another revolution
around the sun
a moment of pause
to take account
a fresh beginning
to make our world right
another chance to be
a good citizen of Earth
new hope that love
may conquer fear
Traducción de Rubén D. Arvizu
otra revolución
alrededor del sol
un momento de pausa
para considerar
un comienzo fresco
para hacer bien al mundo
otra oportunidad de ser
un buen ciudadano de la Tierra
nueva esperanza de que el amor
pueda conquistar al temor.
In just a few days, I will retire after serving as President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation for the past 37 years. I give my deepest thanks to all of you who have educated yourselves and others through our books and monthly newsletter, who have spoken out for peace and nuclear disarmament through our Action Alert Network, and who have made this institution possible through your generous financial support.
When we founded NAPF in 1982, the world was adrift in nuclear dangers. We began with a belief in the necessity of awakening people everywhere to the dangers of the Nuclear Age – a time in which our technological prowess exceeded our ethical development. This dilemma continues today. For nearly four decades, we have been a steady, consistent and creative voice for peace and a world free of nuclear weapons.
As the calendar page turns to 2020, we are working to create a peace literate world, based upon empathy, caring, kindness and overcoming fear, greed and trauma: a world in which nuclear weapons can be abolished and stay abolished. Our Peace Literacy Initiative, headed by Paul K. Chappell, a West Point graduate, goes to the root causes of war and nuclear weapons. It is a profound way of waging peace.
As the next generation prepares to take the helm at NAPF, I ask you to believe in the power of our work now more than ever. We have exciting plans to scale up our Peace Literacy work and deliver measurable and increasing impacts over the coming months and years.
Your financial support is essential to making these plans a reality. Please consider a year-end gift to the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation so that we can maximize our reach to train students, teachers, and community leaders in 2020 and beyond.
In peace,
David Krieger
President
Vaya aquí para la versión española.
May we embrace peace with justice. May we speak for it and stand for it. May we make our voices heard and our presence felt.
May we awaken to the possibilities of our greatness if we stop wasting our resources on war and its preparation.
May we end all war in the new year. Wars always end. May we end them sooner and lessen the toll of death and suffering. May we refrain from initiating new wars.
May we dramatically reduce military spending and reallocate the funds to meeting social needs – the needs of the poor, the hungry, the homeless and those without health care.
May we end the arms trade, and make pariahs of those who profit from it and from war.
May we stop provoking a new nuclear arms race with the Russians by the expansion of NATO and deployment of missile defense installations up to their borders in Europe.
May we recognize the omnicidal threat that nuclear weapons pose to humanity and all life. May we take these weapons off hair-trigger alert, declare and enforce policies of No First Use, and begin negotiations for a new treaty for the phased, verifiable, irreversible and transparent elimination of all nuclear weapons.
May we uphold and strengthen human rights for all people in all places. May we seek justice for the oppressed.
May we stop to appreciate the beauty and abundance of our amazing planet, our most important common heritage. May we make it a healthy planet for all life by restoring the purity of its air and water, the lushness of its forests and the richness of its soil.
May we demonstrate a decent respect for the lessons of history and for all who have preceded us on our unique planet, the only one we know of in the universe that supports life.
May we show by our actions that we take seriously our role as trustees of Earth for our children and their children and all children of the future – that they may enjoy a peaceful and harmonious life on our planetary home.