If every Learner on
WeaponWorld
Cast off misgivings
and worked to the same plan,
We could build
PeaceWorld
In one generation.
FIRST THINGS FIRST,
WORLD PEACE FIRST!
INTRO & VOCAB TABLE OF CONTENTS
“We are now faced
with the fact that tomorrow is today.
We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding
conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of
time. Life often leaves us standing
bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. The ‘tide in the affairs of men’ does not remain at the flood; it
ebbs. We may cry out desperately for
time to pause in her passage, but time is deaf to every plea and rushes
on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled
residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words ‘Too late.’ There is an invisible book of life that
faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. ‘The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on…’ We still have a choice today: nonviolent
coexistence or violent co-annihilation.
This may well be mankind’s last chance to choose between chaos and
community.” Martin Luther King, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community,
1st ed., 1967, “The World House”, http://ww.forusa.org/nonviolence/MLK_WorldHouse.html
I did not write this
text, nor did you seek it, to stoke the WeaponWorld Jive Drive, distract you
from your Learner responsibilities or reassure you that weapons elites should
make every vital decision without your input.
That has never been sane policy.
Learners would include everyone’s good ideas, naturally.
All I ask is that
you find your favorite chapter of Learners, translate it into your mother
tongue, publish it on the Internet for free distribution and tell me about it. The task you’ve been preparing for all your
life.
The secret to World Peace resides in the world’s elites and proletariats acting in concert as Learners, rather than their discord fostered by warmongers on both sides.
In pursuit of
why, how, and what to expect from PeaceWorld,
LEARNERS: On the Move from WeaponWorld to PeaceWorld
mark mulligan