Message of
Susan
Department of
Peace Initiative
at Home2b.nl
Give Peace a
Chance!
Stand Up!
We are living
historical moment
at this point on
Earth.
We have 2 winds
blowing and these opposing forces
are causing much
conflict.
The side in
current power causes much pain
and destruction that is only seen
on international
screens or via alternative media
sources.
It is the time of
making a choice - no sitting
on the fence here
- and the time is now.
We who want to
create peace must choose for it
consciously and
with determination!
For to do
otherwise is to sit back
and just watch
destruction unfold.
Television can
make war so sterile
but in reality it
is painful and disheartening.
We see no reality
TV coming out of Iraq, do we?
And which TV
station would dare to put it
on air in the
U.S.?
Do you think that
if we were watching
this boy who had
his whole family
bombed to death in the middle
of the night and
he who now has no hands,
we would, any of us,
actually support
this war?
We must state out
loud that we want peace,
to ourselves, to
our family, friends and
neighbors,
as well as to our
politicians. We must in essence,
stand up for
peace. By doing so, we take back our power
and stand up for
the light.
There is such a
situation as divine intervention
but there needs to
be a definite decision
to support peace
so that the divine can know
that it is
supported in this effort
Why should God stand up for us if we cannot
even state
that we want peace
or to even pray for this choice.
We can make a
choice for peace by stating it
and praying for
it.
We can go to demonstrations
for peace,
write our politicians,
let the press know
what we want to see
or not see on TV.
It is only a telephone call,
or letter or Email
away.
We can seek out alternative sources of news,
via the internet,
Public radio, non-mainstream magazines
and the new satellite TV stations
such as Free
Speech TV,
World Link or Oasis TV.
And there are tons
of internet sources
of alternative
news articles.
Also take notice
when certain journalist
are either fired,
beaten or
thrown out of
reporting the news.
Why should this
happen if there is
supposed to be a
free press.
Also be aware that
some press is being
harassed,
threatened or bribed.
When
"reporters" ask questions with the intension of
making a person infavour of peace into a
villain
then a little red
flag should go up and
we should question
the integrity of the reporting.
Remember the old
saying, "Question Authority",
well that should also
include,
"Question the integrity of the Press"
Also notice when a
question is not answered
or skirted around
and avoided by people of authority.
This is not a
person of integrity if
they are in a
position of power, especially power
over the armed
forces or over the press or other people.
We need to take
back our power.
Become informed
and really think about what you want
to support in this life. Because, if it is war
against
a people who have
not attacked us then it is the creator
and your own
conscious that you will have to answer to.
Think about the message you are sending
to the children of
this world. Do you just want them
to attack others who they think will attack
them?
When we were kids
ourselves,
weren't these kind
of people called bullies?
Here below is a very important text!
This is a good idea for all countries!
Join the Campaign
to create a Department of Peace
in the United
States government!
At this critical
time in US history,
righteous action
is the
antidote to
despair. Please participate in lobbying
to create a U.S.
Department of Peace,
sponsored in the
House ofRepresentatives
by Congressman Dennis Kucinich.
This bill establishes
non-violence as an
organizing principle of American society,
cultivating an array of peace-building
policies and procedures.
On April 8th, this historic legislation will
be introduced for
a second time; whether or
not it becomes law
is dependent on whether we,
the people of the United States, take the time
to make phone
calls, lobby our Congress people,
and in other ways
create the political will to make it happen.
WHAT IT IS:
The Department of
Peace focuses on individual
and group
responsibilities for establishing non-violence
as an organizing principle in society. The
Department would focus
on non-military peaceful conflict resolutions,
prevent violence
and promote justice
and democratic
principles to expand human rights.
Domestically, the
Department would be responsible
for developing
policies which address issues
such as domestic
violence, child abuse,
mistreatment of
the elderly,
and other issues
of cultural violence.
Internationally,
the Department would gather research,
analyse foreign policy and make
recommendations
to the President
on how to address the root causes of war
and intervene before violence begins,
while improving
national security,
including the protection
of human rights
and the prevention
and de-escalation of
unarmed and armed
international conflict.
You can read the
latest draft of the proposed legislation at
www.dopcampaign.org
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE LEGISLATION
-Hold peace as an
organizing principle in our society;
-Endeavour to
promote justice and democratic principles
to expand human
rights;
-Strengthen
non-military means of peacemaking;
-Work to create
peace, prevent violence,
divert from armed conflict, use
field-tested
programs, and develop new structures
in non-violent
intervention, mediation,
peaceful
resolution of conflict, and structured
mediation of
conflict;
-Address matters
both domestic
and international
in scope;
-Submit to the
President recommendations for reductions
in weapons of mass
destruction,
and make annual
reports to the President on the sale
of arms from the
United States to other nations,
with analysis of the
impact of such
sales on the defence of the United States
and how such sales effect peace;
-Encourage the
development of initiatives
from local
communities,
religious groups, and
nongovernmental organizations;
-Facilitate the
development of peace summits
at which parties
to a conflict may gather
under carefully
prepared conditions to promote
non-violent communication and mutually
beneficial solutions;
-Develop new
programs that relate to the societal
challenges of
school violence, guns,
racial or ethnic
violence, violence against gays and
lesbians, and
police-community relations disputes;
-Sponsor country
and regional conflict prevention
and dispute resolution initiatives, create
special task
forces, and draw on local, regional,
and national
expertise to develop plans and programs
for addressing the
root sources of conflict in troubled areas;
-Provide for the
training of all United States personnel
who administer post conflict reconstruction
and demobilization
in war-torn societies;
-Sponsor country
and regional conflict prevention
and dispute
resolution initiatives, create special task forces,
and draw on local, regional,
and national
expertise to develop plans and programs
for addressing the
root sources of conflict in troubled areas;
The USA
initiative:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Peace
The Kucinich
Legislation:
http://kucinich.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=1564
We are sorry, that this webpage is off-line.
The Canadian
initiative:
http://www.departmentofpeace.ca/
The British
initiative:
http://www.ministryforpeace.org/
The original idea
comes from George Orwell
in his book 1984:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Peace
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Updated July 25, 2011
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