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I endorse Dennis Kucinich for President of the United States.

To Bomb or Not to Bomb Iran: What Will Happen?

Trying to win an illegal war is to add war crimes and crimes against humanity to the original crime against peace. Legislators who vote to continue an illegal war are complicit in war crimes. If the United States is a conscientious and just nation, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney will be impeached and prosecuted.

Why We (US) Should Get Out of Iraq ASAP

What Jesus Might Say to George W. Bush

Japan's War and Defeat 1937-1949
Imperial Japan 1894-1937
Japan's Modernization 1800-1894
Korea 1800-1949
China at War 1937-1949
Nationalist-Communist Civil War 1927-1937
Republican China in Turmoil 1912-1926
Qing Dynasty Fall 1875-1912
Philippines to 1949
Jamestown, Smith and Pocahontas 1607-16
Indonesia and the Dutch 1800-1950
Vietnam and the French 1800-1950
Siam, Cambodia, and Laos 1800-1950
Burma, Malaya and the British 1800-1950
Tibet, Nepal, and Ceylon 1800-1950
Liberating India and Pakistan 1934-1950
Spanish Conquest 1492-1580
Franklin's Practical Ethics
Bolivar and South American Liberation

2003 Peace Campaign (Sanderson wrote this account of his educational peace campaign for the Presidency of the United States during his four-month incarceration for nonviolently protesting the illegal invasion of Iraq.)
Opening Statement by Sanderson Beck, May 1, 2003
Testimony by Sanderson Beck, May 1, 2003
Closing Arguments by Sanderson Beck, May 1, 2003
May 2003 Letter to Judge Walsh by Sanderson Beck
Letter to Judge Rita Federman

BEST FOR ALL: How We Can Save the World

Global Emergency
Alleviating Poverty
Disarming Weapons of War
Creating Global Democracy
Reforming the US Constitution
Restoring Justice
Sustainable Economics
Freeing Communication
Spiritual Awakening
Nonviolent Strategies
Appendix:
Global Disarmament Treaty (first draft by Beck)
Constitution of the Federal Earth Democracy (first draft by Beck)
Constitution of the United States Revised (first draft by Beck)

The Art of Gentle Living

Spiritual Awareness
Conscious Self-Mastery
Understanding Feelings
Clear Thinking
Compassionate Communication
Ethical Economics and Politics

Colonial Latin America 1744-1808
Brazil and Guiana 1500-1744
Spanish Colonies and the West Indies 1580-1744
Spanish Conquest 1492-1580
Mayans, Toltecs, Aztecs, and Incas
Protesting the Bush-Iraq Wars
Mandela and Freeing South Africa
My Efforts for World Peace (expanded)
Nonviolent Revolution for Global Justice (expanded)
Chomsky and Zinn on US Imperialism (expanded)
Women for Peace (expanded)
King and the Civil Rights Movement (expanded)
Chronology of Asia & Africa 1300-1875
Tsunami and the Lessons of Disasters
Elections Reflections in December 2004

The devastating U. S. attack on Falluja is another crime against peace, and targeting hospitals is a war crime and a crime against humanity, according to the Nuremberg Principles.

When I decided to run for President in November 2002 as a peace candidate, people supported Kucinich instead because they thought he had a better chance of winning. Dean supporters thought he was an anti-war candidate who had a better chance of winning than Kucinich. Kerry then defeated Dean because Democrats thought he had a better chance of beating Bush. Finally the American people voted for Bush because they thought he would be better at "winning the war against terrorism." So it goes, instead of applying the teachings of Christ and Buddha, people succumb to the hypocrisy that betrays the integrity and principles of love. As a result voters in the United States have affirmed a war criminal in the highest office.

Circumstantial evidence indicates that the voting tabulations in Ohio, Florida, and New Mexico were not fair and accurate. Unless those voting procedures are thoroughly investigated, the "re-election" of George W. Bush is not legitimate. I urge every conscientious citizen to refuse to pay taxes to the United States Government because it is a criminal organization.

Sanderson Beck placed 9th out of 65 candidates in this international poll for U.S. President.

Christian Delusions and American Hypocrisy (Compared to the Teaching of Jesus)

The main lesson missed by the 9-11 Commission Report is that the United States must stop using military force to oppress people in other countries. The Bush regime has done the opposite of what is needed, thus making the terrorism problem much worse.

BUSH'S "SMOKING GUN" DEMANDS IMPEACHMENT!
George W. Bush's directing that $700,000,000 appropriated for the war in Afghanistan be diverted secretly in 2002 to prepare for the illegal invasion of Iraq is ample evidence to prove he was guilty of a "high crime." Therefore if the United States Congress does not impeach George W. Bush, then they are accomplices in his crimes.

