Articles by Peace
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USA, Ukraine/Russia, Palestine/Israel: Peace Is Possible!
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate | Peace People – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Nov 2024
5 Nov 2024 – When Martin Luther King spoke so passionately and eloquently in his speech, ‘I have a dream,’ he touched the hearts of millions of people.
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For Good News Look to BRICS
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Nov 2024
1 Nov 2024 – We can look forward to more bad news. No matter who wins the election in the US, the results will be disastrous for the US empire, including Europe. And no matter who gets attacked next in Israel’s war against the world, they are likely to get more death and destruction.
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(Français) Pour de Bonnes Nouvelles, Voir les BRICS
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Nov 2024
1er novembre 2024 – Nous pouvons nous attendre à d’autres mauvaises nouvelles. Quel que soit le vainqueur des élections aux États-Unis, les résultats seront désastreux pour l’empire américain, y compris pour l’Europe. Et quel que soit le prochain pays attaqué par Israël dans sa guerre contre le monde, il est probable qu’il subira davantage de morts et de destructions.
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Northern Gaza: “Coffins Have Run Out”–The Holocaust of Our Time
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2024
23 Oct 2024 – A campaign of mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing is underway. “The injured bleed out in the streets, coffins have run out.” Hundreds of thousands are being starved. Essential aid like food and medicine hasn’t entered the north of Gaza in three weeks. The Israeli military is burning down U.N. schools where Palestinians have been sheltering.
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Gaza Burns as Wall Street Booms
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2024
15 Oct 2024 – Palestinians are being burned alive by Israeli bombs. U.S.-based defense contractors and big banks’ profits soar. Yesterday morning, 500 Jews and allies shut down the New York Stock Exchange to demand the U.S. stop arming Israel and profiting from genocide.
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Remarks for the International Day of Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2024
2 Oct 2024 – Text of my remarks at UNESCO during a meeting organised by the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee with the support of the Association of Former UNESCO Staff Members and the French Commission for UNESCO.
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One Year of Unspeakable Loss
Jewish Voice for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2024
7 Oct 2024 – After a year of genocide against Palestinians, Israel is waging a campaign of terror that has brought the entire region closer to all-out war. A year of impunity for Israeli genocide has landed us here.
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(Français) Remarques pour la Journée Internationale de la Paix
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Oct 2024
2 octobre 2024 – Ce text est le contenu de mon discours à l’Unesco lors de la réunion organisée par le collectif des ONG partenaires officielles de l’UNESCO en coproduction avec l’Association des Anciens Fonctionnaires de l’UNESCO et le soutien de la Commission nationale française pour l’UNESCO.
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Message at Launching of the ‘Law of the Innocents’ in Ireland
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2024
24 Sep 2024 – Mairead addresses, among other things, the Israeli genocide of Palestinians, the Rohingya ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, and the Russia-Ukraine proxy war.
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The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Sep 2024
Monday [23 Sep] was the deadliest day in Lebanon in decades. In a single day, Israeli strikes in Beirut and across south Lebanon killed over 500 people, including at least 50 children, with countless more buried under the rubble. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes as the death toll continues to rise.
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The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2024
19 Sep 2024 – Israel carried out two terrorist attacks across Lebanon this week, bringing the entire region ever closer to the brink of all out war. These are the actions of a rogue state and the direct result of a climate of total impunity.
→ read full articleInternational Peace Day – Sat 21 Sep 2024
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2024
I would like to thank the Youth of the world for all they do to reject violence, militarism and war. I have been inspired wherever I have travelled by the imagination, courage and resistance of so many young people. They give me great hope for the future of humanity.
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A Brief Guide to Israel’s Cultural Genocide
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Sep 2024
28 Aug 2024 – Since its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza began, the Israeli military has destroyed hundreds of historical and religious sites, and centers of culture and learning like libraries, archives, and museums.
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Johan Galtung’s (1930-2024) Contributions to Peace Research and Practice
Tatsushi Arai | Peace in Action - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Aug 2024
13 Aug 2024 – Excerpt of Tatsushi Arai’s presentation from a virtual panel organized by Kent State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies.
