World March for Peace and NonViolence

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The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010. A permanent base of a hundred people of different nationalities will complete the journey.

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The World March

The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009, the anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, declared the “International Day of Non-Violence” by the United Nations. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010. The March will last 90 days, three long months of travel. It will pass through all climates and seasons, from the hot summer of the tropics and the deserts, to the winter of Siberia. The stages will be the longest American and Asian, both almost a month. A permanent base of a hundred people of different nationalities will complete the journey.

Why?

Because we can end world hunger with 10% of what is spent on arms. Imagine how life would be if 30-50% of the arms budget went toward improving people’s lives instead of being used for destruction.

Because eliminating wars and violence means leaving human pre-history behind and taking a giant step forward in the evolution of our species..

Because we are accompanied by the voices of so many war-torn generations that came before us. The echo of their voices still resounds throughout the world, wherever armed conflict leaves its sinister memorial to the dead, disappeared, disabled and displaced.

Because a “world without wars” is an image that opens the future and seeks to become reality in every corner of the planet, as violence gives way to dialog.

The moment has come for the voiceless to be heard! Out of agonizing and urgent need, millions of human beings are crying out for an end to wars and violence.

We can make that happen by uniting all the forces of pacifism and active non-violence worldwide.

When?

The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009, the anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, declared the “International Day of Non-Violence” by the United Nations. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010.

The March will last 90 days, three long months of travel. It will pass through all climates and seasons, from the hot summer of the tropics and the deserts, to the winter of Siberia.

Who is participating?

The March was initiated by “World Without Wars,” an international organization that has been working for 15 years in the fields of pacifism and non-violence.

The World March, however, will be created and shaped by everyone. Open to any person, organization, collective, group, political party, business, etc., that shares the same aspirations and sensibility, this project is not something closed. Instead, it is a journey that will be progressively enriched as different initiatives set their contributions in motion.

That is why this is an invitation to anyone and everyone to participate freely. So that wherever the March goes, the local people can contribute their creativity in a great convergence of multiple activities.

There’s space for everything the imagination is capable of conceiving.

The possible channels of participation are multiple and diverse, including virtual participation in the March through Internet.
This is a march by and for the people, with hopes of reaching most of the world’s population. For this reason we are asking all media to spread the word about this journey around the world for Peace and Non-violence.

What is going to happen?

In every city the March visits, local individuals and groups will organize forums, meetings, festivals, conferences, and events (sports, cultural, social, musical, artistic, educational, etc., depending on their own creative initiative.

At this time hundreds of projects have already been set in motion by different individuals and organizations.

What are our goals?

To denounce the dangerous world situation that is leading us closer and closer to nuclear war, which would be the greatest catastrophe in human history – a dead end.

To give a voice to the majority of world citizens who want peace. Although the majority of the human race opposes the arms race, we are not sending out a unified signal. Instead we are letting ourselves be manipulated by a powerful minority and suffering the consequences. The time has come to stand together and show our opposition. Join a multitude of others in sending a clear signal, and your voice will have to be heard!

To achieve the eradication of nuclear weapons; the progressive and proportional reduction of non-nuclear arms; the signing of non-aggression treaties among nations; and the renunciation by governments of war as a way to resolve conflicts.

To expose the many other forms of violence (economic, racial, sexual, religious…) that are currently hidden or disguised by their perpetrators; and to provide a way for all who suffer such violence to be heard.

To create global awareness - as has already happened with environmental issues - of the urgent need to condemn of all forms of violence and bring about real Peace.

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Comment by Clicia Pavan on August 1, 2009 at 2:34am

Comment by Clicia Pavan on August 1, 2009 at 2:03am: Nations in New York City.
The talk was sponsored by the Chilean Embassy, and Tony Robinson acted as the interpreter.
Chris Wells, The North American Spokesperson, introduced Rafael.
Rafael presented The World March for Peace and Nonviolence to the Delegates of the UN.
Namaste

