Articles by David Adams

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(Français) Écoutez les Femmes
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Apr 2024

1 avril 2024 – Comme nous le montre l’exemple de Search for Common Ground, la paix ne peut venir que du dialogue et de l’instauration d’un climat de confiance entre les deux parties au conflit. C’est un processus long et difficile, mais il n’y a pas d’autre solution.

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Listen to the Women
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Apr 2024

1 Apr 2024 – As ‘Search for Common Ground’ shows us by example, peace can only come from dialogue and trust-building between the two sides of the conflict. This is a long and difficult process, but there is no other way.

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The Role of Vision in History
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Mar 2024

We are entering an era of economic and political contradictions that will lead to revolutionary change. Capitalism, clothed in its cover of bourgeois democracy, is crumbling. This is already evident with the rejection of traditional establishment political candidates.

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(Français) Le Rôle de la Vision dans l’Histoire
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Mar 2024

Nous entrons dans une ère de contradictions économiques et politiques qui mèneront à un changement révolutionnaire. Le capitalisme, sous son couvert de démocratie bourgeoise, s’effondre. Cela est déjà évident avec le rejet des candidats politiques traditionnels de l’establishment.

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(Français) La Culture de la Guerre A-t-elle Changé ? Est-Ce Toujours le Monopole de L’état ?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Feb 2024

1 février 2024 – Je maintiens la conclusion suivante de mon livre de 2009, « L’histoire de la culture de la guerre », mais il y a eu des changements importants comme je l’expliquerai ci-dessous.

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Has the Culture of War Changed? Is It Still the Monopoly of the State?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Feb 2024

1 Feb 2024 – Will the US empire finish its time without destroying the planet with a nuclear war? Will it be succeeded by a new culture of war based in the Global South and led by China? Or will we be able to reform the UN to be based on ‘We the People’ instead of the nation-states of the world?

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For Ministries and Infrastructures of Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Jan 2024

1 Jan 2024 – In a world torn by the wars in Ukraine and Palestine, and threatened by the Bidens, Putins and Netanyahus, we must not forget the slow, patient work of those who cultivate peace.

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(Français) Pour les Ministeres et Infrastructures de Paix
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Jan 2024

1 janvier 2024 – Dans un monde déchiré par les guerres en Ukraine et en Palestine, et menacé par les Biden, Poutine et Netanyahu, nous ne devons pas oublier le travail lent et patient de ceux qui cultivent la paix.

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What Next after the End of the U.S. Empire?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Dec 2023

11 Dec 2023 – In the short term there is not an effective means to stop the Israeli genocide of Palestine. Perhaps in the long term Israel can be stopped by boycotts, divestment and sanctions. But Israel depends completely on the support it receives as part of the US empire. With the end of that empire, Israel will not be able to survive.

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(Français) Et Après la Fin de États-Unis Empire?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Dec 2023

11 décembre 2023 – À court terme, il n’existe aucun moyen efficace pour mettre fin au génocide israélien de la Palestine. Mais il y a un autre facteur : Israël dépend entièrement du soutien qu’il reçoit en tant que membre de États-Unis Empire. Avec la fin de cet Empire, Israël ne pourra plus survivre.

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How Can War Crimes Be Stopped?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Dec 2023

1 Dec 2023 – Julian Assange languishes and may die in prison for having documented the war crimes of the American Empire. The UN, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch agree about daily war crimes by Israel against the people of Gaza, crimes that are financed and supplied by the USA and its allies.

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(Français) Comment Arrêter les Crimes de Guerre?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Dec 2023

1 décembre 2023 – Les événements récents nous amènent plus que jamais à nous demander : pourquoi ne peut-on pas faire quelque chose pour arrêter et prévenir les crimes de guerre ?

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Some Documents of Hope
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Nov 2023

1 Nov 2023 – Your students, like all young people today are pushed towards pessimism by the mass media and the pronouncements of their national governments. Is there some way that we can give them hope for the future? I want to give you four documents of hope.

