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(Une version française suit en dessous) Dear readers, Last month’s blog requested your suggestions on how to relaunch a global movement for the culture of peace . You responded handsomely and provided 10 suggestions. One of the suggestions came from David Hazen. In subsequent correspondence with him, and with the engagement of a third … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Two weeks ago we said “Here are the people.” And we asked, “Where is the vision?” And now, as if in response, the United Nations has declared that the official theme for this year’s International Day of Peace is “Cultivating a Culture of Peace” with reference to the 25th … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Here are the people who can take advantage of the looming crash of the American empire and create a new world. We can see their faces in the streets, on the university campuses and in the city halls. On the streets: For the international day of peace, September 2023, … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In this blog several months ago, I claimed that we are seeing “the beginning of the end of bourgeous democracy.” I was pessimistic about the possibility of democracy surviving in another form. But news in this month’s CPNN bulletin gives hope that perhaps democracy can survive in Africa and … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In his reporting from Israel, Shamil Idriss, CEO of the organization Search for Common Ground, reminds us that solidarity alone with one side or the other in Israel and Palestine will not bring peace. At CPNN, we must engage in some self-criticism since most of our coverage has been … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) I begin from the theory of historical change as conceived by Karl Marx, that economic contradictions lead to revolutionary change and that the nature of this change depends upon “ideological forms in which men become conscious of this conflict and fight it out.” Marx considered that “this consciousness must … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) I stand by the following conclusion of my 2009 book, “The History of the Culture of War”, but there have been important changes as I will discuss below. Here is what I wrote in 2009: “From the beginning of recorded history until the present time the culture of war … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In a world torn by the wars in Ukraine and Palestine, and threatened by the Bidens, Putins and Netanyahus, we must not forget the slow, patient work of those who cultivate peace. In this regard, I said the following in a video conference of the Global Alliance for Ministries … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Recent events make us question more than ever: why can’t something be done to stop and prevent the crimes of war? Julian Assange languishes in prison, and may eventually die in prison, for having documented the war crimes of the American Empire. And all the relevant institutions, the United … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In the short term, as we discussed last month, there is not an effective means to stop the Israeli genocide of Palestine. Perhaps in the long term Israel can be stopped by boycotts, divestment and sanctions, much as overcame South African Apartheid. But there is another factor we did … Read more