peace
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Martin Luther King Civil Rights Leader and Peace Advocate (Part 1 of 4)
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his life for the poor of the world, the garbage workers of Memphis and the peasants of Vietnam. The day that Negro people and others in bondage are truly free, on the day want is abolished, on the day wars are no more, on that day I know my husband will rest in a long-deserved peace. —Coretta King This article is part of a series on human rights forebears. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr lived a life beyond the ordinary and writing about him is challenging. His life made the world that came after him better. This article will not do justice to…
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Poesie di Pace: Non ce frontiera che divida il cielo
It seems better to remember peace than dwell on war. These verses are examples of poetry from around the world which express an aspiration for peace. It was our hope That all the world’s oceans Be joined in peace So why do the winds and waves Now rise up in angry rage? No lines exist Which sector off the sky So high above Though the nations of this earth Are all bound by borders. I still remember those days of peace — Twenty years among mountains and forests, The pure stream running past my yard, The caves and valleys at my door. I dream of a wave of peace A…
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Hiroshima
An old eucalyptus tree grows in the ruins of Hiroshima Castle. Although only 750 metres from ground zero when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima at 8.15 am on 6 August 1945, the eucalyptus tree survived and still lives. All around it for miles about was destroyed. Warfare has not been central to the discussion that has unfolded on this site, but it cannot be ignored. It is only foreigners or rebels that we kill in war. To label someone a foreigner is potentiality or in reality a licence to deprive them of life in “the national interest”. Moreover the logic of war provides a licence to deprive our…
