Poetry in Action was born in 1999 when poet Guillem Vallejo decided to organise a poetry recital to raise funds to help people in Venezuela and Mozambique affected by devastating floods. The first few Poetry in Action events were held in the Ateneo...

Today's far-right German politicians feel that the ancient Germanic identity is threatened by the invasion of Turks, Arabs, Africans, Asians and South Americans, foreigners from various sources that in some parts make up more than 15% of the population.

The sociologist Galtung wants to make peace a subject for the university syllabus. He said this upon being inducted as an Honorary Doctor by the University of Alicante. His aim is to create Faculties of Science for Peace, with the function of training...

In Ecuador a survey has taken place, asking people to define themselves ethnically. The specific question read: "How do you identify yourself in accordance with your culture and customs? a) Indigenous b) Afro-Ecuadorian; c) Black d) Mulato e)...

Llorenç Vidal Vidal (the Majorcan poet and pacifist) says, one of the pillars on which rests School Day of Non-Violence and Peace is the concept of positive peace...

Take a look at history and you will see that saying sorry is on the increase. Everyone who knows about the history of Germany over the last half a century will know that German people have paid for the horrors of Nazism almost on a daily basis. They...

“We have come together today because we are all part of a unique moment in the history of man, where our common future is at stake. We are all citizens from different nations but we are all citizens from the same...

To be born, or not to be born, that is the question! And it is not as banal as it sounds. Whether or not I am happy, whether I believe that one day I will turn into dust and be swept from the circle of the living, or that a more pleasant destiny awaits...

Once upon a time there was a King who said he would give a great prize to the artist who could best capture perfect peace in a painting.

Lots of artists tried there luck…

The King looked...

If I could forget
All that I was
If I could erase
All that I saw
I wouldn’t hesitate
I wouldn’t hesitate to laugh again

If I could explain
All the lives...

Guernika Gogoratuz is a Centre for Peace Research that was set up in 1987 following a unanimous vote by the Basque Government as part of the 50th anniversary of the Bombing of Guernica.

Gernika...

Pau Casals always dreamt
about a world full of peace
a free world.

A world where there was happiness
where children play
and brothers and sisters don’t fight.

Everyone, everyone wants...

Let the image of the past be erased
If the past is death and despair
Let a future full of hope be born
For all those who lost it one sad day
Let the land be filled with children’s smiles

Peace is not a sudden gust of wind,
it is the stone that we must engrave every day
in our efforts to conquer it.

Historical apologies are being taken to surprising extents. Is it reasonable for the French of today to ask Italians to say sorry for Cesar’s invasion of Gaul? Is it not a little unfair to blame the Germans of today...

The organization I preside over, Peace Movement (Movimiento por la Paz) is 25 years old. We want this years anniversary to be cause for inspiration in relaunching pacifism in Spanish society, the same pacifism which lead...

“Now on the river bank, even more fun was had. (There’s something about both water and fire that children find captivating). We found the simple contemplation of the way the water slid between the two banks...

Today I gave my signature for Peace
Under the Alameda trees
and to a young woman with hopeful eyes
Along side her more young women were collecting more signatures
and the time was like a burning...

There are many ways to make yourself heard
Many people who deserve peace
Why hate something because it is different,
If it's unlike everyone else?
When people is all we are.

Why not be friends,
Unite,...

Peace should be seen not only as the absence of differences and conflicts, but as a dynamic and positive process of participation intrinsically linked to democracy, justice and development. In order to respect all differences, dialogue should be promoted,...

Becoming aware of our own existence is a reflexive act that happens after you’ve been around for a while. It is hard to pinpoint when it happens. Each person is a whole universe and being aware of existing does not...

To wish for peace is nothing new. To aspire for peace is an innate part of man, but it must not be confused with uniformity or with the absence of conflict. Peace should not be established out of certainty/ safety, but rather out of trust/ familiarity...

Kim Phuc, the Vietnamese girl who was so terribly burnt by Napalm when whe was 9 years old, in 1972, and whose photo has reached the furthest corners of the world, has been designated Goodwill Ambassor for a Culture of Peace...