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RVML Resource Center 2002-2007 Calendar Archives 30 July 2002, Tuesday |
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Video&Discussion: Peace in Space and on Earth by Dennis Kucinich
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: RVML Event Center - 258 A St, Ashland
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By Congressman Dennis Kucinich
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at RVML are free admission!
Video Description:
The Space Preservation Act of 2002
Congressman Kucinich’s message is about a shift in human consciousness -- about preventing the weaponization of outer space by the war industry. He speaks with integrity and passion about why this is so important and what we must do. The Congressman speaks of the fear and arrogance of those who would choose to mar the heavens with weapons. We must stop them. He repeats, "We must do this."
The 85 min presentation was delivered to an audience of 150 at a private home in Malibu, CA on February 23, 2002. Dr. Carol Rosin (president of the Institute for Cooperation in Space) introduces Congressman Kucinich, and they both answer questions after the lecture.
Quotes from Congressman Kucinich video taped in Malibu, California February, 2002:
"We’re here tonight to talk about a dream, a vision, which we can make a reality to create for ourselves a world of peace by making sure that the heavens themselves are never going to be marred by weapons. That’s the vision of H.R. 3616, the bill which would stop the weaponization of space, the bill which provides for the protection of space, the bill (and the companion world treaty) which essentially says that space, outer space, is sacred.
Each of us has a sense about the sacredness of our own inner space; of that universe within where we find the power to summon energies for who we are and; where we are here, in this time and place. We can create a movement of politics that is responsive to expanding consciousness. WE can help people become aware of their own creative potential. We can create more peaceful conditions in this world by reaching and claiming the universal high ground, that trackless space which is the inheritance of all of us."
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"The thought of nuclear destruction was the dominant social/cultural theme we grew up with. Is it any wonder that we have so much violence in our society? Our society has always been on the verge of destruction. Is it any wonder our own children may have conflicts over their purpose in life? Some of our youth believe they may not be able to fulfill a life purpose amidst the violence in our society. That violence is intensified when public officials talk about war. Today our own children have the kind of conflicts they do over their purpose in life, over what they might be able to do when they see the violence, not only in our society but we see the violence that public officials sometimes utter when they talk about war.
We have an opportunity to recreate the spirit of our times. I can feel it. We have an opportunity to recreate the spirit of our times. We can take this technology for destruction, for war, and, through this proposal, create a technology for peace. We can create a world where war no longer becomes inevitable. We first have to look to a practical measure, such a measure to stop the weaponization of space.
We asking for the United States, once and for all, to suspend all planning, to stop all work on weaponizing space.
We’re asking our countries leaders to recognize the commonality of all people. We’re asking our countries leaders to understand that the world is undivided. We’re asking our countries leaders to see the world as an interconnected whole. We’re asking our countries leaders to take a holistic view of the world and to allow the globe, the sphere of the Earth herself, to exist free from an assault from space. All the universe should understand that we truly come in peace because we exist in peace. It is through peaceful cooperation that we will insure that space will always be free from weapon.
There are so many opportunities for the evolution of our species. There is the possibility of space travel, for commerce, for exploration. That is part of the human spirit. It always has been. That’s something that we celebrate. It’s what the poet Browning wrote about. He said, "But a man’s (and a woman’s) reach should exceed his/her grasp or what’s a heaven for?" It’s called striving. It’s what it means to be human. It is about what another poet called, "The instinct within us that reaches and towers." Striving is the air that we breathe. Striving feeds our souls. Our innermost striving is towards outer space. How important it is that space remain sacred.
And so we have the chance today, launching this effort for peace, through saying, ‘There shall be no weapons in space.’ But not only that, but to use that legislation as a matrix for a treaty to preserve space which we will ask leaders from all over the world to sign.
Now, occasionally in life, we get the opportunity to stand at the epicenter of an event. Many of us have had that opportunity. Today, we have such an opportunity again."
For more information, please visit http://www.PeaceInSpace.com
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