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On Greatness, MAGA
Ireland for Peace in Palestine | X - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Aug 2024
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Aug 2024
1 Août 2024 – Le blog précédent proposait de reprendre le Manifeste 2000 là où il s’était arrêté, de le renommer Manifeste 2025, de recueillir à nouveau des signatures et de lancer des actions.
→ read full articleDraft for a Manifesto 2025
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Aug 2024
1 Aug 2024 – The previous blog proposed taking up the Manifesto 2000 where it left off, renaming it the Manifesto 2025, gathering signatures once again and initiating action.
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Thousands Shut Down the US Capitol to Protest Israel’s Genocide
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jul 2024
25 Jul 2024 – Thousands of people of conscience from across the US turned out to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to D.C. this week — including hundreds of American Jews who were arrested while engaged in prayerful civil disobedience, demanding an immediate arms embargo on Israel.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jul 2024
13 juillet 2024 – Le blog du mois dernier sollicitait vos suggestions sur la manière de relancer un mouvement mondial pour la culture de la paix. Vous avez répondu généreusement et 10 suggestions sont imprimées au bas du blog.
→ read full articleA Manifesto for Action
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 – Last month’s blog requested your suggestions on how to relaunch a global movement for the culture of peace. You responded handsomely and there are 10 suggestions printed at the bottom of the blog.
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Israel Is a Core Pillar of U.S. Dominance
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2024
19 Jun 2024 – Over the last eight months, Israel’s genocide has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and reduced most of Gaza to rubble. In the face of all this horror, many of us are asking ourselves: How could the U.S. government continue to support this?
→ read full articleHere Is the Vision! A Global Movement for a Culture of Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2024
10 Jun 2024 – Two weeks ago we said “Here are the people.” And we asked, “Where is the vision?” And now, as if in response, the UN has declared that the official theme for this year’s International Day of Peace is “Cultivating a Culture of Peace.”
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2024
10 juin 2024 – Il y a deux semaines, nous avons dit : « Voici le peuple ». Et nous avons demandé : « Où est la vision ? » Et maintenant, comme en réponse, les Nations Unies ont déclaré que le thème officiel de la Journée internationale de la paix de cette année est « Cultiver une culture de la paix ».
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Global Peace Index 2024
Institute for Economics & Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2024
The Global Peace Index ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their level of peacefulness. Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace since 2007, it is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness that launches in June each year.
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A Mother’s Plea for Peace
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2024
5 Jun 2024 – To all the people of Gaza I send you my deepest love and sympathy on the death of your beloved family and friends who have been murdered by the Israeli military in its ongoing war on Gaza.
→ read full articleHere Are the People–Where Is the Vision?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jun 2024
1 Jun 2024 – Here are the people who can take advantage of the looming crash of the US empire and create a new world. We can see their faces in the streets, on the university campuses and in the city halls.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jun 2024
1er juin 2024 – Voici ceux qui peuvent profiter du krach imminent de l’empire américain et créer un nouveau monde.
On peut voir leur visage dans les rues, sur les campus universitaires et dans les mairies.
Israel Is a Rogue State – Who Will Stop Them?
The Wire - Jewish Voice for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jun 2024
On 26 May 2024, the Israeli military carried out an unspeakable massacre in a humanitarian zone in Rafah, bombing tent camps filled with displaced men, women, and children, and killing at least 45 Palestinians. Hundreds of others were wounded. The images from that night will never leave us.
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A Human Approach to World Peace
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 May 2024
When we rise in the morning and listen to the radio or read the newspaper, we are confronted with the same sad news: violence, crime, wars, and disasters. I cannot recall a single day without a report of something terrible happening somewhere. Even in these modern times it is clear that one’s precious life is not safe.
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The U.S. Ultimatum to Israel
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 May 2024
8 May 2024 – “The U.S. has suspended the shipment of weapons to Israel,” US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, just told the Senate. “We are examining the short-term security support in the context of the events in Rafah; we have not yet decided how to proceed.” This is huge.
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Positive Peace Report 2024: Analysing the Factors That Build, Predict and Sustain Peace
Institute for Economics and Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 May 2024
10 Apr 2024 – Peace is more than the absence of violence. Positive Peace describes the attitudes, institutions and structures that create and sustain peaceful societies. It is conceptually related to many aspects of social development and can be used in multiple contexts.
