GLOBAL VIGIL FOR PEACE ON OCT 2 2001
[GANDHIíS BIRTHDAY]
Since Sept 11, 2001 our lives have been lived in the shadow of the awesome TV images of violent attacks in the heart of the USA, thousands of innocent lives lost, and countless acts of sacrifice and heroism of ordinary people.
Even more fearsome has been what has followed: the unanimous sanction for mobilisation of unbelievable force levels for war; and the dangerous tendency by some sections of the leadership and the media, to reinforce the link between terrorism and Islam, thus fuelling resentment and attacks against peace loving people, mainly Muslims and Arabs, the world over.
The internet has been flooded with thoughtful writings condemning terrorism and violence, news of vigils for peace, and petitions counselling caution and expressing fears that hasty action now may lead us into World War III.
Our immediate concern is to forestall this last eventuality and to convey this urgently to world leaders on behalf of millions of ordinary citizens in a manner which will make a more powerful impact. [...]Please join us in mobilising the widest possible participation in A GLOBAL VIGIL FOR PEACE on October 2 ó Gandhiís Birthday - where friends and neighbors can meet, talk, commune in silence or in song. We do not necessarily need large rallies, but can plan a variety of imaginative localised actions in small groups in offices, schools, colleges, street corners, bus and train stations, community centres, and places of worship, in villages, towns and cities across the world. When many people walk together, surely we can build a new Pathway? Read our complete statement
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List of Organisations / individuals participatingLink : Call for Gatherings on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (USA)
Who we are | How this whole effort started | Contact usLast updated on October 2, 2001 (1.58 am)