Articles by Diane Perlman
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Preventing Armageddon in the 21st Century
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Political Therapy - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2024
Some conflicts – whether between spouses, labor and management, or nations – seem to escalate out of control. They follow a malignant course toward outcomes that nobody wants. People who are caught up in such conflict usually find ample justification for blaming the other party.
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Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
8 Nov 2023 – In light of current events, I am posting my exploration of evil, written 15 years ago.
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The Future of TRANSCEND
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Oct 2023
30 Oct 2023 – It is high time to plan for the future of TRANSCEND. Johan just turned 93. A few weeks ago, Antonio C. S. Rosa, Marilyn Langlois and I spent precious time together in Portugal where Antonio lives. There is minimal awareness and understanding of the field of “conflict resolution.” Here are some ideas.
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Confessions of a Think Tank Junkie
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Oct 2023
25 Oct 2023 – Expanding on Caitlin Johnstone’s Brilliant Analysis
→ read full articleKuznick’s Essential Companion to the Oppenheimer Movie
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Aug 2023
4 Aug 2023 – In this interview, Peter, who also teaches a film course on “Oliver Stone’s America,” gives an essential analysis of Chris Nolan’s Oppenheimer. He commends the film in many respects, and then criticizes the exclusion of important historical facts, which he proceeds to supplement in great depth and detail.
→ read full articleSend Julian Home: A More Constructive Message
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
I was curious about the urge to extradite him to the US, where he is not a citizen, for more harsh punishment. Anticipating extradition, activists are discussing plans for massive protests.
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Save the Dates for Whistleblowers Summit & Film Festival and Legacy Tribute to Dan Ellsberg
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
Dan Ellsberg will be honored at the Whistleblower Summit where he gave the keynote address and received the Pillar Award in 2021. Dan is considered the father of whistleblowers and has also acted as a father to whistleblowers as he nurtured those going through the trauma of retaliation.
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The Psychology of Truth-Tellers: Inspired by Dan Ellsberg
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2023
This is a revision of an earlier piece on “The Psychology of Veridos™ (Seekers of Truth and Justice) being repurposed as a tribute to Dan Ellsberg.
→ read full articleA Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2023
1 May 2023 – The Inspiration for My Psychological Study of Moral Heroism and the Courageous Personality
→ read full articleFood Inglorious Food: Children’s Health Defense Attack on Food Summit
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2023
5 Mar 2023 – Yesterday Dr. Meryl Nass–with assistance, comments and summaries by Alexis Baden-Mayer–convened a magnificent, important 7-hour Attack on Food Symposium + Solutions to Fight Back
→ read full articleCan Public Comments Penetrate FDA’s Illusory Parallel Universe?
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Feb 2023
On 26 Jan 2023, the 178th Meeting of Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee met to pretend to have a process before unanimously “voting” to authorize a simplified annual Covid shot in order to not confuse the public.
→ read full articleAs Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Announce Doomsday Clock at 90 Seconds to Midnight, They Unknowingly Push the Dial Even Closer
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Jan 2023
28 Jan 2023 – On January 24, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, founded by Einstein, Oppenheimer and scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, unveiled the 2023 Doomsday Clock, now at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been. This year, they cite new nuclear threats from the Ukraine war, the climate crisis and pandemics.
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Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | CoronaWise - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Jan 2023
9 Jan 2023 – A Study of Moral Heroism of the 5% or less – A courageous vocal minority has arisen in the face of relentless opposition, demonization, censorship and punishment to challenge the official Covid narrative, to speak out and work for truth, justice, health and freedom.
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Diane Perlman | TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Nov 2022
Whether we deal with our experience of betrayal consciously or unconsciously will make all of the difference. It is critical that we take an enlightened approach to get it right. Here I attempt a comprehensive, coherent and constructive analysis towards intentional, wisely designed strategies and processes, informed by social science, conflict analysis, psychology and history.
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NPT’s Second Failure to Reach Consensus
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Sep 2022
3 Sep 2022 – The 4-week UN Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon), rescheduled from May 2020 due to Covid, ended around 11:30 PM on August 26, 2022 in its second failure to reach consensus. This highlights the need for input from our field of conflict transformation.