Comment by Clicia Pavan on August 1, 2009 at 2:02am: Una vela por la paz - El mundo recuerda, el 6 de agosto, los 60 años de un ataque nuclear que devastó las ciudades de Hiroshima y Nagasaki la Paz, la Paz, la Paz de Hiroshima nunca más estos hermanos que buscan la paz, la unión hace la diferencia
Soy musulmán! Estoy hindúes! Y estoy judío! Soy cristiano! "Mahatma Gandhi
"No hay camino hacia la paz, la paz es el camino"
El mundo de hoy tiene que aprender a vivir con diferencias --- Respetar el derecho de la próxima
Namaste
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A candle for peace --The world remembers, on August 6, the 60 years of nuclear attack that devastated the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace,Peace,Peace Hiroshima never again Namaste
these brothers who are seeking peace, union makes a difference
I am Muslim! I am Hindu! And I'm Jewish! I am Christian! "Mahatma Gandhi
"There is no path to peace, peace is the way"
The world today has to learn to live with differences --- Respecting the right of the next
Namaste

The COMPAZ, congratulates this global initiative that will contribute much to the understanding that "together" we can build a global culture of peace and non-violence, and overcoming the existing culture of violence, based on military power and use of force in resolving conflicts "natural" humans. We put in the COMPAZ from now as a link in this chain of processing and positive agenda for actions to promote a culture of peace. "

Comment by Clicia Pavan on August 1, 2009 at 1:59am: call for nuclear disarmament by the event - 06 August
August 6 in Rio de Janeiro
Event: Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
Programming: Videos, Lectures, Cultural Activities

To avoid future disaster, we must act today.

"The World March for Peace and Non-Violence is a call to the conscience of each one of us is a voice that must raise all together, is a moral and what is to be done in this difficult time we are through.
The horror of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not in a historical past. The images of pain and death absurd still alive in our consciousness, but at the same time nourish our deep yearning for a world where it is possible that atrocity.
Today, we remember the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to dignify his memory and to strengthen an open and diverse global movement, which rejects all forms of violence and say the human being as maximum value. "

Rafael de la Rubia
Coordinator of the World March for Peace and Non-Violence.

convite para evento pelo desarmamento nuclear - 06 de agosto
6 de agosto no Rio de Janeiro
julho 30, 2009 de WiNagaoka

“O COMPAZ, parabeniza esta iniciativa global que muito contribuirá para o entendimento de que ”juntos”, podemos construir uma cultura planetária pela paz e não-violência, e superarmos esta cultura vigente da violência, baseada no poder bélico e uso da força na resolução dos conflitos “naturais” humanos. Nós do COMPAZ nos colocamos a partir de agora como mais um dos elos desta corrente transformadora e agenda positiva para ações que promovam a cultura de paz.”

convite para evento pelo desarmamento nuclear - 06 de agosto
6 de agosto no Rio de Janeiro
Evento: Hiroshima 6 de agosto de 1945
Programação: Vídeos, Palestras, Atividades Culturais

Para evitar a catástrofe futura, devemos atuar hoje.

“A Marcha Mundial pela Paz e a Não-Violência é um chamado à consciência de cada um de nós, é a voz que devemos todos juntos elevar, é uma proposta moral e é aquilo que precisa ser feito neste difícil momento que estamos atravessando.
O horror de Hiroshima e Nagasaki não permaneceu em um passado histórico. As imagens de dor e de morte absurdas continuam vivas em nossa consciência, mas ao mesmo tempo alimentam nossa profunda aspiração por um mundo onde não seja mais possível essa atrocidade.
Hoje, lembramos as pessoas de Hiroshima e Nagasaki para dignificar sua memória e para reforçar um movimento mundial aberto e diverso, que rejeite toda forma de violência e afirme o ser humano como máximo valor”.

Rafael de la Rubia
Coordenador da Marcha Mundial pela Paz e a Não-Violência.

Comment by F.J Lopez De La Serna on July 29, 2009 at 3:51am: En un caos se puede establecer un orden.
Cada uno de nosotros debe de desarrollar su propio despertad espiritual.
La libertad ,la igualdad y la fraternidad sea la base de la evolución de nuestra especie.
Un solo Acto
Un solo Grito
Bajo el concepto de moral surgen otros dos conceptos que son, cada uno a su manera, antónimos y que normalmente se confunden. Uno es el de inmoral, el cual hace referencia a todo aquel comportamiento o persona que viola su propia moral o la moral pública. Esta persona estaría actuando de forma incorrecta, estaría actuando mal.
El otro concepto es el de amoral, el cual hace referencia a las personas que carecen de moral, por lo que no juzgan los hechos ni actos como buenos o malos, correctos o incorrectos. La mayor defensa de la amoralidad la realizan los taoístas.
El Maoísmo dice que la moral corrompe al ser humano, obligándolo a hacer cosas buenas cuando no está preparado y prohibiéndole hacer cosas malas cuando necesita experimentar para darse cuenta de las repercusiones de sus actos. Todo lo moral, según ellos, implica forzar la naturaleza del ser humano y es fruto de la desconfianza y el miedo a los demás, a lo que puedan hacer si no están sometidos al estricto gobierno de unas leyes que rijan su comportamiento. Es evidente que esta postura ha echado raíces en el primer mundo donde la mentalidad liberal viaja paralelamente opuesta a los valores morales: vive conforme a tu criterio y no sigas lo establecido.

