“Harmony” (2010) by Christofer Drew, of the band Never Shout Never, is the Peace Song of the Day for 4/7.
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Passover and Easter: 10 Ways To Foster Peace For The Holidays
The Spring Holidays are a perfect time for sharing and celebrating, as well as for learning and inspiring positive change.
Kimberly and Ian Wilder, the team behind Peace Couple, share interesting holidays. One of us is from a Jewish tradition, and the other is from a Christian tradition. Both of us resonate with Buddhism, and ancient, earth-based celebrations of the seasons.
Both Easter and Passover are Spring Holidays that celebrate renewal. Passover also celebrates Freedom.
We made a list in order to share some ideas and links for inserting peace and nonviolence into the Spring holidays.
10 Ways to foster peace for Easter and Passover
1. Put a tomato on your Seder plate. Continue reading Passover and Easter: 10 Ways To Foster Peace For The Holidays
Opera for Peace: Peace Song for 4/5/2012
“March With Me” is the Peace Song of the Day for April 5th. I believe that this is the first time that our daily peace song has been from the genre of opera. “March With Me” is performed by Montserrat Caballe and Vangelis. Ms. Caballe is a Spanish, operatic soprano. Vangelis is a Greek composer. Both have made a mark on popular culture.
The words to “March With Me” are beautiful and uplifting (and simple enough, that you may be able to memorize them.)
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Living with war everyday: Peace Song for 4/2/2012
“Living With War” by Neil Young is the Peace Song of the Day for April 2nd. You can find the album Living With War at Alibris: here
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Military Madness: Peace Song for 3/28/2012
“Military Madness” by Graham Nash is the Peace Song of the Day for 3/28/2012. It is on his album Songs for Beginners.
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Don’t be a hero: Peace Song for 3/27/2012
“Billy Don’t Be A Hero” (1974) is the Peace Song of the Day for 3/27/2012. It was written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, and performed by Paper Lace, as well as Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods.
This song was picked in keeping with the subject of counter-military recruiting, that we mentioned with yesterday’s song. How do we teach young people that war is not a place of glory?
“Billy don’t be a hero don’t be a fool with your life…”
I’ve Got Soul, But I’m Not A Soldier: Peace Song for 3/26
The Peace Song of the Day for 3/26/2012 is “All These Things That I’ve Done“, by the alternative rock band, The Killers (2004).
The song includes a great line for young people trying to resist the temptation of choosing the military as a career. There is a mantra in the song that goes, “I got soul, but I’m not a soldier”. For more ways to resist war, and resist military recruitment at school, you can see the Counter Recruitment page at War Resisters League: here.
More about this song… Continue reading I’ve Got Soul, But I’m Not A Soldier: Peace Song for 3/26