Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Boris Vian Le Deserteur The Deserter English subtitles
MPT's intern from France, Aude Feltz, contributed this find.
Monday, September 6, 2010
90-year-old man recounts a remarkable experience he had in WWII.
Elliott Adams found this clip...really remarkable. A true "Story of Empowerment":
http://www.wimp.com/remarkableexperience/
http://www.wimp.com/remarkableexperience/
Thursday, September 2, 2010
New NV Skills Training Scheduled
In an effort to make sure that MPT sponsors at least quarterly Basic (8hr.) Nonviolence Skills Trainings, we have scheduled the following training:
- Saturday, December 4th, 2010
- 9:00 a.m. until 5 p.m.
- Held at the MPT World Headquarters (808 W. Barnes Ave.; Lansing, MI 48910)
- Trainers: TBA
Please feel free to publicize widely.
A few words from Barbara Deming
"I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision... is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive."
"People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations."
"The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions."
"Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears."
"It is my stubborn faith that if, as revolutionaries, we will wage battle without violence, we can remain very much more in control – of our selves, of the responses to us which our adversaries make, of the battle as it proceeds, and of the future we hope will issue from it."
"People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations."
"The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions."
"Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears."
"It is my stubborn faith that if, as revolutionaries, we will wage battle without violence, we can remain very much more in control – of our selves, of the responses to us which our adversaries make, of the battle as it proceeds, and of the future we hope will issue from it."
Eve Ensler on violence
"Having been a person who was beaten into submission, quieted, stunned, and made mute by terror, I know that there comes a time when you get people back – because that’s survival. It’s an organic part of what violence does. So I don’t believe in the perpetration of it anymore.” - (Eve Ensler)
The Christmas Truce
The “Christmas Truce” is a term used to describe the brief unofficial cecessation of hostilities that occured between British and German troops stationed on the Western Front of World War I during Christmas 1914.
The truce began on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1914 when German troops began decorating the area around their trenches in the region of Ypres,Belgium in celebration for Christmas. They began by placing candles on trees, then continued the celebration by singing Christmas carols, namely Stille Nacht ("Silent Night"). The British troops in the trenches across from them responded by singing English carols. The two sides continued shouting Christmas greetings to each other.
Soon thereafter, there were calls for visits across the “No Man’s Land” where small gifts were exchanged – whiskey, cigars, and the like. The artillery in the region fell silent that night. The truce also allowed a breathing spell where recently-fallen soldiers could be brought back behind thier lines by burial parties.
The truce spread to other areas of the lines, and there are many stories of football (soccer) matches between the opposing forces. In many sectors the truce lasted through Christmas night, but in some areas, it continued until New Year’s Day.
The truce occurred in spite of oppostion at higher levels of the military, who were furious knowing that after this humanizing event it could be much harder to order soldiers to forget thier own humanity.
The truce began on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1914 when German troops began decorating the area around their trenches in the region of Ypres,Belgium in celebration for Christmas. They began by placing candles on trees, then continued the celebration by singing Christmas carols, namely Stille Nacht ("Silent Night"). The British troops in the trenches across from them responded by singing English carols. The two sides continued shouting Christmas greetings to each other.
Soon thereafter, there were calls for visits across the “No Man’s Land” where small gifts were exchanged – whiskey, cigars, and the like. The artillery in the region fell silent that night. The truce also allowed a breathing spell where recently-fallen soldiers could be brought back behind thier lines by burial parties.
The truce spread to other areas of the lines, and there are many stories of football (soccer) matches between the opposing forces. In many sectors the truce lasted through Christmas night, but in some areas, it continued until New Year’s Day.
The truce occurred in spite of oppostion at higher levels of the military, who were furious knowing that after this humanizing event it could be much harder to order soldiers to forget thier own humanity.
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