A peace activism is a social movement that seeks to achieve the ideals of ending all wars, and inter-human violence. To achieve these ends the following are typical, advocacy of pacifism, non-violent resistance, boycotts, peaceful demonstrations, moral purchasing initiatives.
Oh Children of Gaza Ah, the wars they will be fought again. The holy dove, she will be caught again, bought and sold, and bought again… — Leonard Cohen Amid a war pulverized Gaza, on a dusty road in soul searing heat, emerges a barefoot tattered and torn young girl, maybe seven or eight years […]
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“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.” – Thomas Merton. If we are looking for a moniker for the living Divine, the “God of Peace” (Yahweh-Shalom) is a real humdinger. It occurs many times in the Bible, and in Hebrew, Christian, and Islamic writing more broadly. There have always been people who
Historically, many young men have been easily seduced by the imagined glory of war, and old men are all too often the ones who fan the violent flames. Meanwhile, women throughout the ages have carried the terrible burden of both. Serious peace activists embrace a complete upturning of the tables and nothing less. It should
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