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(Français) Quelques Documents d’Espoir
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Nov 2023

1 novembre 2023 – Vos étudiants, comme tous les jeunes d’aujourd’hui, sont poussés au pessimisme par les médias et les déclarations de leurs gouvernements nationaux. Existe-t-il un moyen de leur donner de l’espoir pour l’avenir ? Je veux vous donner quatre documents d’espoir.

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(Français) Pas de Paix Avec la Culture de Guerre
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Oct 2023

2 octobre 2023 – La culture de la guerre semble plus forte que jamais. Pour illustrer cela, un jour avant la Journée internationale de la paix, l’ouverture des Nations Unies a été donnée au président ukrainien Zelensky pour appeler à une guerre totale contre la Russie, même au risque de déclencher une Troisième Guerre mondiale.

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No Peace with the Culture of War
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Oct 2023

2 Oct 2023 – The culture of war seems stronger than ever. Illustrating this, one day preceding the International Day of Peace, the opening of the United Nations was given to Ukraine president Zelensky to call for all-out war against Russia, even at the risk of launching a Third World War.

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The BRICS Summit
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Sep 2023

1 Sep 2023 – The BRICS Declaration, a major historic document, is published by media in South Africa, Brazil, China, South Africa, Russia, Azerbaijan, Nigeria, India, Nicaragua, Peru, and Colombia. But in Europe and North America, only alternative media and no major media has published the full text.

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(Français) Le Sommet des BRICS
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Sep 2023

1 sep 2023 – Le fossé mondial entre le Nord et le Sud s’est élargi ce mois-ci lors du sommet des pays BRICS (Brésil, Russie, Inde, Chine et Afrique du Sud) qui a eu lieu à Johannesburg.

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The Dialectics of History: Aggression Produces a Reaction of Solidarity
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Aug 2023

1 Aug 2023 – History is dialectical, as described by Hegel, Marx and Engels. We see this in our times as three policies of aggression have led to the increased solidarity of those who have been attacked.

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(Français) La Dialectique de L’histoire : L’agression Produit Une Réaction de Solidarité
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Aug 2023

1 août 2023 – L’histoire est dialectique, comme l’ont décrit Hegel, Marx et Engels. Nous le voyons à notre époque alors que trois politiques d’agression ont conduit à une solidarité accrue de ceux qui ont été attaqués.

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The Facts about Neo-Colonialism
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 10 Jul 2023

6 Jul 2023 – Developing countries have forked out over $4.2tn in interest payments alone since 1980–a direct cash transfer to big banks in New York and London. Think of all the profits that BP extracts from Nigeria’s oil reserves, for example, or that Anglo-American pulls out of South Africa’s gold mines.

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Why Is Europe the Epicenter of World Wars?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Jul 2023

1 Jul 2023 – Europe was the epicenter of World Wars I and II, and now it threatens, with its war in the Ukraine, to kindle World War III.

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(Français) Pourquoi L’europe Est-Elle L’epicentre Des Guerres Mondiales ?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Jul 2023

1 juillet 2023 – L’Europe était l’épicentre des guerres mondiales I et II, et maintenant elle menace, avec sa guerre en Ukraine, de déclencher la troisième guerre mondiale.

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(Français) L’Hypocrisie des Sanctions Économiques
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Jun 2023

Les sanctions économiques sont-elles une violation des droits de l’Homme ?

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The Hypocrisy of Economic Sanctions
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Jun 2023

1 Jun 2023 – Are economic sanctions a violation of human rights?

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Updates on the Economic War and the Political Crisis
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 May 2023

1 May 2023 – The trip to China this month by Brazilian President Lula was marked by the installation of former Pres. of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, to preside over the New Development Bank of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa).

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(Français) Mises À Jour Sur La Guerre Économique Et La Crise Politique
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 May 2023

1 mai 2023 – Les événements récents ont des effets profonds sur les sujets de mes blogs précedents : NOUVELLES DU FRONT DE LA GUERRE ÉCONOMIQUE et L’ANALYSE EST SIMPLE ; C’EST ECONOMIQUE.

