Letters I mailed today.
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Seattle, WA 98105 USA
John Perkins, PhD
April 20, 2020
Hon. Secretary-General António Guterres
℅ Office of the Spokesperson
United Nations, S-233
New York, NY 10017
Re: Global Ceasefire
Dear Secretary-General Guterres:
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your call for a Global Ceasefire on March 23. Let me share a quote and my suggestion for a larger scope to this appeal.
I am reminded of President’s Dwight D. Eisenhower’s words about the looming military-industrial complex:
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
I suggest that the Global Ceasefire agreement include a clause for a Global Cease Funding. Global Cease Funding means every nation suspends their military spending and uses that enormous amount of resources generously to support health care services, the building of homes, meaningful work projects, and forums for cooperation and sharing. Or in 3 words: living, life, and love.
Nós podemos fazer isso,
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Seattle, WA 98105 USA
John Perkins, PhD
April 20, 2020
Hon. M. Emmanuel MACRON
President of France
Palais de l'Élysée
55 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris
France
Re: Global Ceasefire
Dear President Macron:
Thank you for supporting UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s March 23rd call for a Global Ceasefire. Let me share a quote and my suggestion for a larger scope to this appeal.
I am reminded of President’s Dwight D. Eisenhower’s words about the looming military-industrial complex:
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
I suggest that the Global Ceasefire agreement include a clause for a Global Cease Funding. Global Cease Funding means every nation suspends their military spending and uses that enormous amount of resources generously to support health care services, the building of homes, meaningful work projects, and forums for cooperation and sharing. Or in 3 words: living, life, and love.
Nous pouvons le faire,
