PREPARE FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER

(Une version française suit en dessous) (Note: The following is adapted from my remarks to the National Congress of Mouvement de la Paix.) This month’s CPNN is dedicated to the developments of peace movements in Europe and North America. This reflects a growing consciousness around the world that we must move from the culture of … Read more

HUMAN RIGHTS HYPOCRISY

(Une version française suit en dessous) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the great documents of history. With that in mind, it is especially ironic and unfortunate when human rights is used by the culture of war as part of its weaponry. During the Cold War from the 1950’s through the 1980’s, … Read more

LET THE CHILDREN MAKE PEACE

(Une version française suit en dessous) Two years ago, in 2020, I wrote in this blog: “On the International Day of Peace there was an enormous mobilization of school children to celebrate peace in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. It seems that the parents and teachers in these countries, much more than what we found in … Read more

MEDIATION AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN LATIN AMERICA

(Une version française suit en dessous) Latin America continues to advance towards a culture of peace. Last month we reviewed progressive results of elections in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia and recalled that progressive government has returned to Bolivia following the coup d’etat against Evo Morales, and that Lula da Silva is favored to win … Read more

NEEDED: A GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

(Une version française suit en dessous) The world faces many dangers at this moment of history, famines, global warming, wars in the Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, mass migrations, increasing electoral tendencies towards fascism. But all these are pale in comparison to the danger of a nuclear World War III which could put an end to all … Read more

WE CAN FIND THE TRUTH, BUT WHERE CAN WE FIND HOPE?

(Une version française suit en dessous) This month’s CPNN bulletin  is devoted to the courageous individuals who dare to seek and publish the truth in the face of the censorship and outright lies of the information war between NATO and Russia. I add the following taken from the April 22 entry on the Facebook page … Read more