09/22/07 Jean McElhaney: We should notice and practice nonviolence
Jean McElhaney: We should notice and practice nonviolence
Madison Capital Times
A letter to the editor — 9/22/2007 9:23 am
Dear Editor: I urge you and your readers to pay attention to the nonviolent protests of the war currently taking place in Madison and across the country. Locally, a group of about 50 dedicated activists held a "die-in" Monday on the sidewalk outside of Sen. Herb Kohl's office.
In the nonviolent spirit of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, they bore witness to the violence of the war in Iraq.
I am saddened by reports that no mainstream journalists were there, as I firmly believe these sorts of actions are far more important than much of what is covered in the "news" (e.g., what O.J. Simpson is up to).
This action was part of nationwide actions going on this week, organized in part by the Declaration of Peace Campaign and the Occupation Project.
We are halfway through the U.N. Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence. Let us honor the spirit of nonviolence, which moves people to make personal sacrifices and risk arrest in their yearning for peace. It is this spirit that we need to cultivate in our imagination and our actions, in order to create a more peaceful world. Let's do whatever we can to cultivate more peace inside ourselves, with the people in our lives, and in the larger world.
And oh, yes, remember to contact your senators and congressional representatives about cutting off funding for the war.
Jean McElhaney, Lone Rock
Madison Capital Times
A letter to the editor — 9/22/2007 9:23 am
Dear Editor: I urge you and your readers to pay attention to the nonviolent protests of the war currently taking place in Madison and across the country. Locally, a group of about 50 dedicated activists held a "die-in" Monday on the sidewalk outside of Sen. Herb Kohl's office.
In the nonviolent spirit of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, they bore witness to the violence of the war in Iraq.
I am saddened by reports that no mainstream journalists were there, as I firmly believe these sorts of actions are far more important than much of what is covered in the "news" (e.g., what O.J. Simpson is up to).
This action was part of nationwide actions going on this week, organized in part by the Declaration of Peace Campaign and the Occupation Project.
We are halfway through the U.N. Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence. Let us honor the spirit of nonviolence, which moves people to make personal sacrifices and risk arrest in their yearning for peace. It is this spirit that we need to cultivate in our imagination and our actions, in order to create a more peaceful world. Let's do whatever we can to cultivate more peace inside ourselves, with the people in our lives, and in the larger world.
And oh, yes, remember to contact your senators and congressional representatives about cutting off funding for the war.
Jean McElhaney, Lone Rock
Submitted by wnpj on Mon, 09/24/2007 - 1:20pm.