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Will They Crush the Biggest Student Movement Since Vietnam?
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2024
1 May 2024 – Gaza solidarity encampments sprung up on over a hundred university campuses across the U.S. It’s the biggest student movement since the anti-Vietnam War protests in the 1960s. In response to the peaceful protests against genocide, many school administrations have invited police onto campus for violent crackdowns.
→ read full articleCan Democracy Survive? Maybe in Africa and Latin America
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2024
1 May 2024 – Lula da Silva, the former trade unionist, continues as President of Brazil. “Like other countries in Latin America, Brazil is developing a culture of peace which can support a true democracy,” he said. In his speech to the African Union Lula said, “We are reviving our democracy and making it increasingly participatory.”
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Global Military Spending Surges amid War, Rising Tensions and Insecurity
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute-SIPRI - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2024
22 Apr 2024 – Total global military expenditure reached $2443 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8 per cent in real terms from 2022. The 10 largest spenders in 2023—led by the United States, China and Russia—all increased their military spending, according to new data on global military spending published today by SIPRI.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2024
1er mai 2024 – Il y a quelques mois, j’affirmais sur ce blog que nous assistions « au début de la fin de la démocratie bourgeoise ». J’étais pessimiste quant à la possibilité que la démocratie survive sous une autre forme.
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Praxis Peace Institute – Mondragon Seminar and Tour
Georgia Kelly | Praxis Peace Institute – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2024
Praxis Peace Institute offers a 5-day seminar at the Mondragón Cooperatives in Spain! It includes tours to key areas in the Basque region: Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria (Basque capital), and visits to Mondragón businesses, a Research & Development center, the Basque Culinary Arts Center, the Basque Parliament where we have a special session, a day at Mondragón University, and much more!
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How Can Peace Journalism Grow?
Peace News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2024
Peace journalism aims to provide news from conflict zones focused on peacebuilding and the work of peacebuilders. This is in stark contrast to mainstream news coverage that focuses on violence, the voice of elites, propaganda and victory framing.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2024
1 avril 2024 – Comme nous le montre l’exemple de Search for Common Ground, la paix ne peut venir que du dialogue et de l’instauration d’un climat de confiance entre les deux parties au conflit. C’est un processus long et difficile, mais il n’y a pas d’autre solution.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2024
1 Apr 2024 – As ‘Search for Common Ground’ shows us by example, peace can only come from dialogue and trust-building between the two sides of the conflict. This is a long and difficult process, but there is no other way.
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Galtung’s Peace Education
Global Campaign for PEACEducation - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2024
Questions from Prof. Johan Galtung, father of Peace Studies
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Active-Duty Air Force Airman on White House Hunger Strike for Gaza
Veterans for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Apr 2024
On Easter Sunday, 31 Mar 2024 at the White House, active-duty Air Force Senior Airman Larry Hebert began a hunger strike to highlight the plight of the starving children of Gaza.
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Remembering a Voice for Peace: Johan Galtung (1930-2024)
Kelly Rae Kraemer | Global Campaign for PEACEducation - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Mar 2024
Our world lost a giant of peace research. Johan Galtung, “the Father of Peace Studies,” author of more than 170 books and 1,500 scholarly articles about world peace, passed away on 17 Feb 2024, at age 93. Galtung taught at 30 universities on five different continents over the course of his seven-decade career…
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Johan Galtung on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Amy Goodman | EnvisionPeaceMuseum - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Mar 2024
Johan Galtung (24 Oct 1930 – 17 Feb 2024), the “Father of Peace and Conflict Studies,” was a Norwegian sociologist and mathematician who taught around the world, helped found many institutions to build peace, and been honored with the Right Livelihood Award among many others. He served on the advisory board of Envision Peace Museum.
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Trends in International Arms Transfers, 2023
Pieter D. Wezeman, et al. | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Mar 2024
On 11 March the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published its latest report on the arms trade with data up to 2023. The report provides data from the last five years.
→ read full articleThe Role of Vision in History
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Mar 2024
We are entering an era of economic and political contradictions that will lead to revolutionary change. Capitalism, clothed in its cover of bourgeois democracy, is crumbling. This is already evident with the rejection of traditional establishment political candidates.
