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Jody Williams discusses the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) for which she worked and jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.
She also talks about what it means to be an activist.
Well you heard the woman. ;-)
Jody Williams on Being an Activist |
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| By: mzchief Saturday September 10, 2011 2:51 pm | |
Jody Williams discusses the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) for which she worked and jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.
She also talks about what it means to be an activist.
Well you heard the woman. ;-)
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I am very pleased that notable practitioners of non-violent peace and change-making have spoken out on behalf of the Earth and the people of both the US and Canada specifically (see “9 Nobel Laureates Urge Obama to Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline,” Sept. 8, 2011).
As I have been making a personal journey through the work and thinking of each laureate, I have enjoyed their various styles of addressing human conflict resolution. Certainly American Jody Williams has a very direct and humorous approach.
Noble Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire discusses the type and levels of mass suffering in Northern Ireland in 1976 which were overcome non-violently and compares/contrasts the situation of Palestinians in
“Breaking the Seige of Gaza by Mairead Maguire” (video, part 1 and part 2)
On Edit: For me, Williams and Maguire very concretely put things in perspective as they are talking about situations that are just not the reality Americans and Canadians are living, and, thereby force me to look more deeply at the Phantasmagoria a transnational MSM and the US Administration spend an incredible amount of energy, stage-management and even our own tax payer dollar$ (David Sirota, Aug. 29, 2011) on in an attempt to keep the publics in fear, fear, fear (e.g. “Late Night FDL: In Which Fred Hiatt is Invited to Preach His Neocon Sermons in Fallujah” by Phoenix Woman, Sept. 10, 2011).
Excellent post! Recommended.
I’ll be back to comment, but in the meantime just want to say Woo-Hoo! Speak Out, Stand Up, Be Firm in your convictions, and you all know the rest! ;-)
Hey there– I look forward to the conversation!
The discussion, “You HAVE to watch this free documentary” (athena1, September 10, 2011) prompts me to point out the statements of Nobel Prize laureate, Mairead Maguire, where she discusses being part of the peaceful demonstrators in Palestine, being attacked with CS gas (begin at time point 4:44 in part 2 of “Breaking the Seige of Gaza by Mairead Maguire”) and how the peaceful demonstrators’ attempts to protect their health was depicted in the international MSM. This is a must-watch!
Some thoughts by Arundhati Roy …
“Come September” (speech, Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, Sept. 18, 2002)
‘Arundhati Roy on Obama’s Wars, India and Why Democracy Is “The Biggest Scam in the World“‘ (DemocracyNow.Org, interview, Mar. 22, 2010)
“Is there life after democracy?” (speech, Kolkata, India, Jan. 13, 2011)
On Edit: I reordered these presentations as I thought what Roy had to say would make an even more devasting impact in its direct reflection of the US’ imperialism, war, and corporatism– especially on this day I would far, far rather call and celebrate as “First Responder’s Day” (hat tip TobyWollin and Cynthia Kouril).
I hope that it’s not to late to comment!
These are terrific. Jody Williams is earthy and funny and in dead earnest. Listen to her on confronting guys in suits with the humanity of the people whose lives and deaths they are affecting with their negotiated commas.
Great post.
Recommended highly.
Short of Williams coming to the October 6th event and giving a teach-in, we have the pith instruction!
Thank you for stopping by, greenharper.