El libro de la sabiduría y los Proverbios de Salomón, las Máximas de los siete sabios de Grecia, los Versos dorados y otros de los poetas de Grecia o bien en forma de apólogos y alegorías hasta que revistió carácter científico en las escuelas de Grecia y Roma
Toda Acción social tiene efectos en el medio en donde se desenvuelve la vida de los actores sociales. Estos efectos podrán clasificarse como buenos o malos, deseados o indeseados, admitiendo atributos intermedios entre ambos extremos. Puede decirse que la ética describe la acción social en función de los efectos que produce según una previa clasificación de los mismos.
Si calificamos a los efectos como buenos o malos, luego, las acciones que los producen, así como la Actitud y la persona de la cual proviene
Una vez que adoptamos un objetivo a lograr, lo “bueno” es todo aquello que favorece su logro, mientras que lo “malo” es todo lo que lo impide. Como el hombre busca la felicidad, el “bien” es lo que la permite llegar a esta, mientras que el “mal” es lo que impide su logro
El entendimiento de la naturaleza de belleza es uno de los temas claves en la disciplina filosófica conocida como la estética.
Entre dos clases de belleza, natural y poética. El primero está en la contemplación de la naturaleza, mientras que el último se halla en la intervención consciente y creativa del hombre.
Un solo acto
Un solo grito
Todos a la vez.
Libertad ,Igualdad ,Fraternidad.
Paz
J. López de La Serna

Comment by David Sparenberg on July 28, 2009 at 7:48pm: AN EXORCISM

This is an exorcism.
And it is said
for the angry and anguished dead
who are not departed.

This is an exorcism.
And it is said
over the barracks and ashen plots
of Auschwitz.

This is an exorcism.
And it is said
over the powdered bones
and the melted organs
of Hiroshima.

This is an exorcism.
And it is said
behind the choking voice
of common dignity
and before
the smoking battlefronts
of the inhuman heart.

These are words to release
ghettos of ghosts
from the silence
of endless torments. From
life’s madness.

These are words
to release
and to protect us
from the silence
of crimes committed
in the names of our sons
and our fathers.

This is an exorcism.
It must be said
every place
a hand has clutched
and every place
a tooth has bitten.

To be repeated, year after year,
between
the holy graveyards of heaven
and the killing fields on earth.

This is an exorcism.
And it is said for them
and for us.
For those who have fallen
under the heavy scythe of war.
And for those who await
the season of slaughter

from HEALING, A Book of Poetry by David Sparenberg

Comment by F.J Lopez De La Serna on July 28, 2009 at 3:57pm: PEACE

Comment by F.J Lopez De La Serna on July 28, 2009 at 3:56pm

Comment by Clicia Pavan on July 28, 2009 at 3:28pm: Ipeace Come be part of group--- Let's help these brothers who are seeking peace, union makes a difference
I am Muslim! I am Hindu! And I'm Jewish! I am Christian! "Mahatma Gandhi
"There is no path to peace, peace is the way"
The world today has to learn to live with differences --- Respecting the right of the next
Namaste
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Vamos Ipeace ser parte del grupo ---
Vamos a ayudar a estos hermanos que buscan la paz, la unión hace la diferencia
Soy musulmán! Estoy hindúes! Y estoy judío! Soy cristiano! "Mahatma Gandhi
"No hay camino hacia la paz, la paz es el camino"
El mundo de hoy tiene que aprender a vivir con diferencias --- Respetar el derecho de la próxima
Namaste

Comment by Clicia Pavan on July 28, 2009 at 1:37am: President, Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, USA, and grandson of Mohandas Gandhi.
“It is with pleasure that I endorse the Great March for Peace. It is a first step but it must be acknowledged that Peace is not the absence of war or violence. It is as much or more about the absence of exploitation and oppression of all kinds that take place in any society. Peace will be attained only when there is harmony in the Self and in Society.”
Peace,Peace,Peace
Namaste