Who are your "Heroes of Peace"?

Who are your heroes of peace?

I ask this in response to the "Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Heroes of War" cards featuring a color portrait of none other than AWOL chickenhawk GWB on the box! I was at the convenience store earlier today and saw a box of these cards sitting next to the register -- man, did that piss me off to see GWB now touted as a military hero of all things! (Of course, anytime you go to a gas station/convenience store they seem to sell more than the usual share of violent and sexist novelties but still, this was simply beyond the pale.)

Anyway, I thought, "why not a Heroes of Peace card deck?" Wouldn't this really be something to share, especially if the cards came with a short bio on the reverse of each card? Perhaps this is an idea worth pursuing, especially if they could be used as a fundraiser for an organization dedicated to furthering the ideals of peace.

So who would make your list of the "Heroes of Peace", and why?

Christ, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Theresa, Rachel Carson

way too long.

So I'll just list St. Francis.

David Radcliff and Cliff Kindy.

Don't know the names? Google 'em, along with church +of +the brethren. They're two terrific witnesses for peace!

Mohatma Ghandi
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Schwerner, Goodman and Cheney
Helen Caldicott
Cesar Chavez
Elie Wiesel
King Christian X of Denmark
Oscar Romero
Albert Schweitzer

eom

The White Rose
Raul Wallenberg
Tommy Douglas
Mordecai Vanunu
Nelson Mandela
Arundhati Roy

... would certainly seem to qualify.

Other suggestions?

... on women peace activists. These are the kind of heroes I want to know about!

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_mayjune_2001/Hunt.html