[news] UN Declares International Day of Non-violence on Gandhi's Birthday

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By Pablo Ouziel | October 2, 2007 | Consortium News

October 2nd marks the birth anniversary of human rights activist Mahatma Gandhi, and for the first time, the United Nations is officially proclaiming this day to be the International Day of Non-violence.

I wonder what it means to have an International Non-violence Day. Does it mean that American soldiers, UN 'peacekeepers', NATO Forces, the Israeli military and Blackwater USA will put down their weapons for the day and reflect on the horrors that they are committing in the vague name of an international “war on terror”?

  


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