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(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
(Une version française suit en dessous) At the end of this month’s CPNN bulletin concerning the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, we say the following: “Many of the organizations above make demands of the nuclear states to begin the process of nuclear disarmament. And people are invited to sign appeals to these governments such … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) The news is not good for the coming year of 2021. During 2020, the news about the global covid pandemic and the drama of Donald Trump have over-shadowed the most dangerous trend : the ever-increasing waste of public funds in the form of military spending. As we enter the … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) We have advanced to a new level, an historic step forward, in the struggle for a culture of peace. For the first time there are so many virtual events for the culture of peace free and open to the public that we have begun listing them on CPNN. Now … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In order to understand the deep meaning of the US election results, and to compare them to the electoral situation in France, I have downloaded a series of maps from the Internet showing the relation between voting patterns, poverty and urbanization. Here are the maps for the United States, … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Looking at the results this year from our survey of the International Day of Peace, I am struck by two aspects, one long term and one short term, that bode well for the future. The long-term aspect reflects the enormous mobilization of school children to celebrate peace in Russia, … Read more