Pacifism Pacifism A Quaker Action Group was founded in Philadelphia during the summer of 1966 to "apply nonviolent direct action as a witness against the war in Vietnam". ...more on Wikipedia about "A Quaker Action Group"
The American League Against War and Fascism was a Comintern affiliate organization formed in 1933 by CPUSA and pacifists united by their concern as Nazism and Fascism rose in Europe. It published "The FIGHT against War and Fascism" broadsheet. ...more on Wikipedia about "American League Against War and Fascism"
The American Union Against Militarism was an American pacifist organization active during World War I. In 1915 a group of New York pacifists organized the "Anti-militarism Committee" to combat the war spirit of the time. About January 1916 the name was changed to the "Anti-preparedness Committee" and a program of lobbying in Washington was set up. Later in the year the names was changed again, this time to the American Union Against Militarism. The group was also known for a time as the American Union for a Democratic Peace and the League for an American Peace. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Union Against Militarism"
Antimilitarism is a doctrine commonly found in the anarchist and socialist movement, which may be both characterized as internationalist movements. It relies heavily on a critical theory of imperialism and nation-states, and was officially found in the First and Second International. Whereas pacifism is opposition to war in general, a doctrine historically associated with faith in a transcendent principle, such as " God" or " the Humanity", antimilitarism is an atheistic doctrine based on the critical analyze of the military state institution and the concept of nation-states' sovereignty. Gandhi, for example, justified his pacifism by an idea of redemption, and Martin Luther King by his faith, whereas antimilitarism is often connected to anti-statism, as military power is an essential attribute of the modern nation-state's sovereignty. Followers of this doctrine oppose militarism in general: wars between states and the existence of armies, not necessarily violence in itself. Therefore, antimilitarism shouldn't be mistaken with the doctrine of civilian control of the military, which is more interested in achieving a political (or civilian) control on the military institution when it comes to a country's strategic decision-making than to stop inter-state wars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antimilitarism"
The Atoms for Peace Award was established in 1955 through a grant of $1,000,000 by the Ford Motor Company Fund. An independent nonprofit corporation was set up to administer the award. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atoms for Peace Award"
Christian anarchism (also known as Christian libertarianism) is the belief that the only source of authority to which Christians are ultimately answerable is God, embodied in the teachings of Jesus. Some Christian anarchists are pacifists, and oppose the use of both proactive (offensive) and reactive (defensive) physical force. Christian anarchists feel that earthly authority such as government or the Christian Church do not, and should not, have power over them. They believe individuals seeking liberty and a path to freedom will only be guided by the grace of God if they show compassion to others and turn the other cheek when confronted with violence. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christian anarchism"
Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) is an international organization set up to support teams of peace workers in conflict areas around the world. These teams work to lower the levels of violence through human rights documentation, accompaniment of threatened civilians and nonviolence training. CPT has a full time corps of over 30 activists who currently work in Colombia, Iraq, the West Bank, the United States–Mexico border, and Ontario, Canada. These teams are supported by over 150 reservists who spend 2 weeks to 2 months a year on location. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christian Peacemaker Teams"
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The Church of the Brethren was organized by Alexander Mack, a miller, in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708. The first church was established in America in 1723. These churches became commonly known as German Baptist Brethren. It is a Protestant, Anabaptist Church. The denomination holds the New Testament as its only creed. Historically the church has taken a strong stance for non-resistance or pacifism. Distinctive practices include believers baptism by trine immersion, a three-fold Love Feast consisting of feet washing, a fellowship meal, and communion, anointing for healing, and the holy kiss. ...more on Wikipedia about "Church of the Brethren"
Civilian Public Service (CPS) provided conscientious objectors in the United States an alternative to military service during World War II. From 1941 to 1947 nearly 12,000 draftees, unwilling to do any type of military service, performed work of national importance in 152 CPS camps throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Draftees from the historic peace churches and other faiths worked in areas such as soil conservation, forestry, fire fighting, agriculture, social services and mental health. ...more on Wikipedia about "Civilian Public Service"
There was a high level of conscientious objection in East Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conscientious objection in East Germany"
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 acknowledged conscientious objectors. The Spanish parliament established a longer service (Prestación Social Sustitoria) as an alternative to the Army. In spite of this, a strong movement appeared that refused both services. The Red Cross was the only important organization employing objectors. Because of this, the waiting lists for the PSS were long, especially in areas like Navarre, where pacifism, Basque nationalism and a low unemployment rate discouraged young males from the army. Tens of insumisos (non-submittants) publicly refused the PSS or deserted the Army. Several civilians denounced themselves as encouraging non-submission. The government feared popular reaction, reduced the service time and substituted jail punishments by administrative ones like inadmittability to public service. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conscientious objection throughout the world"