→ read full article(Français) Le Rôle de la Vision dans l’Histoire
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Mar 2024
Nous entrons dans une ère de contradictions économiques et politiques qui mèneront à un changement révolutionnaire. Le capitalisme, sous son couvert de démocratie bourgeoise, s’effondre. Cela est déjà évident avec le rejet des candidats politiques traditionnels de l’establishment.
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PRIO on Johan Galtung’s Passing
Nils Petter Gleditsch | PRIO Peace Research Institute Oslo – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Feb 2024
Saturday, 17 Feb 2024 – Johan Galtung passed away this morning. He was born in 1930 on 24 October, the same day that 15 years later would see the founding of the United Nations. There is something symbolic about having the same birthday as the UN. As a researcher, Galtung’s orientation was unusually international. An excellent linguist, he was well-travelled and made his home in several countries.
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Father of Peace Journalism Passes Away, Leaves Powerful Legacy
Steven Youngblood | Peace Journalism Insights – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Feb 2024
The peace journalism and peace studies fields lost an intellectual and moral giant on 17 Feb 2024 with the passing of Dr. Johan Galtung at 93 years of age. He is widely credited with being the father of both academic peace studies, including the concepts of positive and negative peace, and peace journalism.
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Rafah: The Penultimate Step in Israel’s March of Genocide
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2024
On Sunday [11 Feb], while 100 million Americans watched the Super Bowl, Israel unleashed the next stage in its genocide of Palestinians. Netanyahu ordered soldiers a ground entry into the city of Rafah, on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt, the last refuge for 1.5 million Palestinians displaced by the ongoing Israeli genocide.
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Saving the US from Nuclear Weapons
Ivana Nikolić Hughes | Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2024
13 Feb 2024 – Why the United States Should Lead the World on Nuclear Disarmament all the Way to a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
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NATO, Germany’s Role and the Russia-Ukraine War
Jenny Brömel | University for Peace (UN-Mandated) – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Feb 2024
A Political Historical Analysis
First part: NATO, Germany in NATO and its emergence after WWII; reunification of Germany, today’s NATO, and the European security order.
Second part: Russia’s and Ukraine’s relations with NATO.
Conclusion: Today’s NATO vis-a-vis the Russia-Ukraine war.
NASA Goes Nuclear
GNspace4peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
30 Jan 2024 – Nuclear Industry Takes Control of NASA
→ read full article(Français) La Culture de la Guerre A-t-elle Changé ? Est-Ce Toujours le Monopole de L’état ?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
1 février 2024 – Je maintiens la conclusion suivante de mon livre de 2009, « L’histoire de la culture de la guerre », mais il y a eu des changements importants comme je l’expliquerai ci-dessous.
→ read full articleHas the Culture of War Changed? Is It Still the Monopoly of the State?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
1 Feb 2024 – Will the US empire finish its time without destroying the planet with a nuclear war? Will it be succeeded by a new culture of war based in the Global South and led by China? Or will we be able to reform the UN to be based on ‘We the People’ instead of the nation-states of the world?
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This Holocaust Remembrance Day, ‘Never Again’ Is Now
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jan 2024
27 Jan 2024 – Today, Gaza is a shell of its former self. Entire neighborhoods have been wiped from the face of the Earth, replaced by a gray wasteland unfit for human life: bustling markets and crowded cafes, libraries home to thousands of precious books, bakeries filled with the smell of fresh bread — all of it turned to ash by Zionist IDF forces.
→ read full articleFor Ministries and Infrastructures of Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jan 2024
1 Jan 2024 – In a world torn by the wars in Ukraine and Palestine, and threatened by the Bidens, Putins and Netanyahus, we must not forget the slow, patient work of those who cultivate peace.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jan 2024
1 janvier 2024 – Dans un monde déchiré par les guerres en Ukraine et en Palestine, et menacé par les Biden, Poutine et Netanyahu, nous ne devons pas oublier le travail lent et patient de ceux qui cultivent la paix.
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Israel Killed Thousands of Children in Gaza—How Can So Many Israelis Remain Indifferent?