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(Français) Nouvelles du Front de la Guerre Economique
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Apr 2023

19 mars 2023 – Le soutien américain et l’escalade de la guerre d’Ukraine sont au cœur de la politique de l’administration Biden et de ses stratèges NEOCON qui tentent de maintenir l’hégémonie américaine sur le monde entier. L’Ukraine est un pion dans la stratégie d’attaque contre la Russie considérée comme le principal ennemi de cette hégémonie avec la Chine.

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News from the Front of the Economic War
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Apr 2023

19 Mar 2023 – The US support and escalation of the Ukraine War is central to the politics of the Biden administration and its NEOCON strategists trying to maintain US hegemony. Ukraine is a pawn in the strategy of attacking Russia that is considered the principal enemy of that hegemony along with China.

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Sleepwalking to Armageddon: World Divides over the Ukraine War
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Mar 2023

1 Mar 2023 – As the US, NATO and Russia escalate the war in the Ukraine, the risk increases for a global nuclear war that could destroy most life on the planet, corresponding to the mythical battle of Armageddon mentioned in the Bible.

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(Français) Somnambules vers Armageddon : Le Monde se Divise Sur l’Ukraine
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Mar 2023

1 mars 2023 – Alors que les États-Unis, l’OTAN et la Russie intensifient la guerre en Ukraine, le risque augmente d’une guerre nucléaire mondiale qui pourrait détruire la plupart des vies sur la planète, correspondant à la mythique bataille d’Armageddon dans la Bible qui marque la fin du monde.

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The Analysis Is Simple; It Is Economic
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Feb 2023

For a Profound Analysis of Our Political Situation, the Answer Is Simple: It Is Economic

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(Français) L’Analyse Est Simple ; C’est Economique
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Feb 2023

1 févr. 2023 – Pour une analyse approfondie de notre situation politique, la réponse est simple : c’est économique.

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Looking Forward to 2023
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Jan 2023

1 Jan 2023 – Before looking forward to 2023, let’s look back at 2022 from the perspective of the culture of peace.

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(Français) Dans l’Attente de 2023
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Jan 2023

1er janvier 2023 – Avant d’envisager 2023, regardons 2022 du point de vue de la culture de la paix.

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(Français) Préparons-Nous pour un Nouvel Ordre Mondial
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Dec 2022

1 décembre 2022 – La culture de la guerre est si fermement établie, en particulier dans l’État moderne, qu’une culture de la paix ne peut être achèvée qu’avec un changement radical dans la gouvernance mondiale. Pour comprendre la nature du changement radical, je me tourne vers ce vieil expert, Karl Marx.

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Prepare for a New World Order
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Dec 2022

1 Dec 2022 – The culture of war is so firmly established in the modern state that it will take a revolutionary change in global governance to move to a culture of peace. To understand the nature of revolutionary change, I turn to that old expert, Karl Marx.

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Human Rights Hypocrisy
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Nov 2022

1 Nov 2022 – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the great documents of history. With that in mind, it is especially ironic and unfortunate when human rights is used by the culture of war as part of its weaponry.

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(Français) Hypocrisie à Propos des Droits Humains
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Nov 2022

La Déclaration universelle des droits de l’Homme est l’un des grands documents de l’histoire. Dans cet esprit, il est particulièrement ironique et malheureux que les droits de l’Homme soient utilisés par la culture de la guerre comme faisant partie de son armement.

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Mediation and Restorative Justice in Latin America
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Sep 2022

1 Sep 2022 – Latin America continues to advance towards a culture of peace: Last month we reviewed results of elections in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia; a progressive government has returned to Bolivia following the coup d’état against Evo Morales; Lula da Silva is favored to win the presidency of Brazil in next month’s election.

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(Français) Médiation et Justice Restauratrice en Amérique Latine
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Sep 2022

1 septembre 2022 – L’Amérique latine continue de progresser vers une culture de la paix. Le mois dernier, nous avons passé en revue les résultats progressistes des élections au Mexique, au Chili, au Pérou et en Colombie. Lula da Silva est favori pour remporter la présidence du Brésil au cours de la prochaine l’élection du mois.

