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And the Beat Goes On: 100 Living Peace and Justice Leaders and Models, List 4, Part 3.

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Poster at Rededication ceremony, Peace Abbey, July 29, 2018. Reprinted by permission.

by Kathie Malley-Morrison & Anthony J. Marsella

This fourth list of Living Peace and Justice Leaders continues our efforts to honor the life and work of Reverend Martin Luther-King, Jr.

These are increasingly dangerous times.  Peace and social justice activists like those cited in our four lists help us find ways to resist  rising fascism, racism, militarization, corruption, greed,  disregard for life, and utter contempt for a universal moral code like the Golden Rule.

These leaders and  mentors, and thousands of others like them, need followers but, even more than that, they need comrades–not comrades-in-arms but comrades advancing arm-in-arm  to work for causes that benefit all of humanity and indeed life on earth.  Learn more about these leaders.  Support their causes. Do not bow down to tyranny. Resist.

  1. Nyarwaya:  Eddy Kalisa Nyarwaya Jr. Executive Secretary of the Rwanda Institute for Conflict Transformation and Peace Building; President of the Alternatives to Violence Program
  2. Orlov: Dmitry Orlov,  predicts cultural, financial, commercial, and political collapse in US and elsewhere.
  3. Pauli: Richard Pauli, climate activist  
  4. Pepper: William F. Pepper,  attorney, investigator of assassinations, represented MLK’s family in a wrongful death lawsuit
  5. Pitt: William Rivers Pitt,Teacher, writer, political activist
  6. Prasad: Surya Nath Prasad, writer, Transcend Media Services, supporter of universal peace education
  7. Prysner: Michael Prysner:  S. army veteran, political activist
  8. Priest:  Dana Priest,investigative reporter, Washington  Post, Top Secret America book 
  9. Pulley: Aislinn Pulley,  Chicago Black Lives Matter, African American leader   
  10. Quam: Lois Quam, activist for health care and the environment. 
  11. Reimer: Kevin Reimer,  peace psychology professor
  12. Richards: Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood  
  13. Richtman: Max Richtman, President/CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare 
  14. Schindler: Stefan Schindler,  Peace scholar, poetry for peace activist 
  15. Seed: John Seed, Saving the Rain Forests 
  16. Stevenson: Bryan Stevenson, Slavery Museum
  17. Stone: Oliver Stone, film maker
  18. Sulik: Gayle Sulik, Breast Cancer Founder
  19. Sundarajan: Louise Sundarajan, Indigenous Psychologies 
  20. Tatour: Dareen Tatour, Palestinian citizen of Israel charged with inciting violence with her poetry. 
  21. Thapa: Lily Thapa, Single Women for Human Rights in Nepal
  22. Theoharis: Liz Theoharis Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
  23. Todhunter: Colin Todhunter, writer, critic of international agribusinesses. 
  24. Toon: Brian Toon  climate research 
  25. Torres-Rivera: Edil Torres Rivera,  LatinoX  Counseling for Social Justice activist 
  26. Townsend: David Townsend, J.D., Attorney, Mediator, Activist
  27. Turbeville: Brandon Turbeville Writer for Activist Post, host of Truth on the Tracks, a weekly news roundup serving as a hub for activists, information, and solutions.
  28. Tverberg:  Gail Tverberg,    Energy and Peak Oil Analyst 
  29. Vitchek: Andre Vitchek, revolutionary, internationalist, and globetrotter fighting Western imperialism 
  30. Vilkomerson: Rebecca Vilkomerson,  Executive Director, Jewish Voice for Peace 
  31. Wagner: Richard Wagner, peace psychology pioneer.
  32. Wallace: Timmon Milne Wallis, Director of Peaceworkers UK.
  33. Ward: Eric K. Ward, long-time civil rights strategist
  34. Wedler: Carey Wedler, Editor, Anti-Media
  35. West: Doe West, Native American scholar, pastor, social justice activist, disability rights advocate.
  36. White:  James A. White Jr., Prisoner who started numerous educational programs for prisoners
  37.  Wolff: Richard D. Wolff,  Author, Marxist economist 
  38. Yumbo: Elisvan Greffa Yumbo, Peruvian activist fighting for protection of Amazon waters from oil industry.  
  39. Young: Andrew Young civil rights activist, U.S. Representative, Pastor, diplomat, mayor, educator.
  40. Zimoz: Sergey Zimov, climate change activist working to preserve life in the Artic
    And remember to vote in November.
    1. This week’s posts have been adapted from a longer one on Transcend Media Services. See https://www.transcend.org/tms/2018/08/100-living-peace-and-justice-leaders-and-models-list-4/

What is your TAQ (Torture Awareness Quotient)?

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June is Torture Awareness Month.

Let’s see how you can do on our Torture Awareness quiz.

Choose the best answer to each of the following items:

  1. “Extraordinary rendition” means
    1. a so-so version of your favorite song
    2. forcible transfer of a person from one country to another without any judicial or administrative oversight.
  2. Since 9/11, the U.S. government has repeatedly violated both international and domestic prohibitions on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment
    1. true
    2. false
  3. Torture does not violate international laws if it is done for purposes of national security.
    1. true
    2. false
  4. Torture does not violate international laws if it is intended to get information just in time to stop some imminent threat to harm large numbers of people.
    1. true
    2. false
  5. “Enhanced interrogation” is a euphemism for torture.
    1. true
    2. false
  6. Solitary confinement is torture
    1. true
    2. false
  7. Force feeding someone who refuses to eat is not torture.
    1. true
    2. false

Answers:

1: b;   2: a;   3: b;   4: b;   5: a;   6: a;  7: b

Some useful sources and resources:

1.Huffington post article

2. Amnesty International

3. Amnesty International

4. National Religious Council Against Torture

5.Physicians for Human Rights

6. PBS

7. UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights

Also learn about the role of the  Psychologists for Social Responsibility in fighting against torture and the role of some psychologists in inflicting torture.

Kathie Malley-Morrison, Professor of Psychology