The World Task of Pacifism

It is a common thing to hear people of practically all schools of thought say that what is going on today is not a war in the ordinary sense of the term but a revolution. One of the leaders of the younger generation of pacifists said to me recently that for the most part our pacifist movement is not aware how profound and sweeping are the changes that are coming and that, as a consequence, we pacifists are still approaching our tasks with a narrow and provincial vision and on a petty scale.

On the other hand, Gerald Heard has said that the pacifist movement alone can qualify as the "receiver" for the bankrupt western world, which faces extinction unless pacifists are prepared to "take over" presently. I believe this to be a sober statement of fact. I shall try to explain why and how it is so.