Mother's Day

[Guest guest]

Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870

 

Arise then...women of this day!

Arise, all women who have hearts!

Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!

Say firmly:

" We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,

Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,

For caresses and applause.

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn

All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and

patience.

We, the women of one country,

Will be too tender of those of another country

To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. "

 

From the voice of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with

Our own. It says: " Disarm! Disarm!

The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. "

Blood does not wipe our dishonor,

Nor violence indicate possession.

As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil

At the summons of war,

Let women now leave all that may be left of home

For a great and earnest day of counsel.

Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.

Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means

Whereby the great human family can live in peace...

Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,

But of God -

In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask

That a general congress of women without limit of nationality,

May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient

And the earliest period consistent with its objects,

To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,

The amicable settlement of international questions,

The great and general interests of peace.

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Mother's Day: A History of Peace

 

Mother's Day is not a Hallmark holiday. It is a call to peace by

women who lost their sons in the Civil War. Go to the bottom of this

page to read the real history and intention in Julia Ward Howe's 1870

proclamation that created Mother's Day.

 

This Mother's Day, let us transform Julia's words into action. Here

are several ideas:

 

1. Vigil or protest at your local recruiting station on Saturday, May

7th, the day before Mother's Day. We have created a guide for you

that includes background information on the counter-recruitment

movement and suggestions for actions, chants, banner ideas and

educational links. Invite your mom, sister, children and other

activists in your community to join. Please contact us with your

plans so we can announce your action in our national press release.

We hope to have 30 actions happening around the country on May 7th.

SUSANVILLE us army recruiting station

wingate mall / 2850 main st, ste 1

susanville, CA 96130

530-257-5085

 

2. Sign the Mother's Day Pledge that you will honor the world's

mothers by devoting time during the year to actions against war.

We have 10 ideas to get you started.

Click here to read them in detail.

http://www.codepinkalert.org/downloads/cptenthings_final.pdf

 

3. Write an anti-war op-ed for your newspaper or letter to the editor

to educate people about the true origins of Mother's Day. If you

write and submit a piece early -- like now! -- you'll have a better

chance of getting it printed.

 

4. Get your mother a gift that fits your values and supports the work

of CODEPINK. Visit our on-line store for ideas or our special

Mother's Day gift packages. You may place orders up to May 2nd, 2005.

 

Whatever you do, please take some action on Mother's Day to

commemorate the true meaning of this day, to continue Marla's work on

behalf of innocent victims, and to end the insanity of sacrificing

our children to war.

 

Mother's Day Actions

http://www.codepinkalert.org//article.php?list=type & type=47

 

Counter-Recruitment:

http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?list=type & type=48

 

Veteran's For Peace - The Anti-War Origin of Mother's Day:

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/The_antiwar_origin_051004.htm

 

Happy Mother's Day...But Quiet, We're at War Now

http://antiwar.com/polner/?articleid=1857

snippet:

 

" Why do not the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to

prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and

know the cost? "

 

....the lamentation of a wounded British lieutenant after World War I:

 

" You want to know what was the most awful thing? To find out that the

women can smile and throw roses, that they can give up their men,

their children, the boys they have put to bed a thousand times and

pulled the covers over a thousand times, and they gave us up – that

they sent us – sent us! The women sent us. No general could have made

us go if the women hadn't allowed us to be stacked on the trains, if

they had screamed out that they would never look at us again if we

turned into murderers. "

 

I’m gonna tell all you fascists you may be surprised

The people in this world are getting organized

You’re bound to lose, you fascists are bound to lose

[Guest guest]

This is such exciting news for you, Kenia. What an opportunity to show

your family some excellent vegetarian food! How about trying Donna's

Con Quiche tador? When is Mother's Day over there? - ours in Britain

was last month I believe.

wishing you all the best for a successful meal.

Christie

 

, kenia

<mistressofthedishes wrote:

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> I'm planning a vegetarian dinner at my Mother's home. Everyone

there agreed to it so I'm all excited. I had better b\hurry and try

some recipes from the files. I know I'll be making hummus, guacamole,

and I thought about the hominy and black bean enchiladas because my

family loves both of those and I've never tried them in an enchilada

dish. I want to make a quiche or dinner pie or casserole also.

> Kenia

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