This project started 19 October 2001 in protest against Danish participation
in the so-called "War on Terrorism".
A steadily growing group of people who value peace has been standing,
since October 19th, from early morning to late evening, all 7 days of
the week, forming a peace watch outside Christiansborg, the Danish parliament
and government.
We are keeping a symbolic flame alive for all the innocent war victims
in the world. And in order to highlight the ever-present danger to world
peace, which lies in the escalation that often is part of war's terrible
logic - an escalation which powerful forces are arguing for, including
the USA's Secretary of Defence.
We are continuing to take time out from our ordinary daily life and
concerns, convinced of the necessity of action for peace in the world,
and of the necessity of an international and global dialogue about the
conditions which foster war and terrorism.
Hate breeds hate. Terrorism cannot be driven out with yet more terror;
the bombing of impoverished people and countries. The contrary is true
- injustice on this scale nurtures terrorism.
We find it necessary to call for reflection in a time where even religious
leaders and intellectuals are adding their voices to a hypocritical
dogma: "the necessity of war".
We find it necessary to try to counter a general indifference to the
fact that we - the Danish nation - are ideologically and actively participating
in this hopeless, ugly and dangerous "War on Terrorism", and that we
as a nation thus support the idea that terrorism can be stopped with
terror. The passivity of ordinary people lends support to this dogma,
for those who remain silent implicitly accept the government's and the
parliament's political decisions.
We cannot remain passive faced with the threat to our society posed
by the forces who claim they want to defend it - therefore this vigil,
the peace watch.
New Year 2002
Support the PeaceWatch
Please make payments to "FredsVagtens Venner".
Bank details: Merkurbank
Address: Vesterbrogade 40, 1620 Copenhagen V, Denmark.
Reg. no. (equivalent to sort code): 8401
A/c no.: 1041096
Swift code: RIBADK22
Copenhagen
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