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An invitation to renew Abdul Ghaffar Khan's life-long non-violent struggle against injustice.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

A Beautiful, though Futile, Gesture...

Ex-Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson, Former Democrat, Launches Third Party Presidential Bid Against Obama, GOP
Posted by Resist. Refuse. Renounce. at 9:55 PM
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Suggested Reading

  • Rajmohan Gandhi, Ghaffar Khan: Nonviolent Badshah of the Pakhtuns, London: Penguin, 2004.
  • Eknath Easwaran, Nonviolent Soldier of Islam, 2nd Edition, Tomales, CA: Nilgiri Press, 1999.
  • Amitabh Pal, "A Pacifist Uncovered," http://www.progressive.org/mag_amitpalabdul
  • Leo Tolstoy, The Law of Love and the Law of Violence, University Press of the Pacific, 2001.
  • H. D. Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience," http://thoreau.eserver.org/default.html

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I hereby affirm, and publish for all the world to witness, my moral opposition to the use of violence to settle disputes. Consequently, I refuse to participate in, or cooperate with, any group, organization, or agency of government that would require me to engage in any act of violence against a fellow human being. Furthermore, I hereby pledge and affirm, from this day forward, to organize my life and livelihood in such a way as to promote peacemaking as a practical ideal.

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This weblog is dedicated to the memory of Professor Jerome Laulicht who passed away March 3, 2006. Dr. Laulicht, a pioneer in the field of peace studies at the University of Pittsburgh, was a wonderful teacher who believed in my potential as a peace-wager long before I ever began to believe it myself.

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