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(Une version française suit en dessous) This month’s CPNN bulletin shows how, in the face of pessimistic predictions for the United States, to the point of civil war, there are many progressive initiatives advancing. It’s the dialectics of history in action: “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” And it raises the hopes … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) The American empire is crashing. What will it be like. Let us look at recent precedents. The last empire to crash was the Soviet empire 30 years ago. At the time it was led by Mikhail Gorbachev, a man of peace and harmony, its population was not seriously divided … Read more
(See below for French) A proliferation of city and mayoral organizations are filling the void left by the failure of the nation-states. As stated by one of the most recent, the Strong Cities Network: “Nation states have dominated the global political arena for centuries, but with more than half of the world’s population today residing … Read more
(See below for French) The articles in CPNN this month show how the state is a culture of war. In this case the state is the United States and their culture of war is shown in their role in the overthrow of President Morales of Bolivia (precisely because he was promoting a culture of peace) … Read more
On September 7 the New York Times carried several very long articles about former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe who had just died, saying that he was a “tyrant” and that he “presided over the decline of one of Africa’s most prosperous lands.” At one point they describe his seizure of white-owned farms. “By 1998, alhough … Read more
(See below for French) Julian Assange has been arrested, imprisoned threatened with extradition to the US where he could face solitary confinement or death. It seems he is considered to be extremely dangerous by the US and its allies. Why? Because he has exposed the weakness of the culture of war – its secrecy and … Read more
(See French below) Walls and frontiers are in the news these days – constructed by states in order to keep people out. At the same tim, as we see in this month’s CPNN bulletin, it seems that movements of activists opposed to these walls are continuing to grow. In France, activists continue to aid migrants … Read more
Readers of this blog know that I believe that in order to move from the culture of war to a culture of peace, we must develop a new order of world governance in which the United Nations is based on cities or regional parliaments rather than the present system of Member States. This is because … Read more
As it is structured now, the United Nations is controlled by national governments, with their military institutions and military budgets. Over the course of history, national governments have come to monopolize war. As a result, if we are to make the transition from a culture of war to a culture of peace, we need a … Read more
The following is excerpted from the talk I gave at the recent symposium on Tourism and Peace (See this month’s CPNN bulletin). Tourism is an enormous enterprise with enormous resources, and it needs a culture of peace. Tourism is the first industry to suffer when there is violence. And it has a great potential to … Read more