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(Une version française suit en dessous) In my last blog I asked the question: “we cannot sit still, and we must act, but how?” Now we have an answer, the Peace Manifesto 2025. As we launch the Peace Manifesto today, May 1, 2025, it seems to me like a symphony of music composed and played … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Following last month’s blog about the role of Trump in the fall of the American Empire, we need to consider the strategy and tactics needed in this difficult time. Of course, we cannot sit still, and we must act, but how? Some clues are provided in this month’s CPNN … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Searching for an answer to the question “Which emperor contributed the most to the fall of the Roman Empire?” I found the following which is slightly abbreviated. Quora response from Patrick S, student of Roman History “Determining which emperor contributed the most to the fall of the Roman Empire … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Since the major news media give headline news every day to reports from the many wars that are taking place, it is easy to say that they are part of the culture of war. I like to say that CNN, with its “situation room” (war room) is actually CWNN, … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Already in 2024 we see voters around the world rejecting capitalist democracy, the form of government by which capitalists become billionaires while working people sink into poverty. Instead, guided by a mass media controlled by these capitalists, voters choose fascism over socialism instead. We could predict that this will … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) The latest list of shooting in American schools shows that already in 2024 there is a new record of 83. Here is the list from 2008 to 2024. What is the cause of this violence? Of course, it is aided by the profit-making sales of guns and the support … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Twenty-five years ago, in September 1999, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, which many have compared to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the most important resolutions in its history. Having been deeply involved in its preparation, … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) We can look forward to bad news in the next few weeks. No matter who wins the election in the United States (if the election results are accepted), the results are likely to be disastrous for the American Empire, including Europe. And no matter who gets attacked next in … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) The following is the text of my remarks at UNESCO during a meeting organised by the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee with the support of the Association of Former UNESCO Staff Members and the French Commission for UNESCO. It’s a great pleasure for me to return today to UNESCO to mark … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In 1993 when I went to UNESCO to develop a culture of peace program under the direction of Director-General Federico Mayor, we undertook to develop national programs for a culture of peace in the countries emerging from civil wars that had been fuelled by the Cold War between East … Read more