Toasters For Congress: A Video Contest

by: SumofChange

Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 13:54:19 PM EST

Did you know that about 10 years ago, Ira Shorr of the Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) sent a toaster to every member of congress to warm them about the danger of having nuclear weapons on hair-trigger alerts- "In the time that it takes to make toast, we could all be toast". Mr Shorr has been PSR's National Field Director for the last 25 years but is retiring this year. To celebrate his decades of activism for peace, our good friend David Hart (also the director of Grow the Hope) is holding a video contest for people to take their own stand on essential issues of our time, such as nuclear weapons and climate change. You can get all the info about the contest by going to www.PSR.org/video

(VIDEO+PICS) Marching to the White House in Solidarity with Iranians

by: Rusty5329

Sat Jun 20, 2009 at 23:27:29 PM EDT

Holding On to Our Humanity

by: teacherken

Sat May 30, 2009 at 06:41:37 AM EDT

A simple title, is it not?  Yet the implications are immense.  The demand not to turn away, or shut our eyes and ears to the suffering of others.

That is the topic of Bob Herbert's column this morning, entitled as is this diary, Holding On to Our Humanity.  You need not read any further in this diary, because I have provided the link to Herbert, and I now tell you to go read.  Not convinced?  Then try his first paragraph:

Overload is a real problem. There is a danger that even the most decent of people can grow numb to the unending reports of atrocities occurring all around the globe. Mass rape. Mass murder. Torture. The institutionalized oppression of women.

I will quote more, but not enough.  And I will offer a few words of my own.  But again, if you have read all of Herbert, you can stop.  I am satisfied.