How do you effectively act for peace during a war?
What the past has to teach us.
In April 2025, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each of four weeks of Peace Advocacy in the Shadow of War with the author Francis Shor.
When you register for the club, we'll send you a PDF of the book (not to be shared with anyone).
We'll let you know which parts of the book will be discussed each week along with the Zoom details to access the discussions.
When: For one hour on four Tuesdays, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 2025 at 00:00 UTC.
That's Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Honolulu, 5 p.m. in Los Angeles, 6 p.m. in Mexico City, 8 p.m. in New York, and
Wednesday at 8 a.m. in Beijing, 9 a.m. in Tokyo, 11 a.m. in Sydney, 1 p.m. in Auckland.
Where: Zoom (details to be shared upon registration).
This is a small group series with limited space of up to 18 people.
Sign up to reserve your spot. We look forward to reading and discussing this important book with you!
About the Book:
For peace advocates a corollary to Clausewitz’s dictum that “war
is politics by other means” might be that other politics could prevent
war. By highlighting both individual peace advocates and antiwar/peace
organizations from World War I through the wars of the 21st century, the
chapters will provide insights into how these individuals and
organizations articulated their opposition to and mobilized against
specific wars and international/regional conflicts. Organized roughly in
chronological order, each chapter will illuminate the socio-historical
conditions under which such peace advocacy contested state aggression
and armed combat at the national and/or transnational levels. Beyond
understanding the specific socio-historical circumstances within which
these antiwar and peace advocates and organizations operated and their
resultant achievements and failures, the book as a whole will examine
the kind of politics that perpetuate war and those that offer a
challenge to that perpetuation. Scholars, students, and the general
public interested in the history of modern and contemporary wars, peace
and conflict studies, and ethical/political perspectives in the 20th and
21st centuries should find much to reflect upon in this book.
Praise for the Book:
"In this engaging book, historian Francis Shor offers perceptive
essays on antiwar and peace activists, organizations, and movements. He
discusses well-known peace advocates (Albert Einstein, Martin Luther
King); lesser known activists (Alice Herz; Cindy Sheehan); organizations
(IWW; Witness for Peace); and movements (draft resistance against the
Vietnam War & women’s peace camps against nuclear weapons).
Approaching his case studies from a social and cultural perspective, he
shows how class, race, ethnicity, and gender have shaped and mobilized
activists and peace activism. A Vietnam War draft resister and longtime
peace activist, Shor combines scholarly analysis and a participant’s
insight. This well-written book will appeal to specialists and the
general public alike."
—Scott H. Bennett, Professor of History at
Georgian Court University, USA
About the Author:
Francis Shor received his Ph.
D. in American Studies in 1976 from the University of Minnesota. After
forty years of teaching at Wayne State University, he retired in 2014.
He has published five books, one novel, and scores of articles. In
addition to his academic work, he has been a long-time peace and justice
activist, serving previously on the Boards of Peace Action of Michigan
and the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR). He was the Founder
and former Director of the Public Education and Community Engagement
(P.E.A.C.E.) Project.
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