Published by the Danish Peace Academy, Copenhagen Denmark – 7 June, 2013

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This book contains a collection of essays, most of which were first published in Countercurrents and in Professor Johan Galtung’s Transcend Media Service Weekly Digest during 2012 and early 2013. The Editor of Countercurrents, Mr. Binu Mathew, and the Editor of TMS Weekly Digest, Mr. Antonio C.S. Rosa, were kind enough to accept all the articles that I sent to them, and so I wrote more and more.

Contents:

1. AGAINST THE INSTITUTION OF WAR,  first  published  by the online library of the Pari Center for New Learning, Pari Italy; republished by TMS Weekly Digest, Countercurrents and the Danish Peace Academy, page 1.
2. MAHATMA GANDHI, WE NEED YOUR VOICE TODAY!, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 19.
3. HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WE NEED YOUR VOICE TODAY!, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 24.
4. COUNT LEO TOLSTOY, WE NEED YOUR VOICE TODAY!, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 30.
5. MARTIN LUTHER KING, WE NEED YOUR VOICE TODAY!, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 36.
6. VALUES  FOR  THE  FUTURE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 43.
7. REFORMED  TEACHING  OF  HISTORY,  first  published  by  TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 46.
8. TARGETING CIVILIANS, first published in Danish by Dagbladet Information and on the Danish Peace Academy website, later repub- lished in English by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; repub- lished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 48.
9. BLOOD FOR OIL, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Coun- tercurrents, page 56.
10. BACK TO CHILD LABOR AND SLAVERY?, first published Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy.
11. HUMAN RIGHTS, first published in French by Valeurs Humaines, later republished in English by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercur- rents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 67.
12. USING MATERIAL GOODS FOR SOCIAL COMPETITION,first  published  by  TMS  Weekly  Digest  and  Countercurrents;  repub- lished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 71.
13. MAKING A GAME OF KILLING, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 73.
14. CONSTRUCTION VERSUS DESTRUCTION, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 75.
15. THE NUREMBERG PRINCIPLES AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Coun- tercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 77.
16. BENEFITS OF EQUALITY, first published by  TMS  Weekly  Di- gest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 80.
17. ADVERSE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 84.
18. OPTIMUM POPULATION IN  THE  FUTURE,  first  published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 87.
19. RECIPROCITY AND KARMA, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 89.
20. LIMITS TO GROWTH AND FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercur- rents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 93.
21. ATTACKS OR IRAN,  PAST  AND  PRESENT,  first  published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 98.
22. LIMITS TO GROWTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 104.
23. THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, first published  by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 109.
24. ONE  STEP  BACKWARD  TAKEN, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 114.
25. FACING A SET OF LINKED PROBLEMS, first  published  by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 116.
26. THE TITANIC AS AN ALAGORY, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 121.
27. NOBODY HAD THE SLIGHTEST IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy; repub- lished by the Schiller Institute; republished by Progressive Radio Net- work, page 123.
28. IRAN AND THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercur- rents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 128.
29. DANGERS OF NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 133.
30. IRAN: AUTOMATIC ESCALATION TO WORLD WAR III?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; repub- lished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 136.
31. PERPETUAL WAR AGAINST TERRORISM?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy.
32. POVERTY AND WAR, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 141.
33. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AND THE BLOCKADE OF GAZA,  first  published  by  TMS  Weekly  Digest  and  Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 144.
34. ECONOMIC PREDICTIONS FOR 2013, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 146.
35. DESTROYING THE WORLD FOR PROFIT,  first  published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 148.
36. THE PROTECTION RACKET, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 150.
37. SANCTIONS  AS  COLLECTIVE  PUNISHMENT,  first  published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 152.
38. THE MAYAN APOCALYPSE AND GELL-MANN’S CURVE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 154.
39. RESTORING DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 157.
40. JUST STAYING ALIVE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 159.
41. DO THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR   GOVERNMENTS   ARE   DOING?, first   published   by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 162.
42. A  THREATENED  GLOBAL   CATASTROPHE,   first   published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; later published in a mod- ified form by the Schiller Institute, page 164.
43. CANCER THREAT FROM RADIOACTIVE LEAKS AT HANFORD, USA, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Coun- tercurrents, page 166.
44. A GOLDEN AGE?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 169.
45. THE TRAINING OF SOLDIERS, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 173.
46. TRIBALISM   AND   AGREED-UPON   LIES,   first   published   by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 175.
47. THE ARMED FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT IN NORTHEAST  INDIA, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 177.
48. KILL OR BE  KILLED  (OR  BOTH),  first  published  by  TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 179.
49. THOU SHALT NOT KILL, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 182.
50. THE ARMS TRADE TREATY OPENS UP NEW POSSIBILITIES AT THE UN, first published in Cadmus; republished by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
51. MALTHUS, first published in Cadmus.
52. FEDERALISM AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, first published in Cadmus.
53. FLAWS IN THE CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR DETERRENCE, first published in Cadmus; later republished by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
54. ENTROPY AND ECONOMICS, first published in Cadmus.
55. THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION, first published in Eru- dito; republished by the Danish Peace Academy.
56. LEARNING TO LIVE IN HARMONY, first published by the Learning Development Institute.
57. THE WORLD AS IT IS AND THE WORLD AS IT COULD BE, first published as a pamphlet in English and Danish by John Scales Avery and Keld Helmer-Petersen; republished by the Danish Peace Academy.