HOPE FOR PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND
If we look at the news and consider only the short-term, peace seems very distant between Israelis and Palestinians. But if we take a long-term historical view, there is reason to hope.
Tag Archives: News
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of August 1, 2019
CULTURE OF PEACE CONFERENCES
This summer and fall there are international conferences for the culture of peace sponsored by organizations throughout the world.
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of July 1, 2019
MASS PROTESTS AROUND THE WORLD
Around the world people are taking to the streets in nonviolent demonstrations to demand justice and democracy.
In some cases (Hong Kong, Russia and Algeria), the mass demonstrations have already led to some changes, while those in Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic, Sudan and Brazil have not yet achieved the desired results.
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of June 1, 2019
LEADERSHIP FOR PEACE
In a time of bad news and confusion, we seek those who can lead us towards a future of hope and stability. Here are some good examples of leadership that we have cited recently in CPNN.
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of April 1, 2019
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.
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of March 1, 2019
VENEZUELA: WHAT IS HAPPENING?
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.
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of February 1, 2019
SLOW NEWS: PEACE EDUCATION
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.”
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of December 1, 2018
EUROPE MEETS AND MARCHES FOR PEACE
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:
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of November 1, 2018
NOBEL: END SEXUAL VIOLENCE
It was an important step forward that the recipients of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize were recognized for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. The history of the culture of war tells us that: “Rape and other violence against women has been fundamental to the culture of war over the course of history.”