david This is the question posed by this month’s CPNN bulletin with regard to the global meeting on climate change to take place at the end of the year in Paris. It is generally agreed, at least by the citizens of the world, that we need to reverse the global warming that comes from the exhausts of power … Read more
In this month’s CPNN bulletin, we read how the “unjustifiable” war in Iraq has been a major cause of the rise of the barbaric ‘Islamic State’ in the region. This observation comes from two important figures in our time, Ismail Serageldin, head of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and Mary Robinson, formerly President of Ireland, then High Commissioner … Read more
The American Empire and its mirror image in the Middle East, are destined to collapse. The most important question is what will come next. Will new empires arise quickly to take their place? Will they be fascist regimes (extreme cultures of war), which is what happened after the economic collapse that began in 1929? Or … Read more
In CPNN this month, we ask the question “What is the relation between peasant movements for food sovereignty and the global movement for a culture of peace?” Here is my own response to the question. It is based on the many articles in CPNN this month about the global movement of peasants for food sovereignty. Yes, they … Read more
This month’s CPNN bulletin refers to CPNN articles on the anti-austerity movements in Greece, Spain, Germany, Ireland, France and Canada, with reference to the fact that for many years already South American governments have rejected the austerity imposed by international financial institutions. We have posed the following question with regard to these articles: “Movements against government … Read more
Over the years at CPNN we have seen the global movement for a culture of peace developing in thousands of articles about initiatives throughout the world. Looking over these initiatives, we can see that women are usually in the lead, and in any case, they are involved as essential players. This month’s bulletin illustrates this clearly. Initiatives … Read more
The following is excerpted from the talk I gave at the recent symposium on Tourism and Peace (See this month’s CPNN bulletin). Tourism is an enormous enterprise with enormous resources, and it needs a culture of peace. Tourism is the first industry to suffer when there is violence. And it has a great potential to … Read more
This month’s CPNN bulletin carries remarks by indigenous peoples who are guarding their environment against the destruction brought by our modern civilization: From Brazil: “We indigenous peoples have shown that we will never allow our lands to be recolonized, invaded or destroyed, even if that means sacrificing our own lives.” From Canada: “We have one Earth, … Read more
First, Truth Commissions are important because they break the secrecy of the state which is one of the key defenses of the culture of war. This month, as described in the CPNN bulletin, there are several examples of this. The US government, and in particular its CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) has kept secret the details of … Read more
Imagine ! … …if we could apply in Europe and North America initiatives such as those described from Africa such as the contributions of Nelson Mandela, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, the Gacaca in Rwanda, etc…. Imagine ! … …that networks of mass media, radio and television, devoted to the culture of … Read more