reflect on some of the reasons why persons who are in important positions of power and influence would remain silent during this sort of moral crisis...some of the things that come to my mind include ... peoples' fear of appearing unpatriotic, indivudals who are simply not confident in articulating their belifs about peace publically, some people's genuine desire to maintain the status quo, and an awareness that many members of the acadmy believe that the War in Iraq is a reasonable response to the issues that the Bush Administration has raised in its propagandized efforts to sell the war to the U.S. citiznry through lies and other types of deception.

While I can understand these perspectives I do not "respect" them. When looking up the word "respect" in the dictionary it states "to hold in high esteem." I am not respectful of this silent complicity in part because I am a member of the international peace and social justice movement. From this vantage point, I can understand but not necessarily be respectful of those administrators, faculty members, and students in higher education institutions who help support war through their quiet complicity....My lack of respect for this posture is also rooted in an awareness that this silence is typically manifested by people in higher education who are the direct recipients of many of the economic-social privileges that go with being a professional in higher education.

While the silent passivity that has characterized the way many members of the academy have responded to the war build-up and implementation is disturbing; I also realize that this response to moral crises in higher education is more the norm than the exception. I say this because of my knowledge of the ways in which higher education administrators and faculty members have historically and presently continue to fail to address the complex ways in which other forms of cultural oppression and racism are embedded in this nation's and our state's system of higher education.

As these thoughts pass through my mind, I am reminded of what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had repeatedly said during the civil rights movement, "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem"...

When we fail to take a stand to promote peace...when we remain silent on issues of peace and justice... we need to be reminded that there is a violence in this silence...as we are guilty through complicity...silently complying with the leaders of our nation as they continue to assert more primitive, more destructive, illegal and immoral ways of resolving interpersonal-international conflicts.

Michael D'Andrea
Department of Counselor Education
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
E-Mail Michael@hawaii.edu

Edited by author 05-09-2003 04:28 AM

The poet, Marianne Moore, claimed "The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; / not in silence, but restraint." The desire for peace is one of the deepest feelings within us all, but also one of the most diffficult to fulfill. We cannot "do" peace; we can only "be" peace, which probably explains why the people who want to "do something" about international conflicts often resort to war.

I realize evil exists in this world, but I don't believe we will ever rid ourselves of it by physically attacking others. Humanity has been trying to solve conflicts through armed aggression since the day a troglodyte picked up a bone and smacked someone over the head so that he could have the cave (or some other possession) to himself. Millions of years later, we demonstrate our ingenuity by inventing new weapons, but our stupidity through primitive means of conflict resolution. We can only evolve as individuals, and progress as a species, if we dedicate ourselves to peace, not war. And we can only achieve peace through justice, not the brute force of the strong imposing their will upon the weak.

I admire those who demonstrate their strength, courage and character by resisting the temptation of attacking others, particularly those who are weaker than them. As Shakespeare told us long ago, "They that have pow'r to hurt and will do none [...] They rightly do inherit heaven's graces."

We've tried solving problems through war for long enough... it's time for AlohaNow!

R.W. Burniske
Honolulu, Hawaii

There are a number of Peace Petitions already circulating on the World Wide Web, and many of them express wonderful sentiments in an articulate and powerful manner. In fact, you will find links to some of them within the AlohaNow! archives:
http://www.orgsites.com/hi/alohanow/

However, most print and electronic petitions are written by a small group of people, who then circulate the central statement for "signature" by those who read and approve of it. We'd like to offer an alternative approach to this process, one that relies upon the kindness, and thoughtfulness, of people like you.

Please take a moment to compose a line or two, then sign your name and tell us where in the world you're coming from. In this manner, we'll help establish a virtual 'ohana' (family), demonstrating the power of telecollaboration as we work together to create a unique document: the AlohaNow! Peace Petition.