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Fw: Global Peace Vigil
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Swayam)
Mon Sep 24 09:25:11 2001
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From: "Swayam" <swayam@cal.vsnl.net.in>
To: <peace-list@mit.edu>, <danielb@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 18:56:12 +0530
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You probably know about this already, but I thought I should pass it on,
just in case. (I am a recent alum, who only occasionally sends mail to this
list, for those of you who do not know this address.)
--Susama Agarwala
----- Original Message -----
From: "FNSAP" <fnsap@vsnl.com>
To: <swayam@cal.vsnl.net.in>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:43 PM
Subject: Global Peace Vigil
> Dear Anuradha
>
> The attachment is self explanatory. Time is short. You may or may not be
> an admirer of Gandhi or King. But we cannot deny that they were among
> those rare individuals who were able to preach and convince human
> beings of the critical need for tolerance, equity and justice as
> critical ingredients for peace - and above all that the struggle to
> achieve these must be non-violent, because the means were as important
> as the ends.
>
> We have chosen the 2nd of October, Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, because it
> might give us time to enable some mobilisation to take place - and the
> name and message of Gandhi, universal enough to enable larger
> participation.
>
> We hope that by attempting the challenging task of co-ordinating action
> around the world on a particular date and time, we may try to achieve
> that important ingredient - a critical mass and hopefully a chain
> reaction. We have no organisational or political affiliations - just a
> bunch of friends and colleagues for peace, justice, human rights and
> ecology.
>
> We are sending these letters to friends like you who are linked to other
> networks and can mobilise them for Peace. Do please contact as many
> friends, groups as you can.
>
> I hope to hear from you soonest, to get an idea of the response. As we
> have said in the enclosed appeal, even if ten people meet for peace, it
> is fine.
>
> With love, solidarity and peace
>
>
>
> Kamla Bhasin
>
>
> ----------------------------
> GLOBAL VIGIL FOR PEACE ON OCT 2 2001 [GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY]
>
> Since Sept 11 all our lives have been lived in the shadow of the awesome
> TV images of violent attacks in the heart of the USA, innocent lives
> lost, and countless acts of sacrifice and heroism of ordinary people.
> Even more fearsome has been what has followed: the unanimous sanction
> for mobilisation of unbelievable force levels for war; and the dangerous
> tendency by some sections of the leadership and the media to reinforce
> the link between terrorism and Islam, thus fuelling expressions of
> resentment and prejudice against innocent, peace loving people the world
> over.
>
> The internet and email have informed us of letters condemning terrorism
> and loss of innocent lives, of vigils for peace, and several petitions
> counselling caution and expressing fears that hasty action at this
> juncture may lead us into World War III. Our immediate concern is to
> forestall such an eventuality and to convey this to world leaders on
> behalf of millions of ordinary citizens in a manner which will make a
> more powerful impact. One way of doing this could be by using the
> Gandhian strategy of Satyagraha - or non-violent civil action in the
> quest for truth- a tool also used effectively by Martin Luther King and
> Nelson Mandela for mobilisation of non-violent protest. We believe we
> can and must seize this moment as an opportunity to raise our collective
> voices for Peace.
>
> We are proposing that we mobilise the widest possible participation in A
> GLOBAL VIGIL FOR PEACE ON OCTOBER 2. This need not be a huge rally, but
> could be observed as several localised actions in small groups in your
> offices, schools, colleges, street corners, bus and train stations,
> community centres, places of worship, in villages, towns and cities
> across the world, {at 11 am local time}? on this day. Meet, talk,
> commune in silence or in song; gather signatures on a statement saying:
> NO TO TERRORISM - NO TO WAR - NO TO VIOLENCE! YES TO PEACE, JUSTICE AND
> EQUALITY FOR ALL!
>
> It will be useful if you could send your statements with your names and
> location to UN Secretary General - Kofi Annan, US President Bush, and
> your own Head of State.
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