“The Bell” by Stephan Said (aka Stephan Smith) is the Peace Song of the Day for November 10th. This song was created back in 2002, in response to the Iraq War. Unfortunately, it is still relevant today, on a variety of levels.
The video below includes vocals by Stephan Said and Pete Seeger.
Continue reading “I will not fight your war,” said the child and he stood: Peace Song for 11/10/2011
“I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag” by Joe McDonald is the Peace Song of the Day for November 9th. (Posting it today as a catchup session for the daily song.) You can find the words to this song in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 160.
The most famous version is the one performed at Woodstock by Country Joe and The Fish. The video below is a cover, posted at Youtube. (It adds a mention of Iraq).
Continue reading Come on Wall Street: Peace Song for 11/9/2011
“Turn, Turn, Turn” by Pete Seeger is the Peace Song of the Day for November 8th. (Yes, dear readers, I missed a couple of days and am playing catch up!) You can find the words to “Turn, Turn, Turn” — which are adapted from The Bible, Book of Ecclesiastes — on page 228 of the Rise Up Singing songbook.
I am dedicating this song to everyone who feels funny, anxious, excited, or depressed by the changing of seasons and the clocks being adjusted. Take care of yourself, talk to someone if you need to, and realize it is all part of a glorious cycle!
-Susanna, Duchess of Peace
Continue reading As the season turns: Peace Song for 11/8/2011
“What Are You Fighting For?” by Phil Ochs is the Peace Song of the Day for Monday, November 7th.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 – is Election Day in the USA. Please remember to vote (even if it is a write-in message to your local, political machines).
Continue reading What Are You Fighting For?: Peace Song for 11/7/2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 is [was] Election Day in the USA. To all of our American readers: Please vote!
Make a sign for peace! Mark it on your election ballot, and wave it at your local elected officials and Board of Elections workers!
Do you have a candidate you know who campaigns for peace? How about a candidate who is associated with a political party that promotes peace? (For real, like “antiwar” is in their party platform!) Consider voting for that candidate.
If you do not, you can still take this chance to vote for peace by doing a write in! Continue reading Work for peace: Vote for peace!
The eighth chapter of The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace contains Dorothy Day‘s short 1936 essay Pacifism. This essay was written three years after she co-founded the pacifist Catholic Worker newspaper, and two years after Hitler was appointed Fuhrer.
Just as the newspaper was founded in response to the constant threat of war breaking out in Europe, the essay made a direct argument against US involvement in European military matters. She starts the essay with a pronouncement:
The Catholic Worker is sincerely a pacifist paper.
“Bomb The World” by Michael Franti is the Peace Song of the Day for November 6, 2011.