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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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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 1Vienna, Austria (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 2Inside the Peace Palace (from Peace Palace)
- Image 5Dhamma Talaka, Birmingham, England (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 6Graffiti on a wall in Moscow saying "No to war" (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 7Women 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 8Arrests at an anti-war protest in Moscow (24 February 2022, Tverskaya street) (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 9Anti-war protest in Washington, D.C., March 20, 2010 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 10A 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 11Dhauli Giri Peace Pagoda, Bhubaneswar, India (from Peace Pagoda)
- Great Smoky Mountains Peace Pagoda in Newport, Tennessee, USA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 13World Peace Pagoda Analayo in Comilla (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 14Peace Pagoda in London, England (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 15International Peace Day ceremony, organised by Ekta Parishad, Gandhi Bhawan, Bhopal, India, September 2014 (from International Day of Peace)
- Image 16Vase given by Russia (from Peace Palace)
- Image 17Russian 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 18October 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 19Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza was arrested after criticizing the war in Ukraine (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 20The concert of INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome. 21 September 2014 (organized by MasterPeace) (from International Day of Peace)
- Image 21Demonstrators in London (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 22Shanti Stupa (Peace Pagoda) at Rajgir. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 24Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 25Protests 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 26A "No NATO" protester in Chicago, in front of police, 2012 (from Nonviolent resistance)
- Image 27A 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 28Mock coffins placed near the offices of defense contractors. (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 29Protest in Moscow, 21 September 2014 (from 2014 anti-war protests in Russia)
- Image 30Protest against the war in Afghanistan in New York City, December 10, 2009 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 31Peace Pagoda, Grafton, New York USA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 32Protest in Moscow, 21 September 2014 (from 2014 anti-war protests in Russia)
- Image 33Pro-nonviolence protesters at an anti-globalization protest (from Nonviolent resistance)
- Image 34Shanti Stupa, Pokhara (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 35Peace Pagoda (Buddhist stupa) in Ampra, Sri Lanka. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 36Protest against the invasion of Ukraine (Moscow, 24 February 2022) (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 37Professor Andrey Zubov speaking at the anti-war congress in Moscow (from 2014 anti-war protests in Russia)
- Image 39Peace Pagoda in Japan Center, San Francisco, California, USA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 40Unawatuna Peace Pagoda (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 41Protesters on 19 March 2005, in London, where organizers claim over 150,000 marched (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 42Main hall of the Peace Palace. The background is the entrance of the Courtroom of the International Court of Justice. (from Peace Palace)
- Image 43Dhauli Giri Shanti Stupa (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 44Opposition 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 45Ramsey Clark speaks at the March 20, 2010, anti-war protest (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 46Angel of Peace (from Angel of Peace)
- Image 47Peace Pagoda, San Francisco, CA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 48Vishwa Shanti Stupa (World Peace Pagoda), Delhi. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 49A 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 51Raging Grannies sing at the March 20, 2010 anti-war protest in Washington, DC (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 52Protest against U.S military interventions and endless U.S. wars in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in October 2016 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 53Bust of Carnegie and the original plan of the Peace Palace (from Peace Palace)
- Image 54Peace Pagoda in Latvia (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 55Protester holds sign at March 20, 2010 anti-war protest (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 56The Peace Pagoda in Willen, Milton Keynes, England (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 57June 22, 2007 protest in Quebec City against Canada's involvement in the Afghan war. (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 58Sapporo, Japan (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 60Protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol. (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 61A protest opposite Downing Street in October 2008 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 64Muslims offering peace at London Bridge after the 2017 terrorist attack (from Nonviolent resistance)
- Image 65Darjeeling, India (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 66Signs outside the mobile Bushville in Brooklyn (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 68Anti-war march in St. Paul, Minnesota, March 19, 2011 (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 70Stop the War Coalition protest march on March 15, 2008 in London (from Protests against the war in Afghanistan)
- Image 71Ladakh, India (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 72The Brisbane Nepal Peace Pagoda at South Bank Parklands. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 73Peace Pagoda, Hiroshima. (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 74The inscription on the snow "NO TO WAR", Petrozavodsk, 5 March. (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 75Vishwa Shanti Stupa Delhi (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 76Russian 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 77Russian 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 78Protesters holding a banner saying: occupation of the Crimea is a shame of Russia (from 2014 anti-war protests in Russia)
- Image 80Protester holds sign at March 20, 2010 anti-war protest (from Protests against the Iraq War)
- Image 81Russian 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 82Peace Pagoda, Hiroshima, Japan February 9, 2013 (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 83Protest in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kazan, 1 March 2022 (from Anti-war protests in Russia (2022–present))
- Image 84The New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett, Massachusetts USA (from Peace Pagoda)
- Image 85Painting by children, International Peace Day 2009, Geneva (from International Day of Peace)
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- ... that the Ava Prince Thray Sithu led two ceasefire negotiations with Hanthawaddy during the Forty Years' War?
- ... that poet Peggy Pond Church became a strong pacifist and a member of the Society of Friends after the Manhattan Project used her home as a place to build nuclear weapons?
- ... that pacifist Theodora Wilson Wilson's science fiction book The Last Weapon was banned by the British Government in 1917?