Amira Hass | Haaretz/Peace & Planet News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
Fall 2023 – The Gaza Strip is gradually being erased, along with its families, its people, its children, their smiles and laughter. What enables the majority of Jewish Israelis to support this systematic and mass erasure?
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A Study in Contrasts: Palestine – Israel
Peace & Planet News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2023
Winter 2023 – Two choirs, one Israeli, one Palestinian. Judge for yourself.
→ read full articleWhat Next after the End of the U.S. Empire?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2023
11 Dec 2023 – In the short term 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. But Israel depends completely on the support it receives as part of the US empire. With the end of that empire, Israel will not be able to survive.
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(Français) Et Après la Fin de États-Unis Empire?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2023
11 décembre 2023 – À court terme, il n’existe aucun moyen efficace pour mettre fin au génocide israélien de la Palestine. Mais il y a un autre facteur : Israël dépend entièrement du soutien qu’il reçoit en tant que membre de États-Unis Empire. Avec la fin de cet Empire, Israël ne pourra plus survivre.
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Peacebuilding During a Time of War? Bottom-Up Peacebuilding Between Israelis and Palestinians
Peace News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2023
While the world focuses on the human tragedy of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, there are hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals actively working to build peace. Peace News spoke to some of these peacebuilders to understand their experience during this war.
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Open Letter to the Irish Government to Invoke the Genocide Convention
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate | The Peace People - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2023
To Protect Gazans from Genocide – We, the undersigned, watch with horror the death toll and humanitarian crisis in Gaza and believe there is an urgent need for action under the Genocide Convention. A public statement has highlighted the overwhelming evidence that the government of Israel has carried out acts of genocide against civilians in Gaza.
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Is Information a Form of Aid? Communication in Humanitarian Interventions
Dr. Valentina Baú | Peace News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2023
In the immediate aftermath of a disaster, communication takes on a very important role as affected communities are in need of critical information that, at times of crisis, is a form of aid. However, this key aspect of communication has long been unrecognised by humanitarian actors.
→ read full articleHow Can War Crimes Be Stopped?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
1 Dec 2023 – Julian Assange languishes and may die in prison for having documented the war crimes of the American Empire. The UN, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch agree about daily war crimes by Israel against the people of Gaza, crimes that are financed and supplied by the USA and its allies.
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(Français) Comment Arrêter les Crimes de Guerre?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
1 décembre 2023 – Les événements récents nous amènent plus que jamais à nous demander : pourquoi ne peut-on pas faire quelque chose pour arrêter et prévenir les crimes de guerre ?
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How to Build Peace while Covering War: Peace Journalism and the Israel-Hamas Massacre
Leo Weakland | Peace News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
Peace News Network spoke with three experts on Peace Journalism: Prof Jake Lynch, Prof Steven Youngblood, and Vanessa Bassil. They shared their thoughts on the current media coverage of the conflict, and how this could change to enhance the prospects for peace.
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Nobel Peace Prize’s Negative Review
Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2023
24 Nov 2023 – The Real Nobel Peace Prize: A Squandered Opportunity to Abolish War, by Fredrik S. Heffermehl, 405 pp. – Alfred Nobel´s prize never happened. From Day One the Norwegian trustees of the anti-militarist prize failed Nobel and sided with the political powers Nobel intended the prize to combat.
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Mairead Maguire on Ending the Current Wars
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
13 Nov 2023 – Making peace instead of wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
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CRUDE: Wentworth Community vs Big Oil
Greenpeace International - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
15 Nov 2023 – This documentary details the shocking knock-on impact of air pollution caused by big oil in the South African township Wentworth – including chronic poverty, gender-based violence and epigenetic changes which make community members prone to certain illnesses.
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The Nobel Peace Prize Can Still Become Our Rescue
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
‘The Real Nobel Peace Prize: A History of Squandered Opportunities’ by Fredrik S. Heffermehl, 2023, 406 pp. –
Address by the author at book launch, 11 Nov 2023
Some Documents of Hope
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
1 Nov 2023 – Your students, like all young people today are pushed towards pessimism by the mass media and the pronouncements of their national governments. Is there some way that we can give them hope for the future? I want to give you four documents of hope.