Democratically elected Haiti president Jean-Bertrand Aristide did not resign nor did he flee. He was abducted under threat of violence against him, his family, and his people by those who favor wealthy interests, because he has tried to help the poor, as Jesus the Christ taught. He was forced out by a gang of criminals which included the Bush regime and its manipulations. This is the third massive combination of violent crimes by President George W. Bush and his accomplices, overthrowing the governments of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Haiti by armed aggression in violation of the United Nations Charter and the U. S. Constitution. How many governments must the Bush regime overthrow before the people of the United States remove this criminal from the office he stole with money and electoral fraud?

Beck for President Dear friends,
I am (was) an official candidate (registered with the Federal Elections Commission in 2002) for the nomination by the Democratic Party for President of the United States. You can read a short summary of some of my policies at the following links:
Why I Am Running for President
What I oppose:
What I support:
Political Principles and Vision
Transforming U.S. Military Policy to World Peace
Social Responsibility
State of US 2003: An Alternative Address by Presidential Candidate Sanderson Beck
If you would like to support this educational candidacy, please send an e-mail to san@beck.org letting us know how you would like to help.

National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee

The criminal terrorists of 9-11 are obviously dead.
9-11 was an emergency wake-up call to remedy the evils of U.S. foreign policy.
The United States is at war with its own shadow as the "empire strikes back."
How many more people will be killed
before the American people wake up
and stop the war crimes of their own government?

Qur'an Selections
Bush's World War and the Third Option of Peace with Justice
TERRORISM! What are the Solutions?

Letter on the Persecution of Falun Gong in China

Did the Hypocrisy of the U. S. Supreme Court Steal the Presidency for George W. Bush?

USA Election Reforms
United States is Violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Battle in Seattle: Commendations and Condemnations
NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia and the Lessons of the 20th Century
Clinton and U.S. Violates International Law with Missile Strike on Afghanistan and Sudan
Don't Bomb Iraq Again!

STATISTICS OF SHAME:
The United States Government is currently spending more money on war than the rest of the world combined.
This is paid for by about half of U.S. federal income tax.
The United States Congress still has not paid about $500,000,000 owed the United Nations in back dues.
Estimated number of persons incarcerated in the United States in 1980: 500,000.
Estimated number of persons incarcerated in the United States in February 2000: 2,000,000.
Estimated number of persons incarcerated in the United States in June 2007: 2,245,000.
The United States now leads the world in the number of people incarcerated and the rate of incarceration.
25% of all imprisoned people on Earth are in the United States, though U. S. population is only 4.5% of the world.
African-Americans now equal the number of incarcerated whites in the U.S. Is this not the new slavery?

Most beneficial persons of the last four millennia (in my opinion) -
2nd BC: Duke Zhou, 1st BC: Buddha, 1st CE: Jesus, 2nd CE: Gandhi

WORLD PEACE WRITINGS

WORLD PEACE MOVEMENT
Principles, Purposes and Methods
(1982)

BEST FOR ALL:
How We Can Save the World
(2005)

Global Emergency
Alleviating Poverty
Disarming Weapons of War
Creating Global Democracy
Reforming the US Constitution
Restoring Justice
Sustainable Economics
Freeing Communication
Spiritual Awakening
Nonviolent Strategies
Appendix:
Global Disarmament Treaty (first draft by Beck)
Constitution of the Federal Earth Democracy (first draft by Beck)
Constitution of the United States Revised (first draft by Beck)

History of Peace - Volume 1 (2005)
GUIDES TO PEACE AND JUSTICE
FROM ANCIENT SAGES TO THE SUFFRAGETTES
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Prophets of Israel
Chinese Sages
Upanishads and Yoga
Mahavira and Buddha
Greek Philosophers and Aristophanes
Stoic Philosophers
Jesus and the Early Christians
Zarathushtra, Mani, and the Cathars
Sufis, Philosophers, and Nanak
Francesco and Bonaventure
Dante, Marsilius, and Petrarch
Magna Carta to Wyclif
Erasmus, Anabaptists, and Mennonites
International Law Pioneers
Quakers: Fox and Penn's Holy Experiment
Peace Plans of Rousseau, Bentham, and Kant
Abolitionists, Emerson, and Thoreau
Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá on World Peace
Tolstoy on the Law of Love
Suffragettes and Women's Rights

