Peace in the 21st Century:
An Imperative for Survival
Understanding the Past - Shaping the Future

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." - Albert Einstein

A Teach-In Speak-Out Event Featuring

Daniel Ellsberg

Amy Goodman

Jane Goodall

Robert Thurman

Also

Reverend Billy Robert Jay Lifton Minister Conrad Muhammad Carmen Trotta

Richard Falk Alice Slater Gemma Adaba Mark LeVine

And others as well!

These panel discussions are particularly relevant now during the current war in Iraq.

Shortly after the 9/11 tragedy and one day after the US began bombing Afghanistan (on October 8, 2001), We, The World and our co-sponsors convened one of America's first major Teach-Ins to address the sources of the crisis, alternatives to retaliation and what's needed in the future.

We brought together many of the world's foremost visionary thinkers and activists to share information and discuss ideas that are still rarely found in the commercial media. Now you can hear their moving and informative words from this historic event - on CDs with track numbers corresponding to each speaker's comments!

To receive these CD recordings click here!

Discounts available for current We, The World members!

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Topics include:

HOW DID WE GET HERE? (UNDERSTANDING THE PAST)

Policies and aspects of culture which have contributed to the build-up of anti-western sentiment.

ALTERNATIVES TO WAR

Nonviolent, ethical and practical approaches to resolution of conflicts.

BUILDING AN INFORMED AND PROACTIVE SOCIETY

Shifting public attitudes toward becoming politically informed and involved.

...ASKING - LISTENING - UNDERSTANDING - ACTING...

PROGRAM
(The format for each panel was as follows. Panelists addressed the audience individually for approximately 10 minutes each. Then there was a discussion among the panelists for about 15 minutes. The rest of the time was devoted to questions and comments from the audience with responses from the panelists.)

Opening Music:Jonathan Shannon (oud) and Mark LeVine (oud)

Welcome: Bruce Southworth, Senior Minister, Community Church of New York.

Introduction - "Eliminating the Appalling Global Conditions that make Support for Terrorists Possible": Rick Ulfik, Founder, We, The World; Co-Chair, Foundation for Ethics and Meaning.

PANEL 1: HOW WE GOT HERE - UNDERSTANDING THE PAST
Policies and aspects of culture which have contributed to the build-up of anti-western sentiment.

Crisis Overview: Robert Jay Lifton, Author - Destroying the World to Save it: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism, Recipient of the National Book Award for Death In Life: Survivors of Hiroshima, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University.

Mark LeVine/Moderator - Contributing Editor, Tikkun Magazine. and Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Irvine.

Gemma Adaba - UN representative for the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, formerly, research officer of the Economic and Social Policy Department of the ICFTU.

Jonathan Shannon - Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College, CUNY. He is an authority on popular culture and youth in the Middle East.

Stephen Shalom - Professor of History, Dept. of Political Science, William Paterson College, author of The United States and the Middle East: Why Do They Hate Us Z magazine, Oct. 2001 and Introduction: East Timor, Indonesia, and the World Community

Daniel Ellsberg, the foreign affairs writer who released the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, also makes some important comments from the audience during this panel.

Audience Q & A

PANEL 2: ALTERNATIVES TO WAR
Nonviolent, ethical and practical alternatives in the short term ("crisis control") and in the long term ("prevention") to military actions which largely fail to end hatreds, end violence or achieve understanding.

Diane Williams/Moderator - Coordinator of the UN Season for Nonviolence and UN representative for the Interfaith Center of New York and for the Tribal Link Foundation.

Richard Falk - Professor International Law, Princeton University, Editorial Board of The Nation.

Robert Thurman - Renowned Buddhist Scholar, Co-Founder and President of Tibet House. He is the first western Tibetan Buddhist monk.

Alice Slater - member of: the Executive Committee of the Middle Powers Initiative for nuclear abolition, NYC Bar Association Committee on Military Affairs, Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS) the Lawyers Committee for Nuclear Policy, and STAR (Standing for Truth About Radiation). She is also founder and UN NGO Representative of Abolition 2000 NY Metro Working Group.

Daniel Ellsberg - the foreign affairs writer who released the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War.

Audience Q & A (starting with Diane Perlman presenting the International Nonviolent Peaceforce initiative of David Hartsough)

PANEL 3: BUILDING AN INFORMED AND PROACTIVE SOCIETY
Shifting public attitudes toward becoming informed and involved.

Jane Goodall (special recorded message to event participants) - Primatologist and Author of Reason for Hope and In the Shadow of Man

Performance by Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping! (accompanied on the piano by Rick Ulfik)

Rick Ulfik/Moderator - Founder, We, The World, Co-Chair, The Foundation for Ethics and Meaning.

Amy Goodman - Radio Host of "Democracy Now" and an Award Winning Journalist whose documentaries include, Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship

Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping!

Minister Conrad Muhammad - Chair, Movement for Change.

Rob Wheeler - Millennium Peoples Assembly Network/Global Peoples Assembly and the World Civil Society Forum.

Ben Quinto - The Global Youth Action Network.

Carmen Trotta - War Resisters League.

Audience Q & A

Closing Music: We Choose Love (Beth Falcone) Click here to return to top.
CO-SPONSORS INCLUDE:
Women of Vision and Action (WOVA)
Friends of The Institute of Noetic Sciences
Jews Against Genocide
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
New York Law School's Office for Public Interest and Community Service
The War Resisters League
Tribal Link
St. Francis Xavier Church
The Global Youth Action Network
The Interfaith Center of New York
The Earth Charter Summits, USA
Center for Psychology and Social Change
Millennium Peoples Assembly Network/Global Peoples Assembly
The World Civil Society Forum
The Aquarian Research Foundation
Music Therapists for Peace
The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of New York
The Foundation for Ethics and Meaning
Pathways to Peace
We, The World
and many others.

For more information about the October 8, 2001 Teach-In/Speak-Out, followup events or We, The World, Send us a message!.

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TEACH-IN CD RECORDINGS
Click here for the complete Program
To receive these CD recordings click here!
The complete recordings of all 3 panels are now available on CDs - completely indexed by speaker!

* Select CD 2 Track 2 to instantly jump to Daniel Ellsberg's chilling inside look at the Pentagon's policy thinkers then and now

* Select CD 5 Track 3 to instantly jump to award-winning journalist Amy Goodman's commentary on how the major media "manufactures consent" for war.

* Select CD 3 Track 4 to hear Alice Slater's sometimes sarcastic look at the US encouraging the expansion of the world's "Nuclear Club"

* Select CD 5 Track 1 to hear Jane Goodall's inspiring words cherishing the humanity and spirit that have emerged after the 9/11 tragedy.

* Select CD 1 Track 3 to hear Robert J Lifton's probing insights into the intersection of psychology and global politics

* Select CD 3 Track 3 to hear Robert Thurman's in-depth and sometimes humorous but telling commentary about the U.S.' political/religious/fossil fuel considerations in the Middle East

* and much much more - 19 distinguished speakers in all!

Panelists shared ideas and information you are unlikely to hear anywhere else. And there were many important ideas that emerged from the audience as well.

These CDs can be used during discussion groups, salons, forums, in classrooms, to spark debate, raise consciousness, and stimulate action! They are particularly useful since each of the speaker's presentations has its own index number!

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PRICE AND ORDERING INFORMATION
NOTE: Each panel is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes long.
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TEACH-IN AUDIO CDs

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