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Peace means societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.
"Psychological peace" (such as peaceful thinking and emotions) is less well-defined, yet perhaps a necessary precursor to establishing "behavioural peace". Peaceful behaviour sometimes results from a "peaceful inner disposition". It has been argued by some that inner qualities such as tranquility, patience, respect, compassion, kindness, self-control, courage, moderation, forgiveness, equanimity, and the ability to see the big picture can promote peace within an individual, regardless of the external circumstances of their life. (Full article...)
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The book Die Waffen nieder! (Down with Weapons!) or Lay Down Your Arms! is the best-known novel by the author and peace activist Bertha von Suttner, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 for the book. The book was published in 1889 in German by the publisher Edgar Pierson in Dresden and became very quickly successful, both because of its look at war and peace and because it addressed the issue of women in society. Three years later, it was published in English as Lay Down Your Arms!, then in Italian in 1897 as Abbasso le Armi!, and in Spanish in 1905 as ¡Abajo las armas!. The novel was printed in a total of 37 German editions before 1905. It has been translated into a total of sixteen languages, including Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Czech.
Until the publication of All Quiet on the Western Front in 1929, Die Waffen nieder was the most important German language literary work concerning war. Von Suttner chose to write a novel instead of a nonfiction book because she believed that the novel form would reach a wider audience. (Full article...)Core topics - show another
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A peace movement is a social movement which seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or wars) or minimizing inter-human violence in a particular place or situation. They are often linked to the goal of achieving world peace. Some of the methods used to achieve these goals include advocacy of pacifism, nonviolent resistance, diplomacy, boycotts, peace camps, ethical consumerism, supporting anti-war political candidates, supporting legislation to remove profits from government contracts to the military–industrial complex, banning guns, creating tools for open government and transparency, direct democracy, supporting whistleblowers who expose war crimes or conspiracies to create wars, demonstrations, and political lobbying. The political cooperative is an example of an organization which seeks to merge all peace-movement and green organizations; they may have diverse goals, but have the common ideal of peace and humane sustainability. A concern of some peace activists is the challenge of attaining peace when those against peace often use violence as their means of communication and empowerment.
A global affiliation of activists and political interests viewed as having a shared purpose and constituting a single movement has been called "the peace movement", or an all-encompassing "anti-war movement". Seen from this perspective, they are often indistinguishable and constitute a loose, responsive, event-driven collaboration between groups motivated by humanism, environmentalism, veganism, anti-racism, feminism, decentralization, hospitality, ideology, theology, and faith. (Full article...)General images
- Image 1Dhauli Giri Shanti Stupa (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 2Ramsey Clark speaks at the March 20, 2010, anti-war protest (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 3International Peace Day ceremony, organised by Ekta Parishad, Gandhi Bhawan, Bhopal, India, September 2014 (from International Day of Peace)
- Image 4Main hall of the Peace Palace. The background is the entrance of the Courtroom of the International Court of Justice. (from Peace Palace)
- Image 5Russian rapper Oxxxymiron announced a series of benefit concerts outside Russia, entitled Russians Against War, the proceeds from which would be donated to NGOs helping Ukrainian refugees. (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 6October 2007, protest against the Iraq War in Seattle, Occidental Park sign on a giant puppet says "Why is the U.S. gov't so afraid of the International Criminal Court" (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 7Professor Andrey Zubov speaking at the anti-war congress in Moscow (from 2014 anti-war protests in Russia)
- Image 8A black bloc group marches as part of an Iraq War protest in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2009. The full text of the banner reads, "Fight the rich, not their wars." (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 10Vase given by Russia (from Peace Palace)
- Image 11Dhauli Giri Peace Pagoda, Bhubaneswar, India (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 13Anti-war march in St. Paul, Minnesota, March 19, 2011 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 14Darjeeling, India (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 15Sapporo, Japan (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 16Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza was arrested after criticizing the war in Ukraine (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 17Unawatuna Peace Pagoda (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 19Anti-war protest in Oslo, Norway, May 8, 2011 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 20Peace Pagoda in Latvia (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 21Peace Pagoda (Buddhist stupa) in Ampra, Sri Lanka. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 22Mock coffins placed near the offices of defense contractors. (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 23Angel of Peace (from Angel of Peace)
- Image 24Vishwa Shanti Stupa (World Peace Pagoda), Delhi. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 25Protester holds sign at March 20, 2010 anti-war protest (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 26Peace Pagoda in London, England (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 27Protest in Moscow, 21 September 2014 (from 2014 anti-war protests in Russia)
- Image 28Demonstrators in London (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 29Protest against the invasion of Ukraine (Moscow, 24 February 2022) (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 31Protester holds sign at March 20, 2010 anti-war protest (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 32Muslims offering peace at London Bridge after the 2017 terrorist attack (from Nonviolent resistance)
- Image 33Russian rock singer Yuri Shevchuk was prosecuted after speaking out against the war in Ukraine at a concert in Ufa. (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 34Dhamma Talaka, Birmingham, England (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 35A group of anti-war protesters approaches a police barricade. The procession reached back nearly three miles as marchers walked from San Francisco Civic Center to the Financial District. (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 36A demonstrator offers a flower to military police at a National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam-sponsored protest in Arlington, Virginia, on October 21, 1967. (from Nonviolent resistance)
