With serendipitous timing, as a big march for the climate, and various related events, are planned on and around the International Day of Peace, Randall Amster has just published an important book called Peace Ecology.

This book bridges divides that very much need to be bridged between peace activism and peace academia, and between peace advocacy and environmentalism.  This is, in fact, a peace book for deep environmentalists and an environmental book for deep peace advocates.

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If an alien invader with a face were attacking the earth, the difficulties that governments have getting populations to support wars on other humans would be multiplied a thousand fold.  The most common response to officials calling some petty foreign despot “a new Hitler” would shift from “yeah, right” to “who cares?” The people of the world would unite in common defense against the hostile alien.

If only it had a face.  And what’s a face anyway?  read more

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Programme:Earthwise Episode title: American David Swanson, journalist, author, blogger, peace activist discusses threats to Pagan Island, Northern Marianas from the US military Description:Vieques Island, part of Puerto Rico, has been ravished and poisoned by incessant US military bombing and other practices, including using Depleted Uranium. Will the same happen to Pagan Island? Duration:0 hour(s) 26 minute(s) Release date: October 16 2013 Download: mp3 version

Pagan Island is known for its beauty and rich biological diversity. As David has said, “let’s take this opportunity to build a bridge between peace activism and environmental activism.” By the way, the Northern Marianas have observer status in the Pacific Islands Forum, in which New Zealand plays a leading role.

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Baltimore’s poorer neighborhoods have been dealing with Martin O’Malley for years and years, as I can recall from when I worked in ACORN’s national office and heard all about the trouble this man was from our Maryland chapter.  O’Malley, once mayor of Baltimore and now governor of Maryland, may run for president of the United States on a what’s-left-of-the-left-wing-of-the-Democratic-Party read more

Join my awesome neice and nephew in Raleigh for this incredible event! –DS
 

March for Our Planet

September 28, 2013, 3:30 pm in Raleigh, NC

Sharing flyers about the March for Our Planet

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On September 28, 2013, young people around the world will lead marches, rallies, and demonstrations to call attention to climate change and to ask our leaders to make protecting our planet a top priority.  Events will be planned and led by youth but all read more

PLAY REVIEW

Extreme Whether

by: Karen Malpede
Featuring George Bartenieff, Zach Grenier, Kathleen Purcell, Di Zhu, and Alex Tavis

Reading: September 10, 2013
The Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce St., New York, NY

Script available at: http://theaterthreecollaborative.org

Review by: David Swanson
 

Published in the July / August 2013 Humanist

When my dad, Neil Swanson, goes to rallies against the tar sands pipeline, people rush up to him and thank him for everything he’s doing. They don’t actually read more