A GLOBAL YOUTH MOVEMENT ?
Millions of students went on strike from school on March 15 to pressure their governments to address seriously the problem of global warming. Photos from that day on CPNN show their demonstrations around the world: in the UK, Australia, Philippines, Sweden, Italy, Uganda, Belgium, USA, Canada, Portugal, Ukraine, Spain, Chile, Nigeria, France and Bangladesh.
The commercial media almost without exception continues to support the United States and dozens of its allies in its attacks on Venezuela. Hardly a culture of peace!
In order to present an alternative to this “war propaganda,” we review here a series of articles that give the other side.
We begin with critiques of the commercial media coverage.
Several years ago we updated the rules for CPNN articles to say that “unlike in the commercial media they do not have to be ‘breaking news.’ Instead, they may reflect the ‘slow news’ of processes that develop slowly over long periods of time.” The reasoning for this was expressed in an article about CPNN in the Journal of Peace Education: “The commercial media emphasize ‘fast news’ or what they often call ‘breaking news.’ This tends to ignore or mask the fundamental processes that make for deep historical change. The processes of historical change accumulate slowly over time. Only rarely do the contradictions arrive at a point of rupture or revolution, at which time events may take place very rapidly.”
The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research has organized a conference on the theme of: “Houphouetology or 33 years of the history of Côte d’Ivoire” hosted by Mr. Rudolf Egnankou Anwumboh Friday, December 7, 2018 from 4 pm in Yamoussoukro.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny, a Mass of Thanksgiving was organized in his memory on Friday, December 7, 2018 in the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace by the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research.
Meetings and demonstrations for peace have been taking place throughout Western Europe in the last month or so. Here are those with articles in CPNN:
The 5th Congress of the Association of African Historians (AHA) took place from November 6 to 9, 2018 at the headquarters of the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research of Yamoussoukro, in collaboration with the Universities of Cocody, Bouaké , Daloa and Korhogo.
Theme: "African history and its current issues"
This Congress saw the election of Professor Aka KOUAME (Ivorian) at the head of the AHA.