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Arab Spring, Russian Spring, Latin American Spring?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Aug 2022

1 Aug 2022 – Consciousness becomes a determining factor in history when the dominant regime (i.e. the culture of war) collapses from its own contradictions. This occurred in the 60’s with the Vietnam War and in end of the 80’s with the collapse of the Soviet Empire. We approach another such moment with the imminent collapse of the US Empire.

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(Français) Printemps Arabe, Printemps Russe, Printemps Latino-Américain ?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Aug 2022

1 août 2022 – La conscience devient un facteur déterminant dans l’histoire lorsque le régime dominant (c’est-à-dire la culture de la guerre) s’effondre de ses propres contradictions. Cela s’est passé dans les années 60 avec la guerre du Vietnam et à la fin des années 80 avec l’effondrement de l’empire soviétique. Nous approchons d’un autre moment de ce genre avec l’effondrement imminent de l’empire Nord Américain.

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(Français) Nécessité de Creer: Un Mouvement Mondial pour le Désarmement Nucléaire
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Jul 2022

Toutes ces questions devraient être à l’ordre du jour d’un mouvement mondial pour le désarmement nucléaire. Il n’y a rien de plus important pour l’avenir de notre espèce et de notre planète.

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Needed: A Global Movement for Nuclear Disarmament
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Jul 2022

1 Jul 2022 – The world faces many dangers at this moment of history, famines, global warming, wars in the Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, mass migrations, increasing electoral tendencies towards fascism. But all these are pale in comparison to the danger of a nuclear World War III which could put an end to all of these problems by a suicidal destruction of all human civilization.

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Collapse of the Us Dollar
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Jun 2022

1 Jun 2022 – Two years ago I wrote that the dollar would lose its global role and be devalued. Reasons: the bloated military budget and national debt to pay for it, the blow-back effect of U.S. sanctions on other countries, and the reaction of countries such as Russia, China, Turkey and India to trade their dollars for gold. According to Zero Hedge, this trend has intensified.

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(Français) Effondrement du Dollar Américain
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Jun 2022

1er juin 2022 – Il y a deux ans, j’écrivais que le dollar perdrait son rôle mondial et serait dévalué. Raisons : le budget militaire gonflé et la dette nationale pour le payer, l’effet de retour des sanctions américaines sur d’autres pays et la réaction de pays comme la Russie, la Chine, la Turquie et l’Inde à échanger leurs dollars contre de l’or. Selon Zero Hedge, cette tendance s’est intensifiée.

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We Can Find the Truth, but Where Can We Find Hope?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 May 2022

1 May 2022 – Devoted to the courageous individuals who dare to seek and publish the truth in the face of the censorship and outright lies of the information war between NATO and Russia.

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(Français) Nous Pouvons Trouver la Vérité, mais Où Pouvons-Nous Trouver l’Espoir ?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 May 2022

1 Mai 2022 – Consacré aux individus courageux qui osent rechercher et publier la vérité face à la censure et aux mensonges éhontés de la guerre de l’information entre l’OTAN et la Russie.

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(Français) La Guerre d’Ukraine Aurait Pu Être Évitée
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Apr 2022

1 avril 2022 – La guerre en Ukraine est le résultat de décisions politiques erronées des États-Unis et de l’OTAN en 1997 qui ont conduit à l’expansion de l’OTAN jusqu’aux frontières de la Russie.

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The Ukraine War Could Have Been Avoided
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Apr 2022

1 Apr 2022 – The Ukraine war is the result of mistaken policy decisions by the United States and NATO in 1997 which led to the expansion of NATO up to the borders of Russia.

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How the United States Created Vladimir Putin
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Apr 2022

1 Apr 2022 – The title comes from a speech by Vladimir Posner at Yale Sept 27, 2018. Posner was the spokesman for Mikhail Gorbachev in the latter years of the 1980’s and has continued over the years to provide independent, informed journalism from his base in Russia.

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(French) Comment Les États-Unis Ont Créé Vladimir Poutine
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Apr 2022

1 avril 2022 – Le titre de ce blog vient d’un discours de Vladimir Posner à Yale le 27 septembre 2018. Posner était le porte-parole de Mikhaïl Gorbatchev dans les dernières années des années 1980 et a continué au fil des ans à fournir un journalisme indépendant et informé depuis sa base en Russie. .

