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EP Silenced! (But not for long!)

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by Kathie MM

Like thousands of other progressive, social justice-oriented, representative democracy-promoting sites, Engaging Peace was attacked with malware before the recent elections. Thus, we had no chance to publish our second get-out-the vote newsletter supplement with this post by Dr. Roy Eidelson and this one by Rev Dr Doe West.

But we’re baaack, bolder than ever, and thrilled with the outcome of the elections. The grassroots efforts, including by Engaging Peace, to get out the vote and move the country towards a more progressive, socially just, and democratic union, worked. The millions and millions of dollars spent by the old guard, the rich, the greedy, the military industrialists, were not enough to stop the letter writing, the postcard mailings, the phone calls, the rallies, and all those efforts made a difference. And the fight has only begun.

As is true of so many of the organizations that have devoted enormous efforts to building an America that is great for everyone (not just the greedy 1% whose hold on the government and the economy has just undergone some fracturing), Engaging Peace has empty coffers (and would love your donation), but more on that in later communications.
Right now, it is time to celebrate the successes of those of us who are working for a better democracy.

Stay tuned, give thanks on Thursday for the progress made, and renew on Friday your commitment to engaging peace and social justice.

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/

Speaking truth to power on IWRD

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Women’s International League, 5/1/22. This image is available from the United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID npcc.06273. In the public domain in the USA

By Kathie MM

It’s International Women’s Rights Day, March 8, 2018—a day not just to celebrate women’s escape from bondage, or women’s courageous struggle to gain their inherent social, economic, and political rights, but also to press for progress / .  When gun rights outweigh women’s and children’s rights and the NRA agenda outranks human rights, it’s time to act.

In every nonviolent struggle for rights, role models can play a crucial role. Today, let a child lead you. Watch and take courage from the words and deeds of some very young women—the young women who are organizing the March 24, March for Our Lives on Washington, DC. https://marchforourlives.com/In particular, make your day by watching this video  in which Sarah Chadwick, one of the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting (which left 17 students and staff dead), takes on Dana Loesch, spokespropagandist for the NRA.

Read the whole story and transcript here.

Then decide how you can support the March 24 March for Life, for women’s rights, human rights, and peace. To remind yourself that the activism of ordinary citizens can move mountains while congresspeople sit on their hands and worry about their wallets, read this .

Women, for further inspiration about the particular differences women can make, also read this and join the cause.