“The Mimetic Theory Song” is The Royal Song of the Day for Sunday, August 14th. This song was written by Sonny Meadows, for a local peace event. It is very catchy. The song is in the video below, at the 3min 55sec mark:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSG7iNX21cQ] Continue reading Mimetic Theory: Peace Song for 8/14/2011
The Royal Song of the Day is “Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends“. You can find the lyrics in Rise Up Singing on page 70. Susanna, Duchess of Peace, chose this song to follow the thread of loving the earth, and to honor the unusual sighting of a pod of 200 dolphins in Long Island Sound. More about that story: here.
“Be Kind To Your Web Footed Friends” is sung to the tune of “Stars & Stripes Forever”. And, the whimsical, web-footed verse is actually much more famous, and much more peaceful, than the official lyrics of the march.
Chamber music version
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“All Clear in Harrisburg” is The Royal Song of the Day for Friday, August 12th. The Duke requested an anti-nuclear song for today. Sustainability and nonviolence towards the earth are important parts of peace.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLWetqzhgIQ] Continue reading Questioning nuclear energy: Peace Song of the Day for 8/12/2011
Where Have All The Flowers Gone is the Royal Song of the Day for Tuesday, August 9th. You can find the lyrics at Rise Up Singing on page 165.
Below are a few video samples of Pete Seeger singing this song he wrote…
Pete Seeger singing “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”, on stage with his grandson, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger and with Arlo Guthrie. As posted at an Arlo family Youtube channel:
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Update 9/2011: Two more pieces on the London Riots.
Looking back after some time has passed…
Article One from 9/2/2011
Essex: Researchers say politicians partly to blame for recent riots
“People who trusted Government were less likely to break the law…The conclusion we drew was that their trust in politicians would make them less likely to engage in the illegal activity that we observed in the riots.”
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Article Two from 8/31/2011
(Specific politicians’ reactions to the riots.)
David Cameron rejects claim politicians’ behaviour was to blame for riots
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Our Original Post:
The Duke and Duchess of Peace strive for nonviolent solutions to problems. We do not in anyway condone the violence and looting happening in relation to the London riots that started in Tottenham and have spread. This is the third night of riots. We offer our empathy to the people of London, and hope that they find a nonviolent solution to this problem quickly.
For the purpose of reflection and study, we offer the following two opinion pieces, which give background and analysis concerning the situation:
The Daily Beast
London Burns as Riots Spread Continue reading Two (Plus 2) Opinion Pieces on the London Riots
Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chödrön is the Royal Book of the Week. For Duke Augustus, this book is a necessity to anyone trying to lead a more nonviolent life. It is the perfect follow-up to the Monday 7/25/11 Royal Book of the Week Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg. Rosenberg’s book explores our emotional reactions to other people’s behavior, and tries to give us back control of interactions with other people by separating the emotions we are feeling from what our response to the person is in order to resolve conflict instead of increasing it. Chödrön’s book takes us inside those emotions second-by-second so that our thought and action can be separated from our emotions rather than controlled by them. Continue reading Royal Book of the Week: Monday 8/8/11
This weekend marked the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. Here on Long Island, South Country Peace Group and the peace community held an event in Bellport.
The Royal Song of the Day for 8/8/2011 is “I Come and Stand”, which is also sometimes known as “Dead Little Girl of Hiroshima”. The lyrics can be found in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 160.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vZ0KgLifjI] Continue reading Little children and nuclear energy: Peace Song of the Day for 8/8/2011