12seconds for Peace - ViΩLeT ft. Deniz Sujana

Something of an advertisement this may be, but it is with pleasure that we bring you a video clip from the Turkish funkrock band ViΩLeT featuring Deniz Sujana. Writing their own songs and using mostly Turkish lyrics,ViΩLeT have been heavily involved in the peace movement for some time, and in 2008 performed their song Peacin' that appears on this video as a part of the Global Peace Rally.



You can get a free download of the track Peacin' with Deniz Sujana's beautiful vocal by going to the following link: Peacin'. Or if you want to connect up with ViΩLeT, then you can find their Facebook fan page here: http://bit.ly/ViOLeT_Fanpage and Deniz Sujana's Fanpage is here: Deniz Sujana. If you are interested in what the Global Peace Rally are all about, and to catch up with what they are doing, then you can also find them on Facebook here: Global Peace Rally.

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12seconds for Peace - Clare Brumby/Clare Makes Films

Here is a wonderful little video from Clare Brumby and the crew of Clare Makes Films originally called 'Peace Process'. Clare noted 

"'Peace Process' is a stop-motion animation that shows the construction on an origami peace crane which illustrates that peace is a never-ending process.The short was made by the crew at clare makes films and in its original format it was used as a trailer for our 'Peace Talks' chat show that took place on November 1st 2010 at the 'Bed-in at the Bluecoat,' a 60-day bed-in style protest commemorating the famous bed-in's by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969. Our non-violent peace protest championed the cause of dialogue in avoiding and resolving conflict through our chat show 'Peace Talks.'"



'Clare Makes Films' is an independent media production company based in Merseyside in the UK which has built up a track record of productions for most of the UK main broadcasters including Channel 4, the BBC and Granada. Clare Makes Films have also been involved in work for Merseyside Refugee & Asylum Seekers Support Group (MRANG), Libra Television, Real Life Media Ltd, CSV Media Training North, Ministry of Defence.

You can find out more about Clare Makes Films here: Clare Makes Films.

12seconds for Peace would like to offer its thanks to Clare and the crew at Clare Makes Films for their fantastic video!

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12seconds for Peace - Elizeth Labega

A beautiful video from Elizeth Labega with footage from a rally held by The Peace Coalition of Monterey County, California in the USA on 13th November this year - just in. Thank you Elizeth!

Elizeth commented that the rally was held to push for an "...end to American involvement in war and more effectively use the resources currently being consumed by war.  The rally united people from a wide variety of walks of life and political affiliations."



Peace can be achieved if we all come together and stand as one voice and insist on it. If you find yourself at a peace rally anywhere in the world, why not make a 12seconds for Peace video while you are there and send it in? Once your rally is over, its message can live on through this project. Send your videos in to: 12seconds4peace@gmail.com

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12seconds for Peace - Rohani Razak

Another great video in from Rohani Razak from Singapore - peace is the only way to go, as Rohani makes clear. But how can we achieve peace? How can we let those in power know that this is what we want? How can we make them realise that the majority of people on this planet have had enough of the war-mongering, the hate, the excuses to justify violence against our fellow citizens? One way is to contribute to this project. If enough people engage with 12seconds for Peace - if enough people stand together and let those in power know that peace is our wish, our right, our demand, then perhaps we stand a chance of achieving it.



Send your 12seconds for Peace video in to: 12seconds4peace@gmail.com

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12seconds for Peace - Zententions - 2

Another great video in this time from Jen and Billie at 'Zententions'. Their message, 'We are free to be change makers' is really the dawning in all of us that we are the ones that decide whether there is peace in the world or not. Peace is not an abstract concept or a theoretical construct; it is the state of reality, once we realise that we can in fact, through the force of our own intentions, change the way that the world is.It is entirely up to us.



The photographs used in this video are by Zen photographer Stephen Chard.

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12seconds for Peace - Litana Somoano - 4

Another great video in from Litana Somoano - something of a regular contributor to this project! Litana is now represented across all three of our compilations: '12seconds for Peace - The First Ten Minutes', '12seconds for Peace - Ten Minutes Later' and of course with this video, on the next compilation: '12seconds for Peace - Revolution!'.



