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Religions as revolutions
By guest author Majed Ashy, Ph.D. From the time of… Moses, who helped guide the Israelis out of slavery and oppression to freedom, to Jesus, who preached equality and love and changed the whole human understanding of power structures, to … Continue reading
Posted in Armed conflict, Propaganda, Tolerance, Understanding violence
Tagged Cambodia, Eastern Europe, fear, genocide, Japan, Jesus, Korean war, Majed Ashy, Mohammad, Moses, nuclear bombs, oppression, peace, prejudice, religion, revolutions, Russia, Rwanda, Stalin, Vietnam, violence, war, World War I, World War II
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Today: A day of mourning and celebration
Today is a day when we should mourn the first and only use of nuclear weapons and their growing threat to life on earth. By some estimates (e.g., the Ploughshares Fund, June, 2010), there may now be over 20,000 nuclear … Continue reading
Posted in Champions of peace
Tagged activists, Daniel Ellsberg, Fukushima, Hiroshima, Howard Zinn, Japan, mindfulness, Nagasaki, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, Nuclear-Free Future Month, persecution, Ploughshares Fund, prosecution, Russia, The Bomb, The Nuclear Abolitionist, Waging Nonviolence
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Ordinary people: Thoughts about war and peace
Ever since 9/11, the Group on International Perspectives on Governmental Aggression and Peace (GIPGAP) has been studying the views of ordinary people concerning war and peace and related issues. We started our work at Boston University but soon attracted psychologists … Continue reading
Posted in Peace studies, Understanding violence
Tagged Australia, Boston University, Canada, Egypt, GIPGAP, government-sponsored aggression, Greece, Group on International Perspectives on Governmental Aggression and Peace, Iceland, India, invasion, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Nicaragua, peace, Peru, prisoners of war, psychologists, Russia, social scientists, South Africa, Spain, torture, Turkey, U.S., war
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