→ read full articleThe Irish Government Must Invoke Genocide Convention
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
4 Nov 2023 – Nobel Peace Laureate called on the Irish government to trigger the Genocide Convention as a way to help halt the Israeli genocidal attack on Palestinians, in front of the American embassy in Belfast today.
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How to Stop Genocide and Prevent Atrocities
Taylor O’Connor | Everyday Peacebuilding - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
3 Nov 2023 – Outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights writes: “Once again, we are seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes, and the Organization that we serve appears powerless to stop it.” He explains that with Western leaders providing weapons and diplomatic cover, the only hope we have is that people around the world demand that governments stop Israel’s ongoing atrocities.
→ read full article(Français) Quelques Documents d’Espoir
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
1 novembre 2023 – Vos étudiants, comme tous les jeunes d’aujourd’hui, sont poussés au pessimisme par les médias et les déclarations de leurs gouvernements nationaux. Existe-t-il un moyen de leur donner de l’espoir pour l’avenir ? Je veux vous donner quatre documents d’espoir.
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All of Palestine Is under Attack
The Wire | Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Oct 2023
24 Oct 2023 – For many of us, it’s impossible to imagine the scale of death and destruction in Gaza. Let us be clear: This is genocide. This isn’t a war on Hamas. It’s a war on the Palestinian people.
→ read full articleGaza in the Interest of Humanity: “Stop This Insanity!”
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
17 Oct 2023 – The Israeli government is committing war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. They are breaking international law, which prohibits the collective punishment of civilian populations. For peace, an immediate ceasefire, dialogue and negotiations in Gaza!
→ read full articleThe Root of Violence Is Oppression
Jewish Voice for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
7 Oct 2023 – Following 16 years of Israeli military blockade, Palestinian fighters from Gaza launched an unprecedented assault, in which hundreds of Israelis were killed and wounded, and civilians kidnapped. The Israeli government declared war, launching airstrikes, killing hundreds of Palestinians and wounding thousands, bombing residential buildings and threatening to commit war crimes against besieged Palestinians in Gaza.
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Avoiding World War III
Eric Herter | Peace & Planet News – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
AI’s Thoughts on Peace – Can artificial intelligence communicate wisdom that has been ignored when it comes from the peace movement?
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Nobel Peace Prize 2023: Another Deliberate Betrayal of Nobel and World Peace
Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
6 Oct 2023 – The Norwegian award committee has persistently ignored demands that it respect its obligation to formulate and publish the peace idea of Nobel’s Will and use every selection of winners to promote the new world peace order that Nobel had in mind.
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The Climate Costs of the US Military Machine
Peace and Planet News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
Fall 2023 – It is entirely possible for next generation to grow up in an economy that’s about nurturing life, not waging death.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
2 octobre 2023 – La culture de la guerre semble plus forte que jamais. Pour illustrer cela, un jour avant la Journée internationale de la paix, l’ouverture des Nations Unies a été donnée au président ukrainien Zelensky pour appeler à une guerre totale contre la Russie, même au risque de déclencher une Troisième Guerre mondiale.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
2 Oct 2023 – The culture of war seems stronger than ever. Illustrating this, one day preceding the International Day of Peace, the opening of the United Nations was given to Ukraine president Zelensky to call for all-out war against Russia, even at the risk of launching a Third World War.
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The AI Conundrum: The Peace Movement’s Next Big Challenge
Tom Valovic | Mass Peace Action - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Oct 2023
15 Sep 2023 – It’s hard to watch or read the news these days without bumping into the latest breathless glorification of artificial intelligence. For those of us who believe that some sort of technocratic takeover of many government functions is underway, this trend is deeply concerning.
→ read full articleThe BRICS Summit
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
1 Sep 2023 – The BRICS Declaration, a major historic document, is published by media in South Africa, Brazil, China, South Africa, Russia, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, India, Nicaragua, Peru, and Colombia. But in Europe and North America, only alternative media and no major media has published the full text.
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(Français) Le Sommet des BRICS
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
1 sep 2023 – Le fossé mondial entre le Nord et le Sud s’est élargi ce mois-ci lors du sommet des pays BRICS (Brésil, Russie, Inde, Chine et Afrique du Sud) qui a eu lieu à Johannesburg.
