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A global crisis requires a global politics
A few days ago, on 10 March, Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs reported to the UN Security Council on the largest humanitarian crisis facing humanity since 1945. Many global challenges vie for our attention, but … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Anti-war, conflict, famine, global citizenship, humanitarian crisis, leadership, peace, Stephen O'Brien, UN, United Nations
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Four cousins went to war.
This is a very brief account of the lives of 4 young men from around a century ago; all members of the same Scottish family. The accounts are neither special nor representative and they form a tiny fraction of the story … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Anti-war, conflict, history, Ian Playfair, Lambert Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Patrick Playfair, peace, world war 1
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Jean Jaurès: ‘what is courage?’
Jean Jaurès (1859-1914), member of the French National Assembly, leader of the Parti Socialiste Français and peace campaigner was an eloquent and compelling public speaker. One of his most famous speeches was his 1903 address to young people at the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged courage, Discours à la Jeunesse, France, Jean Jaurès, peace
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Giving peace a voice.
In 2016 so far, we have witnessed the horrific murder of a British M.P., the Orlando massacre, brutal attacks in Nice, Munich and elsewhere. Shocking terrorist atrocities in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria and many other places account for nearly 10,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged conflict, Nobel Peace Prize, non-violence, Oscar Arias Sanchez, peace, terrorism, values, violence, violent extremism
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Getting the children to play nicely
Once upon a time the children used to play nicely. They had quite a lot of freedom and invented all sorts of very involved activities. They played singly, in pairs, in small and large groups. They developed constructive, co-operative, competitive and territorial … Continue reading
Let Us Be Midwives! Sadako Kurihara
Let Us Be Midwives! An untold story of the atomic bombing by Sadako Kurihara, translated by Richard Minear Night in the basement of a concrete structure now in ruins. Victims of the atomic bomb jammed the room; It was dark—not … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Hiroshima, Japan, nuclear weapons, peace, Poetry, Sadako Kurihara
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Nazim Hikmet: Hiroshima and Strontium 90
I Come and Stand at Every Door (Hiroshima) I come and stand at every door But no one hears my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead, for I … Continue reading
