Please inform me of any reference to Non-Violence that any of the peace organizations are using or have used. I have written ANSWER, UFPJ, and MOVE-ON, asking them to include statements of the need for non-violence and I never receive a reply.
I believe it is very important. It should be number one on the list for the long lasting affect. What do you think? Have you seen any reference to Non-Violence?
Thank you.
It might not be the answer you're looking for, but here is a posting from the nycanarchists listserv:
"10 MUTUAL ASSURANCES BETWEEN GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS PLANNING RNC RELATED
ACTIVITIES(1)
The undersigned groups and organizations planning RNC related activities agree:
1. To publicly support rights of free speech, the right to organize, and the right to dissent for all.
2. To maintain solidarity with and respect the guidelines of all permitted activities, recognizing that there are many individuals who seek a safe and
peaceful protest environment.
3. To support and participate in efforts to assure civil liberties for everyone in NYC, including the right to organize civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action without that organizing being criminalized or disrupted.
4. To speak out against any pre-emptive arrests, raids on activist spaces, or attacks on independent journalists and other media.
5. To be conscious of and speak out against police targeting and differential treatment of people based on race, gender, sexual orientation, accent, or appearance.
6. Not to turn people over to the police, or share information with the police about other groups.
7. Not to publicly criticize the tactics used by other parts or our movements or cooperate with media efforts to be divisive or portray good protester/bad protester.
8. To publicly condemn police repression and brutality.
9. To be conscious that if violence or property destruction does occur, we will do what we can to help prevent it from being blown out of proportion and dominating the media coverage.
10. To remember that, when all is said and done, our greatest win will be an activist community with a renewed sense of strength and unity.
SIGNATORS: www.rncnotwelcome.org, United for Peace and Justice, Not in Our Name, Action for Justice Committee of Community Church of New York, Times Up!, Billionaires For Bush, New York Common Ground, Nat’l Youth and Student Peace Coalition, Youmg Koreans United USA…
To add your group please email: tenmutualassurances@hotmail.com
(1) This document is modeled after the Civil Liberties Alert that went out from AFL, Community, NGO's, local and direct action groups prior to the Miami protests. The unity around basic democratic rights made a huge difference and we had a united front when we presented them to the Police and in numerous joint press conference calling for basic democratic rights."
--Matthew
Here are some organizations that promote nonviolence. Hope this helps!
from UNESCO website...
UNESCO Culture of Peace:
framework and rationale
"Because the year 2000 is the International Year for the Culture of Peace (UN Doc A/RES/52/15) and the period 2001-2010 is the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (UN Doc A/RES/53/25), there is no better time to join the global movement to educate for a sustainable culture of peace."
various mentions of nonviolence from the UN website...
United Nations Charter: origins
"In 1945, the United Nations was established to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war", "to reaffirm faith in the …dignity and worth of the human person [and] in the equal rights of men and women", "to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained", and "to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom…". Peace education has developed as a means to achieve these goals. (Preamble to the UN Charter)"
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: origins
"Peace education is "directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms". It promotes "understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups" and furthers "the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace." (Article 26, Universal Declaration of Human Rights)"
Ringing of the Peace Bell Ceremony
20 September 2002 at 10.00 AM
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Mr. Secretary-General, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,
It gives me great pleasure to join you this year, as we gather here to ring the peace bell and to celebrate the International Day of Peace and Global Ceasefire.
This special occasion allows us to remind ourselves of the primary mission of our organization - maintenance of world-wide peace and security. The people of the many nations who collected the coins to construct this bell show us that life in peace is a desire shared by people around the globe. Many of these people look to the United Nations for support in the peaceful settlement of disputes, in conflict resolution, post-conflict reconstruction and economic and social development. And indeed, throughout the years of its existence, the United Nations has helped to better the lives of many of these people.
I therefore wholeheartedly welcome the designation of 21 September as the international day of peace, nonviolence, and global cease-fire. The celebrations give us an opportunity to reflect on past accomplishments and draw inspiration for the work ahead as the United Nations General Assembly launches its deliberations. I also sincerely hope that this symbolic act can be accompanied by a commitment to a cease-fire by as many warring parties as possible.
In this way let the peace bell's ring resonate throughout the world by spreading tolerance, dignity, justice, understanding, solidarity, prosperity - in one word, by spreading peace.
(from: http://disarmament.un.org:8080/education/docs/perlman.pdf)
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
George Soros' Open Society Institute
"THE CULTURE OF PEACE," by Ada Aharoni
Quaker links to "Peacemaker" sites
Here are two more, forwarded by micah at why-war.org.