The Pledge of Resistance

We believe that as citizens
of the world it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices
done by governments
in our names.

Not in our name
will they wage endless war.
There can be no more deaths,
no more transfusions
of blood for oil.

Not in our name
will they invade countries,
bomb civilians, kill more children,
letting history take its course
over the graves of the nameless.

Not in our name
will they erode the very freedoms
they have claimed to fight for.

Not by our hands
will we supply weapons and funding
for the annihilation of families.

Not by our mouths
will we let fear silence us.

Not by our hearts
will we allow whole peoples
or countries to be deemed evil.

Not by our will
and Not in our name.

We pledge resistance.

We pledge alliance with those
who have come under attack
for voicing opposition to war.

We pledge to make common cause
with the people of the world
to bring about justice,
freedom and peace.

Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real.