{"id":1752,"date":"2023-02-15T15:42:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2023-02-15T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:46:24","slug":"peace-is-possible-for-ukraine-for-our-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/?p=1752","title":{"rendered":"Peace is Possible: for Ukraine, for our minds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1760\" src=\"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NI-full-logo-300x55.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NI-full-logo-300x55.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NI-full-logo-150x27.jpg 150w, https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NI-full-logo.jpg 699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Nonviolence International <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nonviolenceinternational.net\/\">https:\/\/www.nonviolenceinternational.net\/<\/a> has very useful information on what it&#8217;s like for those resisting occupation and war in Ukraine &amp; Russia, and what we can do to help people there build peace and justice.<\/p>\n<p>This includes a report from Dec. &#8217;22 on attitudes towards the war in Russia. It struck me that, although the situation in Russia is, in many ways, more harsh than what we face here, a key recommendation from the report applies to our situation as well as theirs:<\/p>\n<div class=\"protonmail_signature_block-user protonmail_signature_block-empty\"><span dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;[&#8230;] the general thrust of anti-war messages should contribute to the dismantlement of the<\/span><br \/>\n<span dir=\"ltr\">imposed stereotype that there is no alternative to returning peace and normal life, except through <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">military successes.<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\">An alternative to the mythical and incomprehensible \u201cvictory\u201d for most people, <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">should<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\">be framed not in terms of \u201cdefeat\u201d \u2013<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\">this will not be understood by the majority of the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">population<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">7<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">. Rather, it is possible to speak of \u201cinternal changes\u201d, \u201creorientatio<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">n toward of the country&#8217;s <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">development\u201d, etc. In this regard, it seems important to complement the anti<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">-war messages with the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">image of a positive alternative. Among the anti-war-minded part of society, a request was repeatedly <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">recorded for specific options for action, both in practical terms &#8211; how to avoid mobilization, and more <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">general form &#8211; &#8220;<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">why are we silent<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">?&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>********************<\/div>\n<div>Thankfully, some of us here are speaking up in a useful way. An example: Bill Geimer&#8217;s recent article, published in the Victoria Times Colonist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/opinion\/comment-tanks-but-no-negotiation-is-bad-news-for-ukraine-6467686\">https:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/opinion\/comment-tanks-but-no-negotiation-is-bad-news-for-ukraine-6467686<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonviolence International https:\/\/www.nonviolenceinternational.net\/ has very useful information on what it&#8217;s like for those resisting occupation and war in Ukraine &amp; Russia, and what we can do to help people there build peace and justice. This includes a report from Dec. &#8217;22 on attitudes towards the war in Russia. It struck me that, although the situation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-promote-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1752"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1762,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions\/1762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.consciencecanada.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}