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On September 7 the New York Times carried several very long articles about former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe who had just died, saying that he was a “tyrant” and that he “presided over the decline of one of Africa’s most prosperous lands.” At one point they describe his seizure of white-owned farms. “By 1998, alhough … Read more
This summer and fall is seeing an increase in the number of international conferences dedicated to the culture of peace and basing their analysis on the Declaration and Program of Action for a Culture of Peace that was adopted 20 years ago by the UN General Assembly. The UN resolution provides a holistic, positive view … Read more
People are taking to the streets to defend human rights and demand democracy around the world, including Hong Kong, Russia, Sudan, Algeria, Czech Republic and Brazil as described on the pages of CPNN and reviewed in this month’s CPNN bulletin. They join the millions of people who have taken to the streets for human rights … Read more
In this month’s bulletin of CPNN we try to identify those to whom we can look for peace leadership in these turbulent times. Let us consider their actions and advice. Let’s listen first to the new generation of youth activists. The Panafrican Panafrican Youth Network for the Culture of Peace has provided a roadmap for … Read more
(See below for French) Julian Assange has been arrested, imprisoned threatened with extradition to the US where he could face solitary confinement or death. It seems he is considered to be extremely dangerous by the US and its allies. Why? Because he has exposed the weakness of the culture of war – its secrecy and … Read more
(See below for French) As often remarked in this blog, the world is in such a mess that we need radical action. In fact we need revolutionary change. But where can it come from? Who can be the revolutionary actors? A century ago, it was thought by some that revolution would come from industrial workers. … Read more
(See below for French) In this blog we have often proposed that the culture of war is not sustainable and that the American empire is destined to crash for the same reasons that the Soviet empire crashed. It can be an opportunity for a transition from the culture of war to a culture of peace. … Read more
(See below for French) In the past few months we have a tale of two elections. In the Democratic Repubic of the Congo, after a difficult election campaign (described in CPNN), there is serious reason to believe that the election results were fixed to favor a candidate favorable to the huge mining interests in that … Read more
(See below for French) Looking back at 2018, we see progress in all of the areas of a culture of peace except one: disarmament, and in particular nuclear disarmament. Symbolic of this, last year the “doomsday clock” of the Bulletin of Atomic Scienists was reset to only two minutes before midnight, the shortest it has … Read more
(See French below) In last month’s blog, after speaking about the impending crash of the American empire and the window of opportunity this will create to change the global system of governance from the culture of war to a culture of peace, I returned to a previous theme of an Alternative UN Security Council. It … Read more