The World March for Peace

Two members of the Base Team. After their visit to our room they flew heads over heels into a cab and directly to the airport for their flight heading to Copenhagen. They will arrive in Punta de Vacas in Argentine the 2nd of Jan 2010. We never had time to offer them coffee during the visit but we did sing for them.

"Imagine" by John Lennon on You Tube

Final day of our Bed-in the Base Team form Thea World March for Peace and Non--violence visited the room.
We had a talk and we sang them a song.

This is "Imagine" by John Lennon. Performed by Bed-in for Peace Stockholm 2009.

Regina Lund sends a Speech for Peace

Regina sends this to us from Copenhagen!

Thank you Regina, stay strong!

Copenhagen
29 oct 209


Dear Citizens of the Earth, Dear Peace Walkers!

I want to welcome you and thank all of you who dare to take action.
I want to thank all of you courageous, brave, beautiful people for walking for Peace today.
Today and every day.
Everywhere.
In any way.
I want to thank you for walking for peace, being in bed for peace, talking for peace, singing for peace, rolling your wheelchair for peace, laughing for peace, loving for peace.
Where ever you are.
Thank you.

The brave few of you walking and being present here today , I send you all my love. And more.
I hope and know that you will have a great time in Sweden and you will be well met by all the wonderful loving hearts that has come to share this experience together.
I also send love to those who has not yet dared to take action or who has not yet had the courage to chose peace.
They will all need are support.
We are all one and there is no us against them, there is only you and me and WE.

There is no more important thing to do right now than working for love, peace and happiness.
That is what you all here are doing today and I honor you and respect you deeply for this.

I also know from experience that it is one of the most provocative actions you can do working for Peace and Love and Happiness.
More provocative than if we all were to present a new technology for a new weapon, killing each other.
We are here today to change this.
And we will.
We WILL find actions that brings Peace to our beautiful Earth cause we LOVE her so much.
And we will do it.
It is important to focus on all the actions we wish to do when peace has arrived and do them NOW.
Do them NOW and peace will arrive much faster.
Peace WILL arrive.
We all believe this is possible.
That is why we are having fun together.
That is why we persist in love, peace and happiness.
Beacause we believe in Freedom .
Beacause we believe in Peace.
Beacuse we believe in LOVE.

When peace has arrived what is it we so much long to do?
With eachother?
With the Earth?

What you do today walking for peace will vibrate and spread and make good in all aspects of the Universe.
Never forget that every loving action you make will give resonance to every flower, every animal, very human and every living creature in this Universe.
Never doubt the power of your loving action!

Actions of love, compassion and peace are very urgent.
Very urgent indeed.
Thank you for understanding this..
What you do today is urgent and important, think nothing less.
It is not in vain.
It is not in vain for our children.
We do this for our children and all those who have been here before us and those who are here now and those who are yet to come.

Today and every day lets be in the service of love, peace, freedom, forgiveness, tolerance and happiness.
Today and every day , let us all walk for peace.
Every step we take.
Let every step be a kiss.
Kiss the Earth with your feet and walk in peace.
What you are doing today is very , very important for our children and their children.
It is very , very important for the Earth.
YOU are important for the Earth and for the whole Universe.
Never ever forget this!


I welcome you to the country of Sweden. I welcome you and I thank you.
I am so sorry I cannot be with you physically today , my presence is contracted and needed in Copenhagen, Denmark today where I am performing a very brave play together with Asylum seekers, a peace work also much needed and issues needed to be brought into further light, but I am with you in soul and heart as well.

I am with you and I thank you from all of my heart.

We all do this work together where ever we are!

Thank you for manifesting all this beauty with your presence here today and thank you for sharing the exitement of living life in Peace and Love!

I admire your bravery and your persistence.
I admire your courage.

Welcome to Sweden.

I love you!


Regina Lund

The World March for Peace Sweden

We just had a very entertaining meeting with the Swedish co-ordinator of the The World March for Peace - Mabel Cruz.

She brought her kids and the filmmaker Cristian Andrade. Together we spoke with the Finish part of the March and the Base Team who has spent the day there in Savonlinna. Sauna, walks in the autumn cold and of course a visit to the old castle. Home of the Opera-festival of Savonlinna.

Anyways, we Skyped and they told us some about their endeavors. They are making a mad trip around the world and bringing with them The Nuclear Abolition Torch.

The 29th they will be here in Stockholm! We hope to invite them for coffee.

Shout-out till Lars Epstein på DN och Gärdets Kaffebar!

English BELOW!

På Lars Epsteins blogg Epsteins STHLM kan man idag läsa om fredsmarschens aktiviteter och om stödet marschen har från olika håll. Förutom Perfect Performance här i Stockholm så hör t.e.x Jane Fonda, Juanes, Desmond Tutu, Dario Fo, Martin Sheen och Yoko Ono till de som stödjer marschen. Eller som Lars Epstein skriver:

Jimmy Carter, Dalai Lama, Pedro Almodóvar, Mikael Wiehe, Arja Saijonmaa, Maj Britt Theorin är bara några av alla människor världen runt som uttalat sitt stöd för fredsmarschen. Själv stöder jag den till 100 procent och kommer att gå med i Stockholm den 29 oktober. Vi ses väl i ledet?

Oss kommer ni inte se i ledet men väl per videolänk under Fredsmarschens manifestationer!


Glöm inte heller att gå med i dansfestivalen vi står värdar för från sängen. Skriv in er i formuläret till höger eller gå med i festivalgruppen 13 Days Dance Festival in 6 days for Peace på Facebook!

Coolt.

