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(Une version française suit en dessous) (for a version with the illustrations, click here.) A little over a year ago, I wrote in this blog that we are at a turning point in human history, that the American Empire is crashing and that there is a serious risk of a new American Civil War. The … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Here is the text that I provided to first national forum of the AFCDRP (Association of Mayors for Peace, France) that took place October 13 in Montpelier. First of all, I would like to thank Loréna Schlicht who invited me here and who has done a tremendous work to … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) To some extent one must applaud the choice of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists that have dared to defy government pressure. It is correct that the free flow of information is essential for peace, as we have maintained in this blog. In fact, it has become … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) The loss of the war of the war launched by the Americans in Afghanistan is the latest in a long list beginning with the loss of Germany and Japan in World War II and extending through the failure of the American wars in Korea and Vietnam. It is no … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Two years ago in this blog, I wrote the following: “There has been so much advance in both democracy and antiwar consciousness over the past few centuries that the state has found it increasingly difficult to get popular support for its wars, overt and covert, and its threats of … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In last month’s blog, we presented a utopian vision for Jerusalam as a turning point in the transition to a culture of peace. It was taken from my novella, “I have seen the promised land.” Looking further into the novella, we find a second turning point in the transition, … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) We have over five years remaining before the events I imagined as follows in my novella, “I have seen the promised land.” More than ever, I think that this is an essential turning point in the road we need to follow to achieve the transition from the culture of … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) The Israeli government has bombed the headquarters of Associated Press and Al Jazeera in Gaza, trying to limit messages from the Palestinian people to describe their suffering. But the messenger refuses to be killed. Here are some of the messages I have received from people in Palestine. * * … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) It’s been difficult this year to find positive news for the blog. One thing is for certain: that we need radical change in the world. This month, however, the women of the world give us reason to hope for the future, as we see from the CPNN bulletin. Around … Read more
Over the course of history, Africa and Latin America have been more the victims rather than the perpetrators of the culture of war. Does that mean that they can lead us to the culture of peace? This month’s CPNN bulletin is optimistic with regard to Africa where the African Union increasingly promotes a culture of … Read more