John Scales Avery – Collected Essays, Volume 2
TRANSCEND MEMBERS, 3 Mar 2014
John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
The pdf file for “Collected Essays, Volume 2” has been published by the Danish Peace Academy: http://www.fredsakademiet.dk/library/collected2.pdf. I will continue to add to it.
Contents:
1. SCIENCE CHANGES THE CHARACTER OF WAR, first published by TMS Weekly Digest, and Countercurrents, page 1.
2. ETHICS FOR THE FUTURE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 6.
3. “HUMANITARIAN” MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST SYRIA?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 16.
4. SYRIA, DEMOCRACY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 21.
5. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER AND WAR CRIMINAL?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 25.
6. SYRIA AND IRAN: AUTOMATIC ESCALATION TO WORLD WAR III?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 28.
7. SOME PEACE EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN DENMARK, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 31.
8. PROTECTING WHISTLEBLOWERS, first published by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation website, later republished by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 53.
9. A GOVERNMENT WITH MANY SECRETS IS NOT A DEMOCRACY, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 57.
10. THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENTISTS, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 60.
11. THE TASK BEFORE US, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 65.
12. SECRECY VERSUS DEMOCRACY, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 71.
13. THE ARROGANCE OF POWER, first published by Countercurrents, page 76.
14. RACISM, COLONIALISM AND EXCEPTIONALISM, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 81.
15. THE CASE FOR ECONOMIC REFORM, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 84.
16. AN ATTACK ON IRAN COULD ESCALATE INTO A GLOBAL NUCLEAR WAR, first published by Countercurrents, page 94.
17. THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, MEXICO, FEBRUARY, 2014, first published by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 100.
18. MANDELA AND GANDHI, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 108.
19. SOME EXAMPLES OF GENOCIDE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 117.
20. NUCLEAR WARFARE AS GENOCIDE, first published by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, page 123.
21. ARE WE BEING DRIVEN LIKE CATTLE?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest, Countercurrents and Information Clearing House, page 128.
22. DOES THE AKERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY REALLY WANT A GENERAL WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST?, first published in Countercurrents, page 136.
23. THE FRAGILITY OF OUR COMPLEX CIVILIZATION, first published in TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 140.
24. AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN, first published in TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 149.
25. “ATOMS FOR PEACE”?, first published in TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 155.
26. “TRUTH VERSUS POWER”?, first published in TMS Weekly Digest, page 169.
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John Scales Avery, Ph.D. is a member of the TRANSCEND Network and Associate Professor Emeritus at the H.C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is chairman of both the Danish National Pugwash Group and the Danish Peace Academy and received his training in theoretical physics and theoretical chemistry at M.I.T., the University of Chicago and the University of London. He is the author of numerous books and articles both on scientific topics and on broader social questions. His most recent book is http://www.learndev.org/dl/Crisis21-Avery.pdf.
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