Stories of Victory for Peace
- for inspiration,
encouragement and empowerment
About the book
"PEACE IS
POSSIBLE"
by
Fredrik Heffermehl,
Norway
A reader in California who orders 20 copies for
family and friends for Christmas, a peace movement leader
in Toronto who wishes 35 copies to spread to key people
in local chapters, an enthusiastic General Director of
UNESCO, professors from universities around the world
using it for teaching peace, a democracy activist in
Albania reading from it on local radio, a leading foreign
affairs journalist saying that it was great reading
- and a lot to learn , a Foreign Minister recommending it
warmly whenever he can ....
This is the kind of feedback that tells me that
"PEACE IS POSSIBLE"
has become the book I set out to make, in
every respect - except one: "peace" was not sexy enough
to find a major publisher to distribute the book all
around the world. The answer is the Internet.
Most people have a much too modest vision of peace and
accept to live with a deadly risky balancing act where we
all the time risk to fall and be consumed by devastating
military disasters. I wished to reach the general public
with attractive stories of successful efforts for a peace
that deserves the name. At the same time the many
concrete examples showing that it can be done - and how -
would be empowering also for people inside the peace
movement. And a good tool for peace education.
"PEACE IS
POSSIBLE" contains frank, lively, short
and readable personal accounts from 32 authors - most of
them new articles, written for this book by men and women
who were at the center of the action,
Dalai Lama, Gorbachev, Jody
Williams, Scilla Elworthy, Joseph Rotblat, Daniel
Ellsberg, Howard Zinn, Nelson Mandela, Richard Falk,
Mordechai Vanunu, Joanna Macy, Howard Zinn
….. Together they offer a wide panorama
of the efforts that create hope for a safe and peaceful
world order.
"PEACE IS
POSSIBLE" - just published by the Peace Bureau
with the support of UNESCO, is a great gift to yourself
and everyyone concerned with saving this marvellous green
planet of ours.
Read more about it at - Norbert's
Bookmarks
How to
order:
"PEACE IS
POSSIBLE" is easy to
order at
http://www.ipb.org
or use this direct link
http://home.c2i.net/norpeace/peaceispossible.html
Price US$20 (US$ 15 for IPB members and low income.
Also bulk rates).
Available already in 4 languages: Bangla,
English, Finnish, Norwegian.
Forthcoming in Hindi and Marathi.
*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*
"Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens
can change the world."
Margaret Mead
*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*
**************************************************
* Fredrik S. HEFFERMEHL *
* N. Juels g. 28 A, N-0272 Oslo, Norway *
* Phone +47-2244 8003 (fax: +47-2244 7616) *
* E-mail: fredpax@online.no www: ipb.org *
* *
* President, Norwegian Peace Alliance *
* Steering ctee., International Peace Bureau *
* Vice Pres., I Assn. Lawyers Ag. Nuclar Arms *
* International Free Vanunu Committee *
**************************************************
Tell a friend about this article
Send to:
From:
Message and your name
To
NONVIOLENCE
FORUM
|
|