I am more convinced than ever that we must use language wisely and carefully in public now. The matter of Iraq is at a very delicate point. Constructive messages are very important. Below are some new positive, nonviolent slogans.
Keep talking!
Containment works.
Give Blix more time
Give Blix more staff.
Peace preempts war.
Peace is preemptive.
Peace is Patriotic
Patriot(s) for Peace
Another patriot for peace
Peace is an American value.
This planet is for peace!
Find a win-win way out!
The world wants a win-win way out
Create a win-win world!
Skip the war, start the peace now.
Speak now or forever lose your peace!
Peace is the final frontier.
Peace is profitable.
There's no "times up" for peace.
Slow down, George!
Disarm the warheads in D.C.
Don't Feed the DeathEaters! (This is negative, I grant you, but
it's Harry Potter--maybe that helps.)
Go Solar
Go Wind!
Real patriots take the bus (train) (walk) (ride a bike).
Teach nonviolent action. It works!* (see resource list below)
Cooperation is the answer.
Real patriots drive hybrids.
Real Americans work for peace.
Real conservatives work for peace.
Real men work for peace.
Will work for peace.
Peace creates peace.
Power to the peaceful.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Let's try preemptive peace.
Babies for Peace.
What would Frodo do?
Use words, not weapons.
Dissent protects democracy.
Relax, George!
Save America, Spare Iraq.
Spare the Iraqi people.
Evolve! Inspect,Talk, Negotiate.
Evolve! Work for a nonviolent future.
All humanity is downwind.
Resistance is fertile.
Negotiation, not annihilation.
Let's mature! (on a big butterfly banner)
Fear is our greatest foe.
War is so over.
War makes no sense.
Love is the answer.
What would Jesus do?
(With picture of the peace symbol) Back by popular demand.
Salaam! (I saw a beautiful sign in San Francisco in January with
these words in Arabic as part of the feathers of a lovely peace
dove design. On the other side was a dove with the word peace
in English. If anyone knows where to get the Salaam dove
design on the web, please send it to me.)
Peace is a family value.
Nonviolence works best.
Protect our democracy!
Wake up, Muggles!
We want to go solar.
We want alternative energy.
Has anyone seen our Constitution lately?
( And if you didn't vote last time) I'm voting next time! I'm
a --
(fill in the blank with your affiliation or special group name,
for example: Green, Generation X, Latino etc.).
www.nonviolence.org
www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org
www.pendlehill.org (search
site for nonviolence resources)
www.warresisters.org
(look for their 2002 Calendar with 52 stories of nonviolent success)
The Center for Nonviolent Communication: www.cnvc.org
The METTA Center for Nonviolence: www.mettacenter.org
The work of MICHAEL NAGLER www.google.com for
his book "Is There No Other Way?"
The work of GENE SHARP www.google.com (includes198
nonviolent tactics)
The work of Bill Moyer, author of DOING DEMOCRACY (not the TV
Bill Moyer) www.google.com
search Google for nonviolence: www.google.com
Also look for the following films in film libraries or on the
PBS site: www.pbs.org
For the Earth,
Susan C. Strong, Ph.D.
Founder
The Metaphor Project
www.metaphorproject.org