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We calmly accept newspaper reports of civilian slaughter in far off lands. We glorify killing on movie and television screens and call it entertainment. We make it easy for men of all shades of sanity to acquire weapons and ammunition they desire.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others. Some Americans who preach nonviolence abroad fail to practice it here at home. Some who accuse others of inciting riots have by their own conduct invited them.

Some looks for scapegoats, others look for conspiracies, but this much is clear; violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleaning of our whole society can remove this sickness from our soul.

Robert F. Kennedy, Remarks to the Cleveland City Club, April 5, 1968 (via androphilia)
The Drone Diego Coordinating Committee invites organizations and individuals to come to San Diego on April 4-7, 2013, as we protest and bring attention to the dangers drones present to the people of the world. Join us for nonviolent actions, workshops, street theater and more, or organize your own activities. Our opposition to drone warfare is based on our stand for peace and justice. We believe that: Armed drones are weapons of terror. They kill combatants and civilians, children and adults, men and women, alike. Their presence overhead terrorizes entire communities. Extrajudicial assassinations by killer drones violate U. S. and international law. Surveillance drones threaten our liberties, spying on communities and borders, invading our personal privacy. Drones make our families less secure by making it easier for military and paramilitary agencies (like the CIA) to continue endless war without limits in either space or time. Why come to San Diego? San Diego is the drone production capital of the world. San Diego is home to General Atomics, builders of the killer Predator and Reaper drones (which may be armed with Hellfire missiles), and Northrup Grumman, maker of the Global Hawk surveillance drone. Surveillance drones also regularly fly along the border between San Diego and Mexico. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
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The Drone Diego Coordinating Committee invites organizations and individuals to come to San Diego on April 4-7, 2013, as we protest and bring attention to the dangers drones present to the people of the world. Join us for nonviolent actions, workshops, street theater and more, or organize your own activities.

Our opposition to drone warfare is based on our stand for peace and justice. We believe that:

  • Armed drones are weapons of terror. They kill combatants and civilians, children and adults, men and women, alike. Their presence overhead terrorizes entire communities.
  • Extrajudicial assassinations by killer drones violate U. S. and international law.
  • Surveillance drones threaten our liberties, spying on communities and borders, invading our personal privacy.
  • Drones make our families less secure by making it easier for military and paramilitary agencies (like the CIA) to continue endless war without limits in either space or time.

Why come to San Diego? San Diego is the drone production capital of the world. San Diego is home to General Atomics, builders of the killer Predator and Reaper drones (which may be armed with Hellfire missiles), and Northrup Grumman, maker of the Global Hawk surveillance drone. Surveillance drones also regularly fly along the border between San Diego and Mexico.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

I’ve told the kids in the ghettos that violence won’t solve their problems, but then they ask me, and rightly so; “Why does the government use massive doses of violence to bring about the change it wants in the world?” After this I knew that I could no longer speak against the violence in the ghettos without also speaking against the violence of my government
Martin Luther King Jr. (via loveinfamine)
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December.The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared resolution 423(V), inviting all member states and any other interested organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit. Read the Declaration here: http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. — via Peace Resource Center of San Diego (Dec. 10, 2012)
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Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December.

The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared resolution 423(V), inviting all member states and any other interested organizations to celebrate the day as they saw fit.

Read the Declaration here:

Article 1.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

— via Peace Resource Center of San Diego (Dec. 10, 2012)

eyesthebye: When Jimmy Carter lost the Presidency 32 years ago he did not run and hide. Rather he and his wife set to work on making a wide variety of contributions for peace, justice and health worldwide He found outside of the Office of President there were many ways he could still effect great change He probably deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for Camp David  eventually won it for his wide variety of efforts. Here is a link to to the Carter Peace Cen. I have been following this work for a few years now and as a member admire what he and Rosaline have done You can lose an election and still be a winner http://www.cartercenter.org/about/index.html
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eyesthebye:

When Jimmy Carter lost the Presidency 32 years ago he did not run and hide. Rather he and his wife set to work on making a wide variety of contributions for peace, justice and health worldwide He found outside of the Office of President there were many ways he could still effect great change He probably deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for Camp David  eventually won it for his wide variety of efforts. Here is a link to to the Carter Peace Cen. I have been following this work for a few years now and as a member admire what he and Rosaline have done You can lose an election and still be a winner

http://www.cartercenter.org/about/index.html

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