- Image 37Protesters on 19 March 2005, in London, where organizers claim over 150,000 marched (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 38Opposition politician Ilya Yashin, the municipal deputy for Moscow's Krasnoselsky District, was arrested after criticizing the war in Ukraine (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 39Vishwa Shanti Stupa Delhi (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 40Peace Pagoda in Japan Center, San Francisco, California, USA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 41The New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett, Massachusetts USA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 42Shanti Stupa, Pokhara (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 43Stop the War Coalition protest march on March 15, 2008 in London (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 44Anti-war protest in Washington, D.C., March 20, 2010 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 45Graffiti on a wall in Moscow saying "No to war" (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 46Peace Pagoda, Hiroshima, Japan February 9, 2013 (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 47Shanti Stupa (Peace Pagoda) at Rajgir. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 48Protesters holding a banner saying: occupation of the Crimea is a shame of Russia (from 2014 anti-war protests in Russia)
- Great Smoky Mountains Peace Pagoda in Newport, Tennessee, USA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 50Protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol. (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 51Protest in Moscow, 21 September 2014 (from 2014 anti-war protests in Russia)
- Image 52Raging Grannies sing at the March 20, 2010 anti-war protest in Washington, DC (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 53Signs outside the mobile Bushville in Brooklyn (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 55Pro-nonviolence protesters at an anti-globalization protest (from Nonviolent resistance)
- Image 56Protest against U.S military interventions and endless U.S. wars in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in October 2016 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 58Painting by children, International Peace Day 2009, Geneva (from International Day of Peace)
- Image 59Bust of Carnegie and the original plan of the Peace Palace (from Peace Palace)
- Image 60Inside the Peace Palace (from Peace Palace)
- Image 61June 22, 2007 protest in Quebec City against Canada's involvement in the Afghan war. (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 62A "No NATO" protester in Chicago, in front of police, 2012 (from Nonviolent resistance)
- Image 63The Peace Pagoda in Willen, Milton Keynes, England (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 64Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 65Peace Pagoda, Hiroshima. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 66Protests were also held on several days leading to the five-year anniversary of the war, including Christian groups marching in Washington, D.C. (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 67World Peace Pagoda Analayo in Comilla (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 68Protest in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kazan, 1 March 2022 (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 69Ladakh, India (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 70Arrests at an anti-war protest in Moscow (24 February 2022, Tverskaya street) (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 73Peace Pagoda, San Francisco, CA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 74Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova, known for her roles in Good Bye, Lenin! and Petrov's Flu, was forced to leave Russia after signing an anti-war petition (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 75The inscription on the snow "NO TO WAR", Petrozavodsk, 5 March. (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 76Peace Pagoda, Grafton, New York USA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 77The Brisbane Nepal Peace Pagoda at South Bank Parklands. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 79Protest against the war in Afghanistan in New York City, December 10, 2009 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 80Women dressed in red, white, and blue outfits with missiles strapped around their hips do cheers in the street during the September 24 protest in Washington DC. (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 82The concert of INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome. 21 September 2014 (organized by MasterPeace) (from International Day of Peace)
- Image 83Vienna, Austria (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 84Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov, known for his roles in The 9th Company and AK-47, was charged for "discrediting" the Russian military (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 85A protest opposite Downing Street in October 2008 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
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- ... that Weltdeutsch was a proposal for a German-based language by Nobel-Prize laureate and pacifist Wilhelm Ostwald, created in an episode of chauvinistic fervour?
- ... that French general Guillaume Brune (portrait shown) signed the Armistice of Treviso on 16 January 1801, despite promising Napoleon that he would not agree to a ceasefire on such terms?
- ... that after the start of Afghan peace talks in 2019, journalist Farahnaz Forotan travelled the country to collect testimonies from women and prevent the rollback of their freedoms?
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (/djuːˈbɔɪs/ dew-BOYSS; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After completing graduate work at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin and Harvard University, where he was its first African American to earn a doctorate, Du Bois rose to national prominence as a leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of black civil rights activists seeking equal rights. Du Bois and his supporters opposed the Atlanta Compromise. Instead, Du Bois insisted on full civil rights and increased political representation, which he believed would be brought about by the African-American intellectual elite. He referred to this group as the Talented Tenth, a concept under the umbrella of racial uplift, and believed that African Americans needed the chances for advanced education to develop its leadership.
Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. Du Bois used his position in the NAACP to respond to racist incidents. After the First World War, he attended the Pan-African Congresses, embraced socialism and became a professor at Atlanta University. Once the Second World War had ended, he engaged in peace activism and was targeted by the FBI. He spent the last years of his life in Ghana and died in Accra on August 27, 1963. (Full article...)