At Christmas time 1914 – during World War I – German and British troops refused to fight!

October 2, 2022 GlenAnderson Conflict Resolution (Also see Nonviolence), Examples of Parallax Views, International Affairs (Click to see specific nations and regions), Military Service, Recruitment, Draft, Conscientious Objection, Nonviolence (Also see Peace, Conflict Resolution, Organizing & Activism), Organizing & Activism (Also see Nonviolence, Outreach), Outreach, Framing/Reframing (Also see Organizing & Activism), Peace (See Foreign Policy and specific nations and regions -- and ALSO see Military Spending and Nuclear Weapons), Religion and Spirituality, TV Programs: "Glen's Parallax Perspectives" Series 0

My September 2022 TV program provides encouraging information about soldiers who refuse to fight.  An exciting inspiration occurred during World War 1 when — on Christmas eve — German and British troops got out of their trenches, refused to fight, and celebrated the holiday together.  Besides refusing to fight, they also shared music, singing, chocolate, alcoholic beverages, photos from their families back home, and so forth.

John McCutcheon wrote and performed a great song about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJi41RWaTCs

Also, I encourage you to watch this 21-minute video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYwKD2dc33A&feature=youtu.be

Please share this with other people.

Yes, PEACE IS POSSIBLE!!!

We have huge potential if people in the military would simply refuse to fight.

Besides watching my September 2022 TV program — https://parallaxperspectives.org/some-people-in-the-military-refuse-orders — support Veterans for Peace, www.veteransforpeace.org and Courage to Resist, www.couragetoresist.org

After I produced this TV program and posted it to my blog, my e-mail address changed from glenanderson@integra.net to glen@parallaxperspectives.org.  When you watch the TV video and/or read the linked document, please use my new e-mail address if you have any questions or want more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org