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Opera for Peace: Peace Song for 4/5/2012

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“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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Love Can Build A Bridge: Peace Song for 3/29/2012

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“Love Can Build A Bridge” is the Peace Song of the Day for 3/29/2012. The song was written by John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd, and Paul Overstreet. It was released first by the Judds, and then covered by various artists. It’s a simple, beautiful song about the power of love, and the ability of an individual to heal and to create peace.
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Don’t be a hero: Peace Song for 3/27/2012

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“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…”

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Nonviolence: Muste’s Getting Rid of War

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The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of PeaceThe twelfth chapter of The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace  contains A.J. Muste‘s 1959 essay  Getting Rid of War.  The essay leads off the third section of the book:  The Cold War and Vietnam. Muste’s life was a journey toward pacifism and through politics and religion.  He was a labor organizer, anti-war leader and civil rights mentor.

Muste seeks a path to “abolish war and the benumbing threat of nuclear destruction.”  He defines the problem as having two “characteristics”: 1) the cancerous growth of weapons of mass destruction, and 2) the political intransigence between the Western and Eastern blocs.  The first problem has not been resolved.  The second has only changed players, but the fight over resources has not.  Continue reading Nonviolence: Muste’s Getting Rid of War →

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I’ve Got Soul, But I’m Not A Soldier: Peace Song for 3/26

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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.

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