http://www.pacifistposse.org/blog Amazing what a little kindness will accomplish.... Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:30:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many sites are promoting the International Day of Peace 21 September 2008. Here's a non-exhaustive list: The Kansas City branch of American Friends Service Committee (which committee works tirelessly for peace, all the time); Teach Peace; Peace one Day; The Ning group iPeace; BILLION BELLS FOR PEACE One World, One Dream, Ringing in Unity!; International ... http://www.pacifistposse.org/blog/2008/09/20/international-day-of-peace-08/ Bob, an individual I know on the Internet often has this tag on this e-mail messages: "war is a failure of imagination" Alan Moore I like the idea. But I thought the source might have been older than Mr. Moore, who's noted for his comics over several recent decades (though he might be ... http://www.pacifistposse.org/blog/2008/08/16/imagination/ Pardon me for mixing my interests in basketball and peace. Here's a story worth promoting, though. In the Los Angeles Times, Chris Hine has a story entitled "Lakers' Jordan Farmar to go on peace mission to Middle East: Lakers guard, who is Jewish, will travel to Israel in August to ... http://www.pacifistposse.org/blog/2008/07/16/hoops-for-peace/ Yo, folks. Anyone able to translate Italian? I came across this site and it looked sort of promising. http://www.pacifistposse.org/blog/2008/07/08/italian-anyone/ Mubarak Awad, who established the Palestinian Centre for the Study of Nonviolence, is one of those folks whom I admire for their persistence in promoting non-violence in the face of daunting examples of disappointment. Mr. Awad advocates Gandhian solutions to conflicts in what has to be one of the most ... http://www.pacifistposse.org/blog/2008/06/29/got-my-admiration/