{"id":137170,"date":"2019-07-08T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=137170"},"modified":"2019-07-07T10:43:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T09:43:54","slug":"hufud-peace-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/07\/hufud-peace-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"HUFUD Peace Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Dear friends and supporters,<\/p>\n

We, at HUFUD,\u00a0believe that peace is possible<\/em> and judging\u00a0by the reactions of those who attended our last conference held on 17 June\u00a02019 at the Initiatives of Change in London, the majority agree with us!\u00a0You will find below some photos and a link to a short video taken from our event\u00a0“Peace is Possible”.<\/em><\/p>\n

The main obstacle of achieving peace, demonstrated in particular by the three films plus a film trailer that were shown on the day, is militarism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We cannot rely on\u00a0politicians to create peace in the world because\u00a0we live\u00a0in a system where weapons\u00a0are being produced and sold in order\u00a0to protect employees in the war industry. These ‘products’ include\u00a0machine guns, grenades, landmines, bombs, mortars, rockets, torpedoes, rocket launchers and interceptors, Apache helicopters, air-fighters, warships, spying and torture instruments.<\/p>\n

Patriotism, nationalism, security and\u00a0religion are the ingredients\u00a0available to our politicians\u00a0to create\u00a0wars as they fancy. We, the people<\/strong>, who have not<\/strong> chosen war, must say ‘enough is enough’\u00a0to Governments:\u00a0Stop organising wars that we did not asked for.\u00a0Stop sending our children to kill or be killed. Stop militarism!<\/strong>\u00a0Stop destroying our economy – military expenditure is unjustifiable and spending on defense is indefensible. Stop creating\u00a0enemy countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Surely\u00a0this must be a universal approach to peace.<\/p>\n

Taking Britain out of the military market is not the solution. The weapons market itself has to be banned\u00a0forever!<\/strong> Machines manufactured today\u00a0intending\u00a0to cause death and bereavement can\u00a0easily be transformed instead to alleviate suffering, provide enjoyment and to prolong life. It is possible!<\/p>\n

Please help us spread this message across the globe,\u00a0thank you!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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From top to bottom:\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Alberto Portugheis, HUFUD Founder and President<\/em><\/p>\n

Josephine Apira shares the reality about her homeland, Uganda.<\/em><\/p>\n

Professor Dave Webb, CND Chair, on how we CAN ban the bomb through international treaties and linking efforts with other campaigns.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mic Dixon, director of \u2018War School\u2019 takes questions about his film<\/em><\/p>\n

More Photos…<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

HUFUD started an online petition “Young People: Peace and Demiltarisation”. If you’d like to support us, please add your name here: http:\/\/chng.it\/P8vQDZtsZr<\/strong><\/a>. Our goal is to reach 100 signatures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\"\"<\/a><\/em>Alberto Portugheis is a member of the\u00a0TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/strong><\/a>. By profession a concert pianist and pedagogue<\/a>,\u00a0he\u00a0is an\u00a0active peace campaigner, whose anti-military stance earned him\u00a0a nomination\u00a0for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.\u00a0As a result,\u00a0Portugheis wrote\u00a0<\/em>Dear Ahed\u2026..The Game of War and a Path to Peace\u00a0\u2013 a book that has received critical acclaim<\/a>.\u00a0 Another successful book followed: <\/em>$$$$$s In Their Hearts. In 2015 he founded the Movement HUFUD-Humanity United For Universal Demilitarisation<\/a><\/em>, which has many followers worldwide.\u00a0 In 2018 HUFUD Latin America was born, based in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia. In Portugheis\u2019 writings, speeches, thoughts, ideas\u00a0and reflections transpire his desire \u201cto make people think\u201d and not take for granted what they read or hear, \u201cno matter where.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 us16.campaign-archive.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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