History of Peace - Volume 2 (2005)
WORLD PEACE EFFORTS SINCE GANDHI
Gandhi's Nonviolent Revolution
Wilson and the League of Nations
United Nations and Human Rights
United Nations Peacekeeping
Einstein and Schweitzer on Peace in the Atomic Age
Pacifism of Bertrand Russell and A. J. Muste
Clark-Sohn Plan for World Law and Disarmament
King and the Civil Rights Movement
Lessons of the Vietnam War
Women for Peace
Anti-Nuclear Protests
Resisting Wars in Central America
Gorbachev and Ending the Cold War
Mandela and Freeing South Africa
Chomsky and Zinn on US Imperialism
Protesting the Bush-Iraq Wars
Nonviolent Revolution for Global Justice
Appendix: My Efforts for World Peace
Bibliography
Chronology of Peacemaking

NONVIOLENT ACTION HANDBOOK (2003)

Nonviolence
Liberation from Seven Deadly -Isms
Group Process
Creative Actions
Legal Process

Nonviolent Strategies for Protesting the US-Iraq War
Letter to Secretary-General Kofi Annan
2003 Peace Campaign (Sanderson wrote this account of his educational peace campaign for the Presidency of the United States during his four-month incarceration for nonviolently protesting the illegal invasion of Iraq.)
Opening Statement by Sanderson Beck, May 1, 2003
Testimony by Sanderson Beck, May 1, 2003
Closing Arguments by Sanderson Beck, May 1, 2003
May 2003 Letter to Judge Walsh by Sanderson Beck

A PLEA FOR LOVE (1992)

 IRENE: Realizing World Peace (1985)

Introduction and VISION
DIAGNOSIS
PROGNOSIS
HEALING

CIRCLE FOR PEACE (1984)

PEACE TOUR JOURNAL 1987

TRIDENT PROTEST (1990)

THE FUTURE AND HOW:
A Philosopher's Vision
(1996)

SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY

The Art of Gentle Living

Spiritual Awareness
Conscious Self-Mastery
Understanding Feelings
Clear Thinking
Compassionate Communication
Ethical Economics and Politics

Living In God's Holy Thoughts

LIFE AS A WHOLE:
Principles of Education
Based on a Spiritual Philosophy of Love

Contents
Introduction
I. The Universe
Divine Principles
Nature and Evolution

II. The Individual
Self
Physical Body
Motivation
Memory
Imagination
Dreams
Emotion
Mind
Intuition
Will

III. Society
Social Relationships
Politics and Law
Economics
Science
Technology
Art and Communication
Recreation
Religion
Education

THE DIVINE MOTHER AND THE VEIL OF DEATH:
The Mysteries of Eleusis

Contents and Introduction
Eleusis and the Goddesses
Agricultural Background and History
Mysteries Preliminaries
Initiation
Interpretation
Bibliography

THE SOUL: Teachings on Individual Spiritual Reality
from Religion, Philosophy, and Psychology

Contents and Introduction
Summary
Bibliography

Essence of the Soul
The Soul in Human Consciousness
Soul Liberation


Moving Spiritual Inner Awareness
ACROSS THE GOLDEN BRIDGE

Edited by
Sanderson Beck
and Mark T. Holmes

Introduction
Preface
The Quest
Seminars
The Light
Attitude
John-Roger

Mystical Traveler
Dreams
Children
Healing
Creativity
Aura Balancings
Soul Transcendence

ASTROLOGY TIME PATTERNS (faq)
Sun in the signs and houses
Moon in the signs and houses
Mercury in the signs and houses
Venus in the signs and houses
Mars in the signs and houses

Jupiter in the signs and houses
Saturn in the signs and houses
Uranus in the signs and houses
Neptune in the signs and houses
Pluto in the signs and houses
Rising signs
Constellations of the Decanates


ETHICS OF CIVILIZATION

Introduction
Ethics

Volume 1: MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA to 1875
Prehistoric Cultures
Sumer, Babylon, and Hittites
Egypt
Israel
Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Empires
Muhammad and Islamic Conquest
Abbasid, Buyid, and Seljuk Empires 750-1095
Islamic Culture 1095-1300
Ottoman and Persian Empires 1300-1730
Ottoman and Persian Empires 1730-1875
Africa to 1500
Africa and Slavery 1500-1800
Africa and Europeans 1800-1875
Summary and Evaluation
Bibliography

 Volume 4: GREECE & ROME to 30 BC
Greek Culture to 500 BC
Greek Politics and Wars 500-360 BC
Greek Theatre
Socrates, Xenophon, and Plato
Isocrates, Aristotle, and Diogenes
Philip, Demosthenes, and Alexander
Hellenistic Era
Roman Expansion to 133 BC
Roman Revolution and Civil Wars
Plautus, Terence, and Cicero
Summary and Evaluation
Bibliography