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(Français) La Chute de Poutine – Un Déjà-vu
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Mar 2022

J’ai travaillé par intermittence en Union Soviétique dans les années 1970 et 1980 et j’ai observé le crash de l’Empire Soviétique – de l’intérieur. Il y avait trois causes principales: la perte de valeur du rouble, la perte de la guerre en Afghanistan et la perte de confiance du peuple.

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The Fall of Putin – a Déjà vu
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Mar 2022

3 Mar 2022 – Déjà vu. I worked on and off in the Soviet Union during the 1970’s and 1980’s and I watched the crash of the Soviet Empire – from inside. Three main causes: the loss of value of the ruble, the loss of the war in Afghanistan and the loss of confidence of the people.

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Did the U.S. and NATO Promise Not to Threaten Russia by Moving the Military Forces of NATO to Its Borders?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Feb 2022

22 Feb 2022 – We continue to be threatened by the culture of war, which, as usual in recent history, is monopolized by the nation states.

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(Français) Les États-Unis et l’OTAN ont-ils promis de ne pas menacer la Russie en déplaçant les forces militaires de l’OTAN vers ses frontières ?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Feb 2022

22 février 2022 – Nous continuons d’être menacés par la culture de la guerre qui, comme d’habitude dans l’histoire récente, est monopolisée par les États-nations.

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(Français) Guerre à l’étranger, Guerre Dans la Métropole
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Feb 2022

1 février 2022 – C’est une vieille expression selon laquelle “les poulets sont rentrés chez eux pour se percher”. Les guerres que l’Empire américain a menées à l’étranger arrivent aux États-Unis sur son propre territoire ! L’invasion du Capitole il y a un an a marqué le début d’une seconde guerre civile dans la métropole.

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War Abroad, War at Home
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Feb 2022

1 Feb 2022 – There is an old expression that “the chickens have come home to roost.” The wars that the American Empire waged abroad have come to the continental USA. The invasion of the Capitol one year ago has signaled the beginning of a second civil war at home.`

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(Français) La Biennale de Luanda : Passé et Avenir de la Culture de la Paix en Afrique
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Jan 2022

1 Jan 2022 – Maintenant, l’avenir de la culture panafricaine de la paix est là où il devrait être, entre les mains de la jeunesse africaine et de la diaspora. Un nouveau jour se lève. Il a besoin de notre soutien.

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The Biennale of Luanda: Past and Future of the Culture of Peace in Africa
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Jan 2022

1 Jan 2022 – Now the future of the Pan-African Culture of Peace is where it should be, in the hands of the youth of Africa and the Diaspora. A new day is dawning. It needs our support.

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Updating Dire Warnings
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Dec 2021

7 Dec 2021 – A little over a year ago, I wrote in this blog that we are at a turning point in human history, that the US Empire is crashing and that there is a serious risk of a new North American Civil War. The blog was illustrated by automatic weapons being accumulated by millions of US citizens.

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(Français) Mise à Jour des Avertissements
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Dec 2021

7 déc. 2021 – Il y a un peu plus d’un an, j’écrivais dans ce blog que nous étions à un tournant de l’Histoire de l’humanité, que l’empire américain s’effonderait et qu’il existe un risque sérieux d’une nouvelle guerre civile aux USA. Le blog était illustré par les armes automatiques accumulées par des millions de citoyens américains.

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Speech to Mayors for Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Nov 2021

Text I provided to the first national forum of the AFCDRP (Association of Mayors for Peace, France) that took place October 13 in Montpelier.

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(Français) Discours pour l’Association “Maires pour la Paix”
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Nov 2021

Texte que j’ai fourni au premier forum national de l’AFCDRP (Association Maires pour la Paix, France) qui a eu lieu le 13 octobre à Montpellier.

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The Nobel Peace Prize Should Have Gone to Julian Assange
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Oct 2021

11 Oct 2021 – To some extent one must applaud the choice of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists who have dared to defy government pressure. Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov certainly merit the distinction. But there is another journalist who is even more deserving and his recognition would have contributed far more to the cause of world peace. That is Julian Assange.

