“Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills and Nash, is (or was) the Peace Song of the Day for November 30th. (We are playing catch-up again!). You can find the lyrics to this song in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 113.
Video below is the song as performed by David Crosby and Graham Nash at Occupy Wall Street…
Continue reading Teach your children well: Peace Song for 11/30/2011 (catch-up)
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding is the Peace Song of the Day for November 29th. The song was written by Nick Lowe, and made popular by Elvis Costello.
Continue reading What’s so funny about wanting peace?: Peace Song for 11/29/2011
“The Christians and the Pagans” by Dar Williams is the Peace Song of the Day for Thanksgiving, November 24th. (Don’t worry! It’s a funny song. And, the Christians and Pagans get along, eventually…)
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More about why this is a peace song: Continue reading Pumpkin Pie: Peace Song for Thanksgiving Day, Nov 24, 2011
“Take It From Dr. King”, by Pete Seeger, is The Peace Song of the Day for November 12th. This song is the ultimate celebration of nonviolent activism for social change. It tells the story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, the bus boycott, and The Civil Rights movement. It also has the somewhat tense, but poignantly necessary line, “Drop the gun.”
Continue reading The ultimate song about nonviolence: Peace Song for 11/12
“The Bell” by Stephan Said (aka Stephan Smith) is the Peace Song of the Day for November 10th. This song was created back in 2002, in response to the Iraq War. Unfortunately, it is still relevant today, on a variety of levels.
The video below includes vocals by Stephan Said and Pete Seeger.
Continue reading “I will not fight your war,” said the child and he stood: Peace Song for 11/10/2011
“Try A Little Tenderness” is the Peace Song of the Day for November 4th. The song was written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry M. Woods. The song was covered by many great artists, including by Nina Simone, Tina Turner, and Otis Redding.
Duchess Susanna has chosen this song, because it represents the idea of sending out love and compassion…even when someone might seem mean, or tired, or cranky. It could help in personal relationships, and maybe even in work for peace and justice.
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The seventh chapter of The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace contains Thoreau’s essay of the same name that we earlier discussed.
In this short 2-page essay on Gandhi’s Faith in Nonviolence. He starts out from the universal concept of the “law of love” is the solution to the “law of destruction”. He then applies it India by explaining how phenomenally successful nonviolence has been, and how quickly and widely it spread through the country. Continue reading Gandhi’s Faith in Nonviolence