 Volume 2: INDIA & SOUTHEAST ASIA to 1800
Vedas and Upanishads
Mahavira and Jainism
Buddha and Buddhism
Political and Social Ethics of India
Hindu Philosophy
Literature of India
India 30 BC to 1300
Delhi Sultans and Rajas 1300-1526
Mughal Empire 1526-1707
Marathas and the English Company 1707-1800
Southeast Asia to 1800
Pacific Islands to 1800
Summary and Evaluation
Bibliography

 Volume 5: ROMAN EMPIRE 30 BC to 610
Empire of Augustus and Tiberius
Jesus and His Apostles
Roman Decadence 37-96
Rome Under Better Emperors 96-180
Roman Empire In Turmoil 180-285
Roman Power and Christian Conflict 285-395
Augustine and the Fall of Rome 395-476
Goths, Franks, and Justinian's Empire 476-610
Summary and Evaluation
Bibliography

 Volume 3: CHINA, KOREA & JAPAN to 1800
Shang, Zhou and the Classics
Confucius, Mencius and Xun-zi
Daoism and Mo-zi
Legalism, Qin Empire and Han Dynasty
China 7 BC to 1279
Mongols and Yuan China
Ming Empire 1368-1644
Qing Empire 1644-1799
Qing Decline 1799-1875
Korea to 1800
Japan to 1615
Japan 1615-1800
Summary and Evaluation
Bibliography

 Volume 6: MEDIEVAL EUROPE 610-1300
Byzantine Empire 610-1095
Franks and Anglo-Saxons 613-899
Vikings and Feudal Europe 900-1095
Crusaders, Greeks, and Muslims
Europe's 12th-Century Development
Europe's 13th-Century Progress
Christian Ethics 1095-1300
European Literature 1095-1300
Summary and Evaluation
Bibliography


Volume 11: AMERICA to 1744
Mayans, Toltecs, Aztecs, and Incas
Spanish Conquest 1492-1580
Brazil and Guiana 1500-1744
Spanish Colonies and the West Indies 1580-1744
Northern America to 1642
English, French, and Dutch Colonies 1643-1664
New France 1663-1744
New England 1664-1744
New York to Pennsylvania 1664-1744
Maryland, Virginia, Carolinas, and Georgia 1663-1744
Franklin's Practical Ethics
Summary and Evaluation of America to 1744
Bibliography
America Chronology to 1744

Volume 20: SOUTH ASIA 1800-1950
British India 1800-1848
British India's Wars 1848-1881
India's Renaissance 1881-1905
India's Freedom Struggle 1905-1918
Gandhi and India 1919-1933
Liberating India and Pakistan 1934-1950
Tibet, Nepal, and Ceylon 1800-1950
Burma, Malaya and the British 1800-1950
Siam, Cambodia, and Laos 1800-1950
Vietnam and the French 1800-1950
Indonesia and the Dutch 1800-1950
Australia to 1950
New Zealand to 1950
Summary and Evaluation
Bibliography

Volume 21: EAST ASIA 1800-1949
Qing Decline 1799-1875
Qing Dynasty Fall 1875-1912
Republican China in Turmoil 1912-1926
Nationalist-Communist Civil War 1927-1937
China at War 1937-1949
Korea 1800-1949
Japan's Modernization 1800-1894
Imperial Japan 1894-1937
Japan's War and Defeat 1937-1949
Philippines to 1949
Pacific Islands to 1949
Summary and Evaluation
Bibliography

related articles:
Colonial Latin America 1744-1808
English and French Conflict 1744-1754
English, French, and Indian Wars 1754-1763
Bolivar and South American Liberation
South Asia 1941-1950
Southeast Asia 1941-1945

EDUCATION WRITINGS

The Consolation of Boethius
Emerson's Philosophy of Education
Francis W. Parker's Pedagogy
Teaching by Example

Booker T. Washington and Character Education
Education for Self-Awareness
Alternatives to Corporal Punishment

CONFUCIUS
Teaching

Contents
Introduction
Life of Confucius
Attitudes of Confucius
How Confucius Taught
What Confucius Taught
Example of Confucius
Influence of Confucius

AND SOCRATES:
Wisdom

The Socratic Problem
Life of Socrates
Attitudes of Socrates
How Socrates Taught
What Socrates Taught
Example of Socrates
Influence of Socrates
Confucius and Socrates Compared