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(Français) Le Prix Nobel de la Paix Aurait du Être Attribué à Julian Assange
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Oct 2021

11 oct. 2021 – Dans une certaine mesure, il faut applaudir le choix du prix Nobel de la paix de cette année à deux journalistes qui ont osé défier la pression du gouvernement. Maria Ressa et Dmitry Muratov méritent certainement la distinction. Mais il y a un autre journaliste qui le mérite encore plus et sa reconnaissance aurait contribué beaucoup plus à la cause de la paix mondiale. C’est Julian Assange.

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Afghanistan Is Not the End
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Sep 2021

1 Sep 2021 – As Karl Marx put it, spending money on the military is like throwing money into the sea. It produces nothing of value. And eventually an economy that produces nothing of value will crash from its own internal contradiction. This is the contradiction that led Johan Galtung to predict the end of the American Empire by the year 2020.

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(Français) L’Afghanistan N’Est Pas la Fin
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Sep 2021

1 Sept. 2021 – Comme l’a dit Karl Marx, dépenser de l’argent pour l’armée, c’est comme jeter de l’argent à la mer. Il ne produit pas de valeur. Et finalement, une économie qui ne produit pas de valeur s’effondrera à cause de sa propre contradiction interne. C’est la contradiction qui ont conduit Johan Galtung à prédire la fin de l’empire américain d’ici 2020.

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(Français) Mise à Jour Sur la Culture de la Guerre
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Aug 2021

Il ne semble pas probable que l’avancée de la démocratie et de la conscience anti-guerre puisse renverser l’empire américain et sa culture de guerre, mais comme son prédécesseur, l’empire soviétique, finira par s’effondrer à cause de ses propres contradictions. Et à ce point lá, le développement de la démocratie et de la conscience anti-guerre sera essentiel si on peut faire un changement radical dans la gouvernance mondiale, une ONU basée directement sur le peuple et promouvant une culture de paix.

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Culture of War Update
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Aug 2021

1 Aug 2021 – It does not seem likely that the advance in democracy and anti-war consciousness can overthrow the American empire and its culture of war, but like its predecessor, the Soviet Empire, it will eventually collapse from its own contradictions. At that point, the development of democracy and anti-war consciousness will be essential if we are to make a radical change in global governance, a UN based directly on the people and promoting a culture of peace.

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UN Security Council: Key Reform for a Culture of Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Jul 2021

1 Jul 2021 – The key is the reform of the United Nations Security Council, which at the present time is controlled by the nuclear powers and unable to act in the Middle East because of alliances with the State of Israel. What we have now is not promoting a culture of peace. What we need is radical change, and the UNSC is a key point to be changed.

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(Français) Conseil de Sécurité de l’ONU: Une Réforme Clé Pour Une Culture de la Paix
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Jul 2021

1er juillet 2021 – La clé est la réforme du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies, qui est actuellement contrôlé par les puissances nucléaires et incapable d’agir au Moyen-Orient en raison d’alliances avec l’État d’Israël. Ce que nous avons maintenant, ce n’est pas la promotion d’une culture de paix. Ce dont nous avons besoin, c’est d’un changement radical, et le CSNU est un point clé à changer.

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(Français) Une Vision Utopique pour Jérusalem
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Jun 2021

1 juin 2021- Il nous reste cinq ans avant les événements que j’imaginais dans ma nouvelle, “j’ai vu la terre promise.” Plus que jamais, je pense qu’il s’agit d’un tournant essentiel dans la voie que nous devons suivre pour passer de la culture de la guerre à une culture de la paix.

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A Utopian Vision for Jerusalem
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Jun 2021

1 Jun 2021 – We have over five years remaining before the events I imagined as follows in my novella, “I have seen the promised land.” More than ever, I think that this is an essential turning point in the road we need to follow to achieve the transition from the culture of war to a culture of peace.

