Peace & Human Rights
In 2005 Michio Kaku was invited to a world peace conference and brought up some very insightful and interesting points, some of which may have been a premonition to the global economic crisis and the global military agenda. Dr. Kaku: “The will of the people is more powerful than the hydrogen bomb”. Governments know this and, as a result, frequently declare war on the people to keep them in line.
Many times pictures speak louder than stories: by creating a time-lapse portrait series of soldiers before, during and after the war, Lalage Snow reveals more about their psychological drama then their own words could.
Abby Martin talks to peace activist, Cindy Sheehan, about ‘Tour de Peace’ – an ambitious initiative to bike across the country and demand an end to US wars and militarism. Cindy Sheehan and others are planning a bike ride from Casey Sheehan’s grave in Vacaville, CA to Washington, DC to demand true and positive change.
“When they come to these kinds of events, the first thing you’re told is how many you’re gonna perform a day,” she said Friday. “You’ve got to go through 25 men a day, or you’re going through 50 of them. When they give you that number, you better make that number.”
The more I read about Aaron Swartz, the more he seemed like a hero from an Ayn Rand novel. Unfortunately, accompanying his Randian hero-like intelligence, moral IQ, and frustration that the rest of the population ignorantly resists progression was the nonfiction of his flaws. Swartz was too idealistic to work within the confines of the system, but instead of being able to trudge on heroically against the wrongs of our government, was human enough to let the fear of it dictate his present and erase his future.
All conflict is the result of holding grievances and our refusal to love one another. If we fail to extend our love to include everyone, in the same way that Love loves everyone and everything, then we have blocked the awareness of our own reality, which is completely loving, and totally at peace.
When war between Israel and Iran seemed imminent, Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry shared a poster on Facebook of himself and his daughter with a bold message: “Iranians … we [heart] you.” Other Israelis quickly created their own posters with the same message — and Iranians responded in kind.