Vi är också stolta att kunna presentera en ny sponsor! Kaffefrågan är löst!
Vi kan med galen stolhet presentera Gärdets Kaffebar som sponsor på kaffesidan! Heja, Per! Heja, Emmelie!

Peace!

Oh, and the ENGLISH!
Over at Lars Epstein's blog Epstein STHLM, you can now read about The World March for Peace, the activities surrounding it and about the support the march is getting from different directions. Besides Perfect Performance here in Stockholm, Jane Fonda, Juanes, Desmond Tutu, Dario For, Martin Sheen and Yoko Ono are among those who support the march. Or, as Lars Epstein writes:

Jimmy Carter, the Dalai Lama, Pedro Almodovar, Mikael Wiehe, Arja Saijonmaa, Maj-Britt Theorin are just some of the people around the world who supports The World March for Peace. Naturally, I support it 100 percent and will join the march in Stockholm the 29th of October. See you in there?

Us, you will not see in the march but you will see us by videolink during The World March for Peace rallies!

And do not forget to join the Dance Festival we are hosting form our beds. Fill out the form to the right, or join the group 13 Days Dance Festival in 6 days for Peace on Facebook!

Cool.

We are also proud to present a new sponsor! Coffee issue is solved!
We are mad proud to present Gärdets Coffee Bar as sponsor of the coffee side of things during our Bed-in! Heja, Per! Heja, Emmelie!

PEACE!

When Finland says "YES" - You should to!

Ok, I do realize posting a picture of something you can see live in the menu to the right is a very silly idea. But the number of participants in the festival amazes me. And more are coming in every day. We are one week away from heading into our Peace Room. I am psyched. And the cloud is getting really crowded... will it turn all black before the 25th?

We spoke to Juha in Finland yesterday on Facebook. He is the Finish co-ordinator of The World March for Peace. We decided to do a live video event at their rally the eve of the 27th of Oct, with us In Bed for Peace here in Stockholm and them manifesting in Finland for Peace. Look out for info as we close in on the event!

Soon on a computer near you!

PS: We are still looking for food! Peace!

Sunday as usual

Not much going on today but then again, tons of stuff is happening all the time. Right now we are just trying to focus on the things we feel are the most important. Or as Tony Gustavsson said yesterday during the Sweden vs Denmark game in football: "You want to "act" and not "react"!"

I like this line of thinking. It is really easy to say. Let's act. Let's try and practice "acting". Uhm. Somethings missing here.

Ok, so on the list of todays "have duns" we can find:

♥ mails to different service-providers considering the public-streaming part of the project

♥ conversations with our bandwidth provider for select feeds to different public locations

♥ baked bread - "Ciabatta" like

♥ cleaning up of mailing-list (rooted out dead addys among other things)

♥ more text to be used on news sites

♥ washing clothes

We are still looking for sponsors willing to give us flowers - any amount is GOOD!

We are still working out details on The World March for Peace manifestation.

We still have tons of things to do but... it is Sunday. So cruising softly is ok. It is. Really.

That's it for now.

Peace.

Press conference and The World March takes off

Yesterday, the 2nd of Oct The World March started from Wellington, New Zealand.

They've been on the road for one day now and we are psyched to welcome them to Sweden come the 29th of Oct.

Yesterday we also participated in the press conference held by the The World March co-ordinator in Sweden. Andrea did a awesome job in relaying what we are up to that among other things includes:

• 7 days in bed for peace at Clarion hotel Södermalm, Stockholm

• 12hrs a day live video-streaming on the Internet of the event.

• Hosting of Yoko's 13 Days Dance Festival for Peace from our beds

• Hosting of a Mass Bed-in the 29th of Oct from our beds

• Each day a new Dance Piece for Peace

• Theme days starting with "Opening Day", what else?

There will be a lot more going on during the week but it is a good idea to make a long lists short on a blog. Or so they tell me.

What we missed out on yesterday was Perfect Performance Inspirational shock taking place over at Dansens Hus. We were told it was a very cool event. Sad I missed it but some has to work. Really!

Peace!

Kulturhuset - Mabel and no meeting

So I was on my way to a meeting with Mabel, the swedish coordinator of The World March for Peace and Non-violence but somehow we were planning on meeting different days. No meeting then! Standing there in front of Kulturhuset, I thought - great, this will give me another 2 hours to think about who to call considering the videostuff we are planning.

We were planning on working with this kewl video-artist that works with surveillance-cameras and modification of perceived occurrences through time-manipulations but the way it looks now, he is too busy to get involved. We will have to look for someone else. I have a few ideas but still, I need to make some calls to find the right person for this. Not only do this person need to understand the concept of mediating the Bed-in but also be tech savvy and perhaps have some experience in live editing and web-streaming. Not the most common professional profile but I'll call my good friend JP and check if he might have an opening somewhere with someone.

Andrea has gone to Norway and well, while working long-distance can be productive nothing beats sitting in the same room, around the same table. We will just have to keep pushing when she comes back. Still, Google Docs is a fantastic thing. Hooray.

Bed-in Stockholm 2009 - Re-activism

In collaboration with Perfect Performance
(http://www.perfectperformance.se)
and The World March for Peace and Non-violence
(http://www.theworldmarch.org/) we will do a "Bed-in" at Clarion Hotell, Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden, for Peace and to celebrate the 40:th anniversary of Yoko & Johns Bed-in in Amsterdam 1969.

The Bed-in will take place between the 24:th and 31:st of Oct, 2009.

We want to use our Bed-in to reactivate and bring forth a message of Peace. It's re-activism for peace.

We will be updating this with current news and activities.