Who are your "Heroes of Peace"?

[theHandpuppet]

Who are your heroes of peace?

I ask this in response to the "Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Heroes of War" cards featuring a color portrait of none other than AWOL chickenhawk GWB on the box! I was at the convenience store earlier today and saw a box of these cards sitting next to the register -- man, did that piss me off to see GWB now touted as a military hero of all things! (Of course, anytime you go to a gas station/convenience store they seem to sell more than the usual share of violent and sexist novelties but still, this was simply beyond the pale.)

Anyway, I thought, "why not a Heroes of Peace card deck?" Wouldn't this really be something to share, especially if the cards came with a short bio on the reverse of each card? Perhaps this is an idea worth pursuing, especially if they could be used as a fundraiser for an organization dedicated to furthering the ideals of peace.

So who would make your list of the "Heroes of Peace", and why?

[flyingfish]

1. Some off the top of my head

Christ, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Theresa, Rachel Carson

[JustJoe]

2. Thomas Merton

[flyingfish]

3. I could get into saints, but that would be too easy and the list would be

way too long.

So I'll just list St. Francis.

[gratuitous]

4. Easy!

David Radcliff and Cliff Kindy.

Don't know the names? Google 'em, along with church +of +the brethren. They're two terrific witnesses for peace!

[cherryperry]

5. w/o justification, here are a few of mine:

Mohatma Ghandi
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Schwerner, Goodman and Cheney
Helen Caldicott
Cesar Chavez
Elie Wiesel
King Christian X of Denmark
Oscar Romero
Albert Schweitzer

[wryter2000]

6. Daniel Ellsberg (nt)

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[Minstrel Boy]

7. a few of mine

The White Rose
Raul Wallenberg
Tommy Douglas
Mordecai Vanunu
Nelson Mandela
Arundhati Roy

[theHandpuppet]

8. The Berrigans...

... would certainly seem to qualify.

Other suggestions?

[theHandpuppet]

9. Interesting article...

... on women peace activists. These are the kind of heroes I want to know about!

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_mayjune_2001/Hunt.html