Peace websites

A LIST OF COMMUNITY CONSULTATION, ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT and PEACE WEBSITES AND DOCUMENTS.
PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH OTHER PEACE LINKS SO THAT THIS DIRECTORY CAN HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO COMMUNITIES.

PLEASE NOTE: THE DESCRIPTIONS FOR ALL WEBSITES NOTED BELOW ARE THOSE OF THE WEBSITE DEVELOPERS THEMSELVES

Stop the Clash of Civilisations
Talk is rising of a clash of civilizations. But the problem isn't culture, it's politics from 9/11 to Guantanamo, Iraq to Iran. This clash is not inevitable, and we don't want it.So where to start? The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the key symbol of the rift between Islam & the West. It's time to step up and take the initiative. Add your voice below and when leaders meet in late March, our message will be delivered in a way they can't ignore.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_clash/em.php

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiates and supports worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen international law and institutions, and to inspire and empower a new generation of peace leaders. Founded in 1982, the Foundation is comprised of individuals and organizations worldwide who realize the imperative for peace in the Nuclear Age.
http://www.wagingpeace.org

United for Peace and Justice (U.S.)
United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1300 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.
We welcome the participation of any and all national, regional and local groups who share our goals and wish to work with others.
http://www.unitedforpeace.org

Peace Movement Aotearoa (N.Z.)
Peace Movement Aotearoa is the national networking organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand for people interested in peace, social justice and human rights.
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma

Network for Peace (U.K.)
Network for Peace was set up to continue the work of the National Peace Council, one of the oldest peace organisations in the UK.
NfP is an organisation-based network, most members are groups who are working for peace, disarmament, or similar.
http://www.networkforpeace.org.uk/

Non Violence Network
Living into a world free of war and violence since 1995
http://nonviolence.ning.com/

Coalition for Peace Action (U.S.)
The Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) is a grassroots citizens organization which brings together people of all ages, backgrounds, professions, and political persuasions in support of three goals: global abolition of nuclear weapons, a peace economy, and a halt to weapons trafficking at home and abroad.
http://www.peacecoalition.org/action/links.html

Peace Building Portal
The Peacebuilding Portal supports multilateral collaboration and networking on conflict prevention & peacebuilding by offering local, national, and international stakeholders a web tool to strengthen their work with each other and the United Nations and better respond to issues surrounding human security, peacebuilding & conflict. Click on any theme below to access all profiles of organizations with this primary focus. You can search more specifically by country, region or organization type by clicking on selection boxes on the advanced search selection boxes to the left. Enjoy your time navigating the Portal and it's wealth of information.
http://www.peacebuildingportal.org/index.asp?pgid=1

Peace Pledge Union (U.K.)
The Peace Pledge Union is the oldest secular pacifist organisation in Britain.
Since 1934 it has been campaigning for a warless world.
http://www.ppu.org.uk/

International Peace Bureau
The International Peace Bureau is dedicated to the vision of a World Without War. We ar a Nobel Peace Laureate (1910) and over the years 13 of our officers have been recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Our 265 member organisations in over 60 countries, and individual members, from a global network bringing together expertise and campaigning experience in a common cause. Our current main programme centres on Sustainable Disarmament for Sustainable Development.
We Welcome your participation.
http://ipb.org/i/index.html

Global Nonviolence Network
The Global Nonviolence Network (GNN) is a list of organisations and individuals (many of whom act as official contacts for networks like SERPAJ or WRI) that promote or teach nonviolence. The GNN is published here to facilitate networking among people committed to nonviolence. The list has been compiled (and regularly updated) from many sources over several years. Each organisation or individual, to the best of my knowledge, is willing to act as a contact for anyone seeking information about nonviolence, or is willing to be publicly identified as an advocate of nonviolence. This list is far from comprehensive; it contains about 190 contacts in just 63 countries. I have a supplementary record of many other individuals and organisations that could probably be included but I do not have the time to confirm their suitability or to establish their willingness to be publicly listed. Apart from these omissions, the list does not include, for example, the thousands of action groups that use nonviolence.
http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/organisations.htm

Hague Appeal for Peace
The Hague Appeal for Peace is an international network of organizations and individuals dedicated to the abolition of war and making peace a human right. The Global Campaign for Peace Education was launched at the Hague Appeal for Peace conference in May 1999. After the conference, Hague Appeal for Peace took the responsibility of coordinating the Campaign.
http://www.haguepeace.org/

"The Send-off"
A poem, 1918, by Wilfred Owen, British service man during the First World War in France (mp3)

The Island (Paul Brady)

They say the skies of Lebanon are burning
Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat
They're showing pictures on the television
Women and children dying in the street
And we're still at it in our own place
Still trying to reach the future through the past
Still trying to carve tomorrow from a tombstone.

Chorus

But Hey! Don't listen to me!
This wasn't meant to be no sad song
We've heard too much of that before
Right now I only want to be here with you
Till the morning dew comes falling
I want to take you to the island
And trace your footprints in the sand
And in the evening when the sun goes down
We'll make love to the sound of the ocean

They're raising banners over by the markets
Whitewashing slogans on the shipyard walls
Witchdoctors praying for a mighty showdown
No way our holy flag is gonna fall
Up here we sacrifice our children
To feed the worn-out dreams of yesterday
And teach them dying will lead us into glory...

Repeat Chorus

Now I know us plain folks don't see all the story
And I know this peace and love's just copping out
And I guess these young boys dying in the ditches
Is just what being free is all about
And how this twisted wreckage down on main street
Will bring us all together in the end
And we'll go marching down the road to freedom...
Freedom

This page was last edited by Paul Martin in March 2009