peace

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• 10/9/2022
  

  There Are Alternatives to War

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The Ukraine war points to the urgent need to reform the United Nations so it can serve as a true global organization with the power to ensure peace. 

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• 9/18/2022
  

  Ukraine Shows the Need to Break the Cycle of National Insecurity

  by Roger Peace

  It doesn't excuse Russian aggression against Ukraine to recognize that the United States has fumbled the opportunity to forge a global order based on cooperative and mutual security in the years since the end of the Cold War. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  4/18/2022
  

  Is International Cooperation Possible?

  by Tiziana Stella and Campbell Craig

  The United Nations system, based on the sovereignty of nations, is increasingly inadequate to the global problems facing humanity. There are other international traditions that can guide a better world order. 

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• SOURCE: Scientific American
  4/8/2022
  

  India's Accidental Missile Launch Underscores Real Risks of Nuclear War

  Inherent features of nuclear weapons command and control systems make mistakes inevitable and difficult to reverse; the long history of close calls with accidental nuclear war show the need for disarmament. 

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• 4/3/2022
  

  Who Speaks for the World when Great Powers Flex Their Muscle?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  "Are the people of the world condemned to live forever under the heels of the great powers?  Or is it still possible to take another step along the road to a peaceful, humane planet?"

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• 3/13/2022
  

  Ukraine Shows We Need to Learn the History of Peace Movements to Break The Habit of War

  by Charles F. Howlett

  The history of peace movements, as opposed to fleeting opposition to particular wars, is needed today as never before. 

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  2/22/2022
  

  The Black Social Gospel, Radical Politics and Internationalism

  by William Hogue

  The rise of the Black social Gospel after emancipation was a key development that prefigured the later Civil Rights movement, but it also developed a more radical stream of criticism of American militarism. 

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• 2/13/2022
  

  What Major Religious Traditions Say about a Democratic World Federation

  by David C. Oughton

  Valentine's Day has become a secular American celebration of romantic love, but it can be an occasion to consider religious traditions of love involving the pursuit of peace, including through international federation. 

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• SOURCE: Common Dreams
  1/29/2022
  

  Let's Not Allow the Great Powers to Destroy the World

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Historically, vast military resources have made nations more, not less, eager for military confrontation. The risk is too great today to allow a revival of great power rivalry. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11/7/2021
  

  What Can History Teach about the Future of War and Peace?

  Historians have generally been unimpressed by claims made by Stephen Pinker that humanity is enjoying a period of peace. 

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• SOURCE: Balkinization
  9/20/2021
  

  Fishing, Not Catching, in the History of the Law

  by John Fabian Witt

  John Fabian Witt writes about a critical exchange over Samuel Moyn's book on humanitarian war, and questions Moyn's conception of the relationship between a scholar's politics and their methodology. 

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• 8/29/2021
  

  Climate, Peace, and Health Require International Solidarity. Is it Possible to Build It?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  "Although there are no guarantees that social movements and enhanced global governance will transform our divided, problem-ridden world, they should provide us with at least a measure of hope that, someday, human solidarity will prevail."

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• 4/25/2021
  

  Mars Perseverance and the King's Bay Plowshares: A Study in Priorities

  by Mike McQuillan

  The Kings Bay Plowshares group deserve a parade for protesting a nuclear submarine base. Instead seven of them are in jail as the United States spends billions of dollars a day on weaponry.

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• 3/28/2021
  

  Historians for Peace and Democracy Present Free Resources for History Educators

  by Margaret Power and Kevin Young

  Historians for Peace and Democracy invite readers and particularly history educators to explore the group's free resources for teaching about issues of peace, democracy, and human rights. 

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• 3/28/2021
  

  Can Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Overcome the Opposition?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  People who want to end the nightmare of nuclear destruction that has haunted the world since 1945 should consider widening the popular appeal of nuclear weapons abolition by strengthening the UN’s ability to provide international security.

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  11/8/2020
  

  Reclaiming American Idealism: We Could Use A Leader Like George McGovern Again

  by William J. Astore

  Since the American voters rejected the antimilitaristic candidacy of George McGovern in 1972 the country has come to tolerate astonishing levels of mass death, of which COVID is only the latest instance.

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• SOURCE: Flatland (Kansas City)
  8/6/2020
  

  A Tale of Atomic Bombs and Paper Cranes: Harry Truman's Grandson Pursues Reconciliation

  For a decade, Harry Truman's oldest grandson has engaged in dialogue with the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 

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• SOURCE: EU Observer
  4/11/19
  

  Finnish MP: 'We need historians to secure peace'

  "History continues to play negative role in many conflicts", Tuomioja explained, suggesting that historians "can contribute substantially to conflict resolution".

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  2-4-18
  

  Our Enemy, Ourselves

  by William J. Astore

  Ten Commonsense Suggestions for Making Peace, Not War

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• 3-8-15
  

  New York's 200-Year Conspiracy for Peace

  by Lawrence S. Wittner

  Why has New York played a central role in the American peace movement?