Enough Blood Shed: 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror and WarNew Society Publishers, 2006 M05 1 - 288 pages Enough Blood Shed confronts the reality of a world awash in weapons and the belief that war is inevitable, with people powerless to change the system. It provides an alternative perspective based on solutions known to be successful because they have been used already. The first part of the book describes the culture of violence that has led the world to this precipice of hopelessness, and then points to signs of hope that a different future is possible. It outlines the steps being made to build a culture of peace, including the phenomenal power of civil society: the second superpower - or the conscience of society. Part Two then focuses on the solutions that are possible for all sectors of society:
Focusing on the power of ordinary people to make a difference and packed with effective nonviolent success stories - often in a setting of hate and provocation - the book provides guidance, inspiration, hope and empowerment that peace is not only possible, but can be fun along the way. |
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... Canadian Senator Emeritus Douglas Roche , O.C. This book is for all of us who feel fear and despair about the future of our violent world , and who care deeply about what is ahead for the children and all the other cohabitant species of ...
... Canada . Copyright © 2006 by Mary - Wynne Ashford and Guy Dauncey . All rights reserved . Cover design by Diane McIntosh . Images : Melina Mara / Kitsap Sun ; Getty Images , Brand X Pictures . Printed in Canada . First printing May 2006 ...
... ( Canada ) : www.pgs.org • Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs : www.pugwash.org The nuclear bomb is the most anti - demo- cratic , anti - human , outright evil thing that man has ever made .... This world of ours is four ...
... ( Canada ) : www.pgs.ca • Responsibility to Care : www.r2care.org • UNESCO ( UN Educational , Scientific , and Cultural Organization ) : www3.unesco.org/iycp 8 Empires and War mpires are not compatible with a. 15 INTRODUCTION.
... ) becomes essential , since the United States imports 60 percent of its daily oil needs ( 17 percent from Canada , the rest from overseas ) . According to Linda McQuaig , " Seizing Arab oilfields was too risky as. 20 ENOUGH BLOOD SHED.
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Enough Blood Shed: 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror and War Mary-Wynne Ashford,Guy Dauncey Limited preview - 2006 |
Enough Blood Shed: 101 Solutions to Violence, Terror and War Mary-Wynne Ashford,Guy Dauncey No preview available - 2006 |