→ read full articleFor Those Who Still Trust the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Aug 2022
Radioactive Cesium – 137 Limits in Food by Country
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Neutralizing Dirty Tricksters
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jul 2022
MYSTIFICATION is a plausible misrepresentation of reality, presenting forms of exploitation as forms of benevolence. FABRICATION weaves together fragments of truths, half-truths, facts out of context, images, and distortions to create a coherent, internally consistent, compelling, convincing worldview. Dirty tricks abound. Beware. Don’t be a sucker. Think for yourself.
→ read full articleBest Case Scenario: Cheaper, Deeper, Faster, Better Solutions
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jun 2022
31 May 2022 – A Court-Free Alternative for Reparative and Transformational Justice
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(Italiano) Maturità politica ed empatia razionale per il nemico
Diane Perlman | Centro Studi Sereno Regis - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 May 2022
20 Maggio 2022 – Dopo lo sfascio dell’URSS, seppure Putin lo considerasse “la maggiore catastrofe geopolitica del secolo”, richiese l’adesione della Russia alla NATO e all’Unione Europea, a seguito di proposte fatte da Gorbachev e Yeltsin.
→ read full articlePolitical Maturity and Rational Empathy for the Enemy
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 May 2022
After the breakup of the USSR, even though Putin felt it “was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century,” he requested that Russia join NATO and the European Union, following proposals made by Gorbachev and Yeltsin.
→ read full articleTowards a Model of Wise Power™: Quantum Politics and Second Order Change
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Apr 2022
Once again, much of the world is gripped by a compelling narrative portraying a simplistic, archetypal drama, a simple Hollywood script: Ukraine is the angel, Russia is the devil, Zelensky is the hero and all good people will wear blue and yellow ribbons.”
→ read full articleUkraine Déjà Vu 1984: Political Egocentrism, Nuclear Narcissism and Political Maturity
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Mar 2022
25 Mar 2022 – In 1984 I went to the USSR with the Association of Humanistic Psychology as a citizen diplomat during the height of the Soviet-American nuclear arms race. That was the good old days when Reagan called the USSR “the Evil Empire.” I put aside my shyness to become a speaker for Physicians for Social Responsibility on the psychology of the arms race.
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Introducing TRANSCEND and TMS
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jan 2022
10 Jan 2022 – Can We Transcend Covid? Some Perspectives on Mass Psychology – I would like to introduce you to TRANSCEND, A Network for Peace Development Environment, near to my heart. I encourage you to subscribe to TRANSCEND Media Service (TMS)
→ read full articleCan We Transcend Covid? Some Perspectives on Mass Psychology
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jan 2022
Mass psychology theories that shed new light are becoming popular. I will make an imperfect attempt to apply the TRANSCEND Method of Analysis, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapy.
→ read full articleNatural Immunity Denial Disorder: Diagnosing a Dangerous Condition
Diane Perlman | TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jan 2022
31 Dec 2021 – Natural immunity has been known for centuries. It has not been questioned until now.
→ read full articleDear School Nurse, Covid Shots for Tots Are Erring on the Side of Danger
Diane Perlman | Substack, TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Nov 2021
17 Nov 2021 – A Letter You Can Send with a Fully Informed Consent Checklist
→ read full articleInformed Consent on Behalf of Children
Diane Perlman | Substack - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Nov 2021
14 Nov 2021 – Children are not capable of informed consent. A Checklist for Pfizer BioNTech Injections for Ages 5 – 11
→ read full articleOpen Letter and Challenge for Rachel Maddow (Full text previously censored by Medium)
Diane Perlman - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Sep 2021
Ivermectin: Truth or Consequences
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Diane Perlman | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Aug 2021
Ivermectin: Truth or Consequences
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Diane Perlman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Apr 2021
These lucrative, patented, experimental synthetic gene injectables are not technically vaccines. I call them VINOs – “Vaccines in Name Only.” Those who opt out of this unapproved experiment are demonized and pathologized as threats to humanity. Coercive VPP’s are promoted by Big Tech and Big Pharma, not health providers.
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18 Years Ago: Emergency Warning against the US Invasion of Iraq
Diane Perlman | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Mar 2021
19 Mar 2021 – The March 19, 2003 US led invasion of Iraq was cataclysmic. I cried. In the months before I had done everything in my power to try to prevent it, but it was a done deal. I felt like I was watching Romeo and Juliet and trying to warn them not to take the poison.
→