The Doukhobors (Duchobozetz, Duchobortzi) ( Russian Духоборы/Духоборцы) are a Christian dissenting sect of Russian origin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doukhobor"
The Friends' Ambulance Unit was a volunteer ambulance service, founded by British Quakers, and mostly staffed by conscientious objectors, that operated from 1914- 1919, 1939- 1946 and 1946- 1959 in twenty-five countries around the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Friends' Ambulance Unit"
Hutterites are a communal branch of Anabaptists who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the 16th Century. Originating in the Austrian province of Tyrol, the forerunners of the Hutterites migrated to Moravia to escape persecution. There, under the leadership of Jakob Hutter, they developed the communal form of living based on the Book of Acts, Chapters 2 (especially verse 44), 4, and 5 and 2 Corinthians in the New Testament, which distinguishes them from other Anabaptists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hutterite" This article is made on www.shortopedia.com
The International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) is a pacifist movement created during the First World War, in 1914. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Fellowship of Reconciliation"
Elihu Burritt organized the first International Peace Congress in 1848. The participants met at Brussels in September of that year. Among the distinguished delegates were Cobden, Thierry, Girardin, and Bastiat. The congress adopted resolutions urging limitation of armaments and the placing of a ban upon foreign loans for war purposes. Through the next decade, more congresses were convened in various cities without the development of anything new in principle or method. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Peace Congress"
John Howard Yoder ( 1927- 1997) was a Christian theologian, ethicist, and Biblical scholar best known for his radical Christian pacifism, his mentoring of future theological giants such as Stanley Hauerwas, his loyalty to his Mennonite faith, and his 1972 masterpiece The Politics of Jesus. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Howard Yoder"
The Life and Labor Commune was a Tolstoyan agricultural commune founded in 1921 and disbanded as a state run collective farm in 1937. The commune was founded near Moscow but was later resettled on the outskirts of Siberia. Throughout its existence the members of the commune were persecuted by the Bolsheviks, both for refusing to enlist or support their war efforts as well as for organizing themselves communally outside of the approved state structure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Life and Labor Commune"
This is a list of self-declared humanitarian, human rights, and peace organizations.: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of humanitarian and peace organizations"
(List of pacifists) * Erich Maria Remarque, (1898-1970), German author (Im Westen nichts neues) ...more on Wikipedia about "List of pacifists"
The Molokans ( ) are a "Biblically-centered" religious movement, among the Russian peasants, who broke away from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1550s. Molokans denied the Czar's divine right to rule and rejected the icons, Orthodox fasts, military service, the eating of unclean foods, and other practices, including water baptism. They also rejected the traditional beliefs (held by Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians) in the Trinity, the veneration of icons, worship in cathedrals, the adherence toward saintly holidays, and the decisions of Synods and Ecumenical Councils. ...more on Wikipedia about "Molokan"
Nonviolence (or non-violence) is a set of assumptions about morality, power and conflict that leads its proponents to reject the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political goals. While often used as a synonym for pacifism, since the mid 20th century the term nonviolence has come to embody a diversity of techniques for waging social conflict without the use of violence, as well as the underlying political and philosophical rationale for the use of these techniques. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nonviolence"
There has been significant opposition to the 2003 Iraq War across the world. It is argued that this exceeded the opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in scale, even before military action began. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opposition to the 2003 Iraq War"
Opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began slowly and in small numbers in 1964 on various college campuses in the United States. This happened during a time of unprecedented student socialist movements reinforced in numbers by the demographically significant baby boomers. The growing opposition to the Vietnam War was also partly attributed to greater access to uncensored information compared with previous wars and extensive television media coverage. By the end of the war in 1973, due to the reality of escalating U.S. casualties and the growing feeling that the war itself could not be won, the majority of Americans were opposed to the war. ...more on Wikipedia about "Opposition to the Vietnam War"
Pacifism is opposition to war. Pacifism covers a spectrum of views ranging from a preference to use non- military means for resolving disputes through to absolute opposition to the use of violence, or even force, in any circumstance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pacifism" shortopedia - Xtending Info.
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