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News from Palestine: The Messenger Refuses to Be Killed
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 May 2021

15 May 2021 – The Israeli government has bombed the headquarters of Associated Press and Al Jazeera in Gaza, trying to limit messages from the Palestinian people to describe their suffering. But the messenger refuses to be killed.  Here are some of the messages I have received from people in Palestine.

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Declaration for the Transition to a Culture of Peace in the XXI Century
David Adams, Federico M. Zaragoza and Roberto E. M. Caballero | Transition to a Culture of Peace - TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 May 2021

1 May 2021 – We will be circulating the Declaration as widely as possible for signatures and dissemination, and a website is in preparation for this. Below is the short English version.

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Listen to the Women
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Apr 2021

1 Apr 2021 – This month the women of the world give us reason to hope for the future. Around the world millions of women risked the Covid pandemic and took to the streets to demand radical change.

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(Français) Écouter les Femmes
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Apr 2021

1 avril 2021 – Ce mois-ci les femmes du monde nous donnent des raisons d’espérer pour l’avenir. Partout dans le monde, des millions de femmes ont risqué la pandémie de Covid et sont descendues dans la rue pour exiger un changement radical.

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Appeals Are Not Enough
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Feb 2021

“Many of the organizations above make demands of the nuclear states to begin the process of nuclear disarmament. And people are invited to sign appeals to these governments such as the Appeal for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World. But there is no indication that the nuclear powers are listening. We must do more than that.”

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Bad News for 2021
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Jan 2021

A crash of the global economic system would inevitably produce a crash of the system of global governance. And a crash of the global system of governance will give us a window of opportunity for the radical change that is needed from the culture of war to a culture of peace. But such a change requires advance preparation.

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(Français) Mauvaises Nouvelles Pour 2021
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Jan 2021

Un effondrement du système économique mondial entraînerait inévitablement un effondrement des systèmes de gouvernance. Et un crash du système mondial de gouvernance nous donnera une fenêtre d’opportunité pour le changement radical qui est nécessaire pour la transition de la culture de guerre à une culture de paix. Mais un tel changement nécessite une préparation préalable.

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A New Level, a Historic Step Forward
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Dec 2020

1 Dec 2020 – For the first time there are so many virtual events for the culture of peace free and open to the public that we have begun listing them on CPNN. This makes possible a new step forward in the development of a global movement for the culture of peace.

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Further Analysis of US Elections
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Nov 2020

9 Nov 2020 – In order to understand the deep meaning of the US election results, and to compare them to the electoral situation in France, I have downloaded a series of maps from the Internet showing the relation between voting patterns, poverty and urbanization.

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(Français) Quelques Commentaires sur l’Election Nationale Anglo-américain
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Nov 2020

En 2017, j’avais comparé la base electorale de Trump à celle de Marine Le Pen en France. Aujourd’hui je pourrais également faire la comparaison à celles de nombreux autres démagogues à travers le monde: Au Brésil, en Turquie, en Russie, aux Philippines, en Hongrie, etc.

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Some Comments on the US National Election
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Nov 2020

5 Nov 2020 – Back in 2017, I compared Trump’s appeal to that of Marine Le Pen in France. Today I could also compare his appeal to many other demagogues that are thriving around the world in Brazil, Turkey, Russia, Philippines, Hungary, etc.

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(Français) Leçons Tirés de la Journée Internationale de la Paix de Cette Année
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Oct 2020

2 Oct 2020 – En regardant les résultats de notre enquête sur la Journée internationale de la paix cette année, je suis frappé par deux aspects, l’un à long terme et l’autre à court terme, qui sont de bon augure pour l’avenir.

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Lessons from This Year’s International Day of Peace
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 Oct 2020

2 Oct 2020 – Looking at the results this year from our survey of the International Day of Peace, I am struck by two aspects, one long term and one short term, that bode well for the future.

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(Français) L’espoir d’un atterrissage en douceur
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Sep 2020

1 Sep 2020 – Face aux prévisions pessimistes pour les États-Unis, pouvant aller jusqu’a la guerre civile, de nombreuses initiatives progressistes avancent. C’est la dialectique de l’histoire en action: «when the going gets tough, the tough get going» (quand les temps deviennent durs, les durs avancent.). Et cela fait naître l’espoir que le crash de l’empire pourrait avoir un “atterrissage en douceur.”