SCREENPLAYS

RISING OUT OF SLAVERY:
Booker T. Washington and
George Washington Carver

RISING OUT OF SLAVERY Part 1
RISING OUT OF SLAVERY Part 2

COLUMBUS and His Four Voyages

THESEUS
OEDIPUS and ANTIGONE Part 1
OEDIPUS and ANTIGONE Part 2
JESUS the CHRIST - Part 1
JESUS the CHRIST - Part 2

SOCRATES

"Know Yourself"
The Sophists
Prudence and Courage
The Lover
The Banquet
Inspiration
Rhetoric
Justice
The Good
The Trial
Prison and Death

GEORGE WASHINGTON

Wilderness Diplomacy
A War Breaks Out
General Braddock's Defeat
Virginia Patriot
Fight for Independence
Maintaining an Army
On to Victory
The Constitution
First President
Second Term

Movie Mirrors (1913-1949) Index
Movie Mirrors Guide 1930s
Movie Mirrors Introduction
Movie Mirrors Index by Year with ratings:
1913-1926 1927-1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952

Alphabetical INDEX to Link Topics
in the Literary Works of Sanderson Beck:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

WISDOM CLASSICS OF CHINA AND INDIA

English versions by Sanderson Beck

WISDOM CLASSICS OF CHINA AND INDIA Contents
WISDOM BIBLE Introduction

DAO DE JING (WAY POWER BOOK) by Lao-zi

DA XUE (HIGHER EDUCATION) by Confucius
ZHONG-YONG (CENTER OF HARMONY) by Zi-si

UPANISHADS Introduction
KENA UPANISHAD
KATHA UPANISHAD
ISHA UPANISHAD
MUNDAKA UPANISHAD
PRASHNA UPANISHAD
MANDUKYA UPANISHAD
SHVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD

BHAGAVAD-GITA (THE LORD'S SONG)
YOGA SUTRAS (UNION THREADS) by Patanjali

BUDDHA'S FIRST SERMON
DHAMMAPADA (PATH OF TRUTH)

WISDOM CLASSICS OF GREECE, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND ROME

Translated by Sanderson Beck

WISDOM OF GREECE, ISRAEL, ROME Contents

Introduction to Socrates and Plato
ALCIBIADES by Plato
APOLOGIA SOKRATOUS (DEFENSE OF SOCRATES) by Plato
CRITO by Plato
PHAEDO by Plato
Ethical Writings of Epicurus

WISDOM OF SOLOMON

MANUAL OF EPICTETUS (EPICTETOU ENCHEIRIDION) by Arrian

THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY (PHILOSOPHIAE CONSOLATIO)
by Boethius

Book I Philosophy's Diagnosis
Book II Fortune and Happiness
Book III Philosophy and Happiness
Book IV Good and Bad
Book V Freedom and Omniscience

THE GOOD MESSAGE OF JESUS THE CHRIST

Contents
Introduction
Harmony 1
Synthesis 1
Interpretation 1
Index to Gospel Passages

 Qur'an Selections

Alphabetical INDEX to Link Topics in the WISDOM BIBLE

You are welcome to explore the writings of Sanderson Beck. If you are interested in publishing or producing any of them, please contact me. Any comments or suggestions you may have are welcome. Thank you for visiting this website, and God bless you!

Sanderson Beck * san@beck.org

Sanderson Beck was born March 5, 1947 in Los Angeles. He earned a B.A. in Dramatic Art from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.A. in Religious Studies from U.C. Santa Barbara, Ph.D. candidacy in the Philosophy of Education from U.C.L.A., and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the World University. He was a Conscientious Objector during the Vietnam War. In 1982 he formulated World Peace Movement Principles, Purposes, and Methods, and in 1987 he traveled to 47 states and met with 600 peace groups to promote peace and disarmament. He has been arrested many times for nonviolently protesting nuclear weapons and military intervention and in 1989 was imprisoned for six months. Sanderson has taught Philosophy and many other subjects at the World University since 1976. On September 1, 2001 World Peace Communications was incorporated as a nonprofit organization for educational, literary, and charitable purposes. Sanderson's versions of the Wisdom Classics have been published as the WISDOM BIBLE in 2002. Sanderson published the Nonviolent Action Handbook and GUIDES TO PEACE AND JUSTICE in 2003. He became an official candidate for President of the United States in December 2002, and in May 2003 he endorsed Dennis Kucinich. The first six volumes of the ETHICS OF CIVILIZATION were published by 2005. GUIDES TO PEACE AND JUSTICE was expanded and came out as the two-volume HISTORY OF PEACE in July 2005. The Art of Gentle Living was published in September 2005, and BEST FOR ALL: How We Can Save the World was published in November 2005.

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