1-Active Nonviolence: Heroes for an Unheroic Time
As violence and war grow more costly, people worldwide are developing a courageous practice of peacemaking.
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posted Jan 30, 2006
 A not-so-funny thing happened
on the way to the 21st century. We got scared. We Americans used to
believe we were a brave, big-hearted people committed to freedom and
justice for all.When did we lose our nerve? When did we start believing that the world is one big war zone peopled by terrorists, gang bangers and drive-by shooters, serial killers, sociopaths, sexual predators, and people who hate freedom? At what point did we settle for living as though we were under siege, locked in gated communities, holed up in front of the television? When did America stop saying to the world, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free" and start drawing up blueprints for a 2000-mile-long wall between us and Mexico? Complete Story here
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