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Hope for a Soft Landing
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Sep 2020

1 Sep 2020 – In the face of pessimistic predictions for the United States, to the point of civil war, there are many progressive initiatives advancing. It’s the dialectics of history in action: “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” And it raises the hopes that the crash of the empire could have a soft landing.

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The Crash of the American Empire
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Aug 2020

1 Aug 2020 – The American empire is crashing. What will it be like. Let us look at recent precedents.

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Racism and the Culture of War
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Jul 2020

1 Jul 2020 – To succeed, the struggle against racism needs to be understood in the context of the struggle against the culture of war. The recent uprisings against racist violence by the police is another step towards the radical transformation from the culture of war to a culture of peace.

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Trump and the USA Can Escape, but the Empire Cannot
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Jun 2020

5 Jun 2020 – The USA is trapped. It is ravaged by the coronavirus with inadequate medical preparedness. It is torn apart by racist violence. And it now has an unemployment rate that rivals that of the Great Depression. The military budget must be totally converted in order to save the country. Its military bases around the world must be dismantled and the soldiers brought home and put to useful work.

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Invasion of Venezuela: Is It Operation Just Cause, Bay of Pigs or Wag the Dog?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Jun 2020

1 Jun 2020 – On April 1 (April Fools Day) President Trump announced that the US will send a military force to Venezuela. If Trump does order an invasion, it may resemble the Bay of Pigs more than Operation Just Cause. The Venezuelan military, aided by Russian equipment and advisors, and backed, at least verbally, by China, is a force more similar to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces in 1961 than the Panamanian forces in 1989.

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Has the Crash Arrived?
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Mar 2020

19 Mar 2020 – The headlines provide abundant details about economic shutdowns in order to slow the spread of the COV-19 virus. But behind the headlines, there is another story more important in the long run: the global economy is a house of cards based on speculation and military spending. It seems likely that the house of cards will come crashing down as a result of the global economic shutdown.

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Towards a Mayors’ Security Council
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Mar 2020

1 Mar 2020 – Around the world we see the beginning of failed states, consumed by violence: Libya, Yemen, and a case can be made for Mexico. Johan Galtung has gone so far as to imagine that the United States will split into two countries as the American Empire crumbles. The situation is so serious that UN Secretary-General Guterres devoted his annual press conference on February 4 to the “wind of madness” sweeping the globe. ”

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(Français) Pourquoi le budget militaire gonflé menace de faire tomber l’empire américain
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Feb 2020

1 fév. 2020 – Le budget militaire américain n’est pas payé par les bénéfices des exportations américaines. En fait, les États-Unis importent régulièrement plus qu’ils n’exportent et accusent un déficit qui, pour l’année 2019, était supérieur à un billion de dollars. Comme nous l’avons vu, le budget militaire en représente près de 75%.

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Why the Bloated Military Budget Threatens to Bring Down the American Empire
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Feb 2020

1 Feb 2020 – The American military budget is not paid from the profits of American exports. In fact the US regularly imports more than it exports and runs a deficit which for the year 2019 was more than $1 trillion dollars. As we have seen the military budget accounts for almost 75% of this.

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A World without the Nation-State
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Jan 2020

2 Jan 2020 – The state is a culture of war. In this case the state is the United States and their culture of war is shown in their role in the overthrow of President Morales of Bolivia (precisely because he was promoting a culture of peace) and their threat to punish Julian Assange (precisely because he revealed the secrets of their culture of war.) Not to mention that the states of the world are unable to seriously attack the problem of global warming, and the USA is the worst in this regard.

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(Français) Le Pape, la Religion et la Culture de la Paix
David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Dec 2019

2 décembre 2019 – Les initiatives du pape sont particulièrement opportunes, car elles soutiennent ce lien entre le désarmement nucléaire et le développement durable et envoient ce message aux églises catholiques du monde entier et à leurs fidèles qui sont plus d’un milliard.

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