All new articles posted on www.WagingPeace.org http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/resources/archives/2009.htm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:53:53 -0800 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:53:51 -0800 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com It is a great honor to be with you at this wonderful event, to share the stage with Judith Mayotte, a truly remarkable and courageous woman, and to follow in the footsteps of such distinguished leaders as the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu in receiving this Distinguished Peace Leadership Award. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/11/16_eisler_efp_speech.php 390EC52A-C67F-4295-B14C-FF04EA672798 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:53:29 -0800 Thank you, each of you of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation for the critically important work you continue to do. I am humbled in receiving this World Citizenship Award and do so in the name of the millions of women around the world who work tirelessly to make our world more just and peaceful. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/11/16_mayotte_efp_speech.php 32FC686A-19A0-44A2-BD7F-B9ED7FEFC0DE Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:52:56 -0800 Our annual Evening for Peace is meant to accomplish three goals: to shine a light on peace leadership and world citizenship; to honor our deeply deserving awardees; and to inspire new peace leaders. We thank you all for being an important part of this Evening for Peace. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/11/09_krieger_2009_efp.php?krieger 420E3E03-AFD1-41E1-9264-E93837B4BA66 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 16:54:59 -0800 Twenty years have passed since the fall of the Berlin wall, one of the shameful symbols of the cold war and the dangerous division of the world into opposing blocks and spheres of influence. Today we can revisit the events of those times and take stock of them in a less emotional and more rational way. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/11/05_gorbachev_berlin_wall.php 129A650F-361B-419F-8EC3-B3D39B959820 Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:31:42 -0800 Washington's current debate over escalation in Afghanistan, the continuing war in Iraq, and the administration's refusal, so far, to exert any serious pressure on Israel, do not bode well for Obama's foreign policy. But in another key conflict area -- Iran -- President Obama appears to be implementing, at least for the moment, his campaign commitment to engage rather than threaten, to use diplomacy rather than force. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/11/04_bennis_mideast_nwfz.php 34A88257-9DA4-4816-A91C-A0E9B1648E47 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:59:22 -0800 On May 14, 1946, ten days after the opening of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (popularly known as the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal), Captain George Furness, a member of the defense counsel, cast serious doubt on the fairness of the Tribunal conducted by the victorious nations in World War II. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/11/03_tanaka_falk_lessons.php 43B8E838-AA66-4F1B-BBC3-E3B37608E89D Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:00:28 -0800 Our topic today is "Nuclear Disarmament Now." In speaking on that subject, I will address four key points, the first being a discussion of some of the main reasons why nuclear disarmament is urgently needed. The second point will focus on an action plan developed by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation of Santa Barbara, California for advancing President Obama's nuclear disarmament agenda. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/11/03_wickersham_disarmament_now.php FC0E6EA1-A7CB-48B1-B166-D882F1DB19AB Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:59:06 -0800 For the past 64 years the name "Hiroshima" has conjured a nightmare vision for all humanity: the unthinkable specter of instantaneous atomic annihilation. Only by personally visiting Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the two cities that have experienced atomic bombing, can one begin to grasp the threat posed by the world's present arsenal of nuclear weapons. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/11/02_einarsen_hiroshima_beckons.php 20AA302F-B845-464A-AC48-BA6E79FBAB40 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:15 -0800 Omnicide is a word coined by philosopher John Somerville. It is an extension of the concepts of suicide and genocide. It means the death of all, the total negation and destruction of all life. Omnicide is suicide for all. It is the genocide of humanity writ large. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/10/29_krieger_preventing_omnicide.php?krieger CD32B5F0-870A-4869-A712-E197740B500F Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:11:03 -0700 For the first four decades of the Cold War, the Soviet government had spoken glibly about abolishing nuclear weapons. But it was never serious about this enterprise. Such talk was meant for propaganda purposes - to convince people of other nations that the Soviet Union was a peace-loving nation with their best interests at heart. In practical terms, about the most that could be hoped for from the Kremlin was a series of rather modest arms control agreements. http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/10/28_wittner_commitment_perspective.php FE66CC0F-F2A5-4229-B6DE-C048AE4A830E Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:24:05 -0700