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51 Think Tanks and Thought Leaders in Global Peacebuilding
Taylor O’Connor | Everyday Peacebuilding - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
17 Aug 2023 – Certainly, this is not a list of all organizations working for peace. It is however, a great overview of all organizations I know that conduct research on peacebuilding and/or regularly publish reports, guides and other great resources on building peace and associated topics.
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As Maui Burns, Biden Demands Another $24 Billion… for Ukraine!
Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
14 Aug 2023 – It’s hard to look at footage of the devastation in Maui and then hear Biden demand from Congress another $24 billion for Ukraine. The residents of Maui will take little comfort knowing that the US is more interested in sending their money to the proxy war than in helping them recover.
→ read full articleThe Dialectics of History: Aggression Produces a Reaction of Solidarity
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
1 Aug 2023 – History is dialectical, as described by Hegel, Marx and Engels. We see this in our times as three policies of aggression have led to the increased solidarity of those who have been attacked.
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In Haiti, Kenya Chooses Imperialist Servitude Over Pan-African Solidarity
Black Alliance for Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
3 Aug 2023 – By agreeing to send troops into Haiti, the Kenyan government is assisting in undermining the sovereignty and self-determination of Haitian people, while serving the neocolonial interests of the United States, the Core Group, and the United Nations.
→ read full article(Français) La Dialectique de L’histoire : L’agression Produit Une Réaction de Solidarité
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
1 août 2023 – L’histoire est dialectique, comme l’ont décrit Hegel, Marx et Engels. Nous le voyons à notre époque alors que trois politiques d’agression ont conduit à une solidarité accrue de ceux qui ont été attaqués.
→ read full articleNobel Peace Prize 2024: Too Fast and Premature, IPB!
Fredrik S. Heffermehl | Nobel Peace Prize Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
7 Aug 2023 – It was sad, indeed, to see even the venerable International Peace Bureau, in a 4 Aug press release, once again undermining the peace legacy of Alfred Nobel. Both came to life in the 1890s, emanating from the same sources.
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An Elephant’s Tale…
Vienna International Summit for Peace in Ukraine - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
… not of the Fairy persuasion.
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Taylor O’Connor | Everyday Peacebuilding - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jul 2023
For those of you new to the term PeaceTech, it basically means the use of digital technology in any efforts to build peace and/or justice.
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NATO Fails to Reduce Nuclear Risks at Vilnius Summit
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
12 Jul 2023 – The leaders of NATO countries, meeting in Vilnius at a time of unprecedented nuclear risk, took no action to reduce nuclear dangers and, on the contrary, issued a communique continuing to support the use of nuclear weapons. The alliance pointed to the risks posed by Russia’s nuclear weapons while hailing its own nuclear deterrent and nuclear sharing arrangements. It also criticised the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
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Sudan: A Failed Mediation Process
Meg-Ann Lenoble | Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2023
27 Jun 2023 – The two generals had jointly orchestrated the Oct 2021 coup, leading to the fall of the civilian government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, thus leading them both to the governance of Sudan. Allies in the past, how can we explain this reversal?
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Afghanistan: Civil War among the Taliban?
Ozair Khan | Cordoba Peace Institute Geneva - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2023
27 Jun 2023 – Prominent Taliban figures have criticized the ban on girls’ education, including Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister, who said: “We can only develop the country with high-standard educational institutions. …”
→ read full articleThe Facts about Neo-Colonialism
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2023
6 Jul 2023 – Developing countries have forked out over $4.2tn in interest payments alone since 1980–a direct cash transfer to big banks in New York and London. Think of all the profits that BP extracts from Nigeria’s oil reserves, for example, or that Anglo-American pulls out of South Africa’s gold mines.
→ read full articleWhy Is Europe the Epicenter of World Wars?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2023
1 Jul 2023 – Europe was the epicenter of World Wars I and II, and now it threatens, with its war in the Ukraine, to kindle World War III.
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David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2023
1 juillet 2023 – L’Europe était l’épicentre des guerres mondiales I et II, et maintenant elle menace, avec sa guerre en Ukraine, de déclencher la troisième guerre mondiale.
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