(Une version française suit en dessous) (Y este mes también una versión en español después) In the final years of the 20th Century I was a witness to the collapse of the Soviet Empire. Having spent up to six months at a time on many occasions from 1973 to 1986 in the Soviet Union, I … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In this blog, I will explain why I think world history is accelerating, where it is going, and why this gives us a window of opportunity to change from the present global culture of war to a new global culture of peace. And I will argue that progress will … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Following last month’s blog about the role of Trump in the fall of the American Empire, we need to consider the strategy and tactics needed in this difficult time. Of course, we cannot sit still, and we must act, but how? Some clues are provided in this month’s CPNN … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Searching for an answer to the question “Which emperor contributed the most to the fall of the Roman Empire?” I found the following which is slightly abbreviated. Quora response from Patrick S, student of Roman History “Determining which emperor contributed the most to the fall of the Roman Empire … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) Already in 2024 we see voters around the world rejecting capitalist democracy, the form of government by which capitalists become billionaires while working people sink into poverty. Instead, guided by a mass media controlled by these capitalists, voters choose fascism over socialism instead. We could predict that this will … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) The latest list of shooting in American schools shows that already in 2024 there is a new record of 83. Here is the list from 2008 to 2024. What is the cause of this violence? Of course, it is aided by the profit-making sales of guns and the support … Read more
(Une version française suit en dessous) In 1993 when I went to UNESCO to develop a culture of peace program under the direction of Director-General Federico Mayor, we undertook to develop national programs for a culture of peace in the countries emerging from civil wars that had been fuelled by the Cold War between East … 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 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