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These are informative/educational. See also the videos marked
in the Inspiration section.
in the Inspiration section.
- TED Talk: The surprising decline in violence, Steven Pinker. See also his book.
- TED Talk: One day of peace, Jeremy Gilley.
- The Empathic Civilisation , Jeremy Rifkin. Very creative animation illustrates his talk on extending empathy beyond the tribe to encompass the entire world.
- Why We Fight, d: Eugene Jarecki. A well-constructed argument covering the last half-century, showing who benefits from war and how they generate support for it.
- The War You Don’t See, d: John Pilger. This movie documents in detail how the media present governments’ views on war through embedding and access to officials. Presenting any other view makes journalists persona non grata. This movie will change the way you look at news.
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- The U.S. Army suicide rate has more than doubled in the last decade.
- War is a Racket, the text of a 1935 book by Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC.
- Warfare is Only an Invention — Not a Biological Necessity, 1940 paper by Margaret Mead.
- Must We Fight?, ed. William L. Ury, 2001. Frans de Waal debunks the views of Konrad Lorenz, Robert Ardrey and Desmond Morris that human aggression is innate. R. Brian Ferguson looks at the archaeological evidence and finds the expected traces of war are missing. Bill Ury (the author of “Getting to YES”) finds the community to be an essential element in conflict resolution.
- War (Opposing Viewpoints), ed. Louise I. Gerdes, 2005.
- The End of War: How Waging Peace Can Save Humanity, Our Planet, and Our Future, Paul K. Chappell and Gavin de Becker, 2010.
- The Military-Industrial Complex, Sidney Lens, 1970.
Now out of print, but as relevant as ever today. - The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, Steven Pinker, 2012. See also the video.
Peace Quotes- More Peace Quotes
- International Peace Day
- Stand By Me. The Ben E.King song; an awesome example of global cooperation.
- A Message for All of Humanity. Charlie Chaplin’s inspirational speech from the closing momemts of “The Great Dictator”, set to modern images and music.
- I Didn’t Raise My Boy to be a Soldier. The first anti-war hit record, with graphic footage from WW I.