Positive Peacemaking
from MaryLee Valenti

Martin Luther King, Jr., said it well: "True peace is more than the absence of war; it is the presence of justice."

Many peace activists are tired of playing the old tapes of reaction and response to war and warmongers. They are working on positive peace-building initiatives based upon justice and reducing the disparities in wealth around the world. One important project, endorsed by the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Bread for the World, Pax Christi USA, and others, is The Global Wellness Fund Treaty, which would shift nations' resources from military expenditures to development projects.

Now that's turning swords into plowshares.