VFP GOLDEN RULE PROJECT
The Golden Rule is a project of Veterans For Peace. We aim to advance Veterans For Peace opposition to nuclear weapons and war, and to do so in a dramatic fashion.
We have recovered and restored the original peace ship, the Golden Rule, that set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands, and which inspired the many peace makers and peace ships that followed.
The reborn Golden Rule is sailing once more, to show that nuclear abolition is possible, and that bravery and tenacity can overcome militarism.
If you’re interested in crewing, please fill out a crew application at vfpgoldenrule.org/crew-application
SEE THE GOLDEN RULE DOCUMENTARY
Making Waves: The Rebirth of the Golden Rule A 25 minute documentary about the Golden Rule’s history and current mission is now available to view and download here!Making Waves 10-minute version.For post-screening discussions and actions you can take to end the possibility of nuclear war, download the Discussion Guide and Tips for a Successful Screening.
The "Final" test question???
And this from last weekend's hospital stay at NYU Langone Winthrop. The nurses on 4 North had these specially made...for friends of the band (only kidding).
Grateful Dead practice "being kind" by supporting Farm Aid.
Grateful Dead perform "The Wheel," "I Need a Miracle" and "Uncle John's Band" simulcasted from Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, NY to the Farm Aid concert in Austin, Texas on July 4, 1986. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
"The Wheel" and "Uncle John's Band" both contain sober reminders of our human existence. If you're a "newcomer" to the band's lyrics, simply follow the bouncing ball...
"Well, the first days are the hardest days
Don't you worry anymore
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street
There is danger at your door
Think this through with me
Let me know you're mine
Woah, oh, what I want to know
Is are you kind?
Come hear Uncle John's Band
Playing to the tide
Come with me or go alone
He's come to take his children home
It's the same story the crow told me
It's the only one he know
Like the morning sun you come
And like the wind you go (1)
Ain't not time to hate
Barely time to wait
Woah, oh, what I want to know
Where does the time go?"
(1) Missing you Phil, Jerry, Pigpen...
South Country Peace Group
Considering the nuclear content of this post, here's one of the summer Facebook posts from this Long Island peace group:
Violence stops a beating heart...and clock...
Hiroshima clock stopped at moment atom bomb struck
A Vietnamese civilian with a gun pointed at the side of her head. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a single pistol shot in the head in Saigon, Vietnam on Feb. 1, 1968. The photo, by photojournalist Eddie Adams, became one of the Vietnam's War's most indelible images, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1969.
Eddie Adams, AP
Two others from that site:
Swords into Plowshares...
Ain't gonna study war no more...
Pete adds his own vibes and lyrics:
"I'm gonna shake hands around the world..."
"Strangers stopping strangers..."
"The wind in the willows playing Tea for Two
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue
Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand
Everybody is playing in the heart of gold band
Heart of gold band..."
An original image for these lyrics:
Grateful Kids
Playing for Change: Peace Through Music...
Closing with a sober reminder of the stakes...
A song inspired by the ever-present threat of a global nuclear annihilation...
Song's background:
Background and lyrics
The song is a dialogue between the last man and woman left alive following an apocalyptic catastrophe.[2] Dobson stated that the inspiration for "Morning Dew" was the film On the Beach, which is about the survivors of virtual global annihilation by nuclear holocaust. Dobson wrote the song while staying with a friend in Los Angeles; she recalled how the guests at her friend's apartment were speculating about a nuclear war's aftermath and "after everyone went to bed, I sat up and suddenly I just started writing this song [although] I had never written [a song] in my life".[3]
I selected this cover version because it features a woman soloist....At this point in my life, I believe we men should hand over the reins to the folks that bring life into our shared world.
And here's the artist who penned these words of caution:
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