If you would like to add your voice to this growing project, then you can send your video in to: 12seconds4peace@gmail.com

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12seconds for Peace - In the Classroom

'12seconds for Peace - The First Ten Minutes' and '12seconds for Peace - Ten Minutes Later' are, as I type this, wending their way, via Skype to a classroom at Vilnius University in Lithuania.

Akvilė Naikauskaitė, a law student at Vilnius University, seen here in the photograph, contacted me and asked if she could use the 12seconds for Peace videos as a part of a presentation that she is giving on Legal English terminology; her subject being war and peace. 12seconds for Peace of course, fits perfectly into this context, giving as it does, a whole plethora of views and expressions on the subject of peace. We can't help much with the war aspect, but peace - we've got it covered!

If you have somehow missed these two ground-breaking videos that will soon be screened to the Vilnius University law students, then this is the perfect opportunity to bring them both to your attention. Here is '12seconds for Peace - The First Ten Minutes' and '12seconds for Peace - Ten Minutes Later':





It is a real pleasure to be able to offer this project out in this way - to help educate others, to bring the message of peace that you have all helped to create to a wider audience and of course to promote this project further. Akvilė, I am sure will also be encouraging her fellow students to contribute to the project. 12seconds for Peace has already made some headway in Lithuania over the last few months and it would be wonderful to receive more videos from the country that is right at the heart of the European Union. Peace must, after all, begin in the heart.

We wish you much success with your presentation and your continued studies Akvilė, and thank you for taking 12seconds for Peace into the classroom!

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12seconds for Peace - Rohani Razak & Son

It's always a great feeling in the morning when checking emails, to find a message that there is a 12seconds for Peace video just arrived at Tokbox. This delivery by the cyber-postman this morning contained two wonderful videos from Rohani Razak and her son, and the first of them is presented here. This is our first contribution from Singapore and the fact that it has arrived, is testament to the fact that 12seconds for Peace is, inexorably spreading across the planet. Slowly but surely, people are finding this project and contributing. Ordinary people, who may not have the time or inclination to go on a rally, to sign a petition, to demonstrate at the gates, or throw themselves under tanks, are finding the time to sit down in front of their webcams for a minute or so and make a video for peace.



The Tokbox facility on the 12seconds for Peace blog is there for you to use. It takes less than a minute to record your video. If you haven't made one yet, why not give it a go now? It's simple: hit record, say your piece (be careful to time yourself to 12 seconds) and then hit send. How easy does it need to be? 12seconds for Peace is looking forward to receiving your video too. Rohani's video will now be included in the '12seconds for Peace - Revolution' compilation that is now gathering momentum. Why not join her and add your voice to the project? And of course, watch out for her second video, coming up soon!

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12seconds for Peace - Alex D-ST

No words, no sounds....just the abstracted beauty of the shifting of sand and light....a zen moment of sublime peaceful reflection from Alex D-ST on 12seconds for Peace this time.



It is lovely to see so many experimental visions of peace appearing on this project. If you want to do something  a little 'out-there' for your contribution to 12seconds for Peace, then feel free to do so!! Please keep your videos coming in to: 12seconds4peace@gmail.com

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12seconds for Peace - Figen Bico 2

12seconds for Peace just keeps on rolling along! And here we are with the very first video from Figen Bico, that will open our next video compilation '12seconds for Peace - Revolution'.



This is a great little video from Figen - her second contribution to the project, and with a very important message: that peace is in fact liberation from suffering. Suffering is something that all of us are subject to at various times in our lives. It is something that often we go through quietly, on our own, resigned to seeing it through and hoping to come out the other end. There is no suffering in peace. Peace requires the elimination of suffering. Together and individually, suffering can be reduced, and many times eliminated. If we want peace, we must work on liberating ourselves and others from the cycle of suffering. When there is no suffering, then there will be peace! Thank you for your wonderful video Figen!

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