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Strike Against War by Helen Keller
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by Erik Larson | August 25, 2008 at 10:29 pm
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Helen Keller gave this speech in 1915, but the observations and message are poweful, inspiring and just as relevant today, so I thought I would post the link, as i didn't find it here at NowPublic.com. More useful info at the site hosting it.
Speech at Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 5, 1916, under the auspices of the Women's Peace Party and the Labor Forum
The future of the world rests in the hands of America. The future of America rests on the backs of 80,000,000 working men and women and their children. We are facing a grave crisis in our national life. The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists. You are urged to add to the heavy burdens you already bear the burden of a larger army and many additional warships. It is in your power to refuse to carry the artillery and the dread-noughts and to shake off some of the burdens, too, such as limousines, steam yachts and country estates. You do not need to make a great noise about it. With the silence and dignity of creators you can end wars and the system of selfishness and exploitation that causes wars. All you need to do to bring about this stupendous revolution is to straighten up and fold your arms.
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at 23:11 on August 25th, 2008
Erik Larson, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Yep, see also http://www.nowpublic.com/world/heartbreaking-speech-12-year-old-child-united-nations
at 23:15 on August 25th, 2008
Erik Larson, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Wise Woman and yet the majority did not understood her Words and nor will they understand them today.
at 00:54 on August 26th, 2008
Erik Larson, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 01:20 on August 26th, 2008
"It is in your power to refuse to carry the artillery...you can end wars and the system of selfishness and exploitation that causes wars."
Hear, hear!
at 01:21 on August 26th, 2008
Erik Larson, I like this story. It's great stuff.
at 05:58 on August 26th, 2008
at 06:28 on August 26th, 2008
Why wars? Ask Hitler or the Jap military! Maybe Russian leaders can say! War will end when men end! No! Then the roaches and ants will war! Stupid people ignore the fact that we must be strong and meet evil with force. Thanks for George Bush!
at 08:16 on August 26th, 2008
Erik Larson, I like this story. It's good stuff. yes, "straighten up and fold your arms..." i like that.
at 09:56 on August 26th, 2008
Drivel.
at 10:51 on August 26th, 2008
One person's drivel is another person's dream.
The quote below, for example, is drivel.
America is pursuing a forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East. We're challenging the enemies of reform, confronting the allies of terror, and expecting a higher standard from our friends. For too long, American policy looked away while men and women were oppressed, their rights ignored and their hopes stifled. That era is over, and we can be confident. As in Germany, and Japan, and Eastern Europe, liberty will overcome oppression in the Middle East.
For the person who made the remark, it is a dream, although a sentient being would call it delusional.
at 10:48 on August 26th, 2008
It's not always the blind who cannot see.
at 14:23 on August 26th, 2008
Another quote that is drivel:
We are the ones we've been waiting for.