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POPSWho needs a heart when a heart can be broken? ... While the powers-that-be promote war as necessary for peace, prosperity and security, peace never comes, only the wealthy prosper and life becomes increasingly insecure. The ordinary American, the American soldier and the people they are supposed to hate, all are victimized by the rich and powerful who feed off their suffering. Americans don't need to care more about the war. They need an uncompromising anti-war movement that can organize them into a force powerful enough to end it.
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POPSFeeling Powerless for Peacebuilding? ...Real powerlessness in society as well as the surplus powerlessness we impose on ourselves, Lerner says, comes from repressing our fundamental social essence. Our desires for fullness and joy and community get repressed, but they can never be fully extinguished. The alienation in this society is overwhelming —and it cannot be ignored, he says. But precisely because denial of our fundamental human needs hurts so much, there is continual hope that we will break through our isolations and connect with each other in a deeper way and find ways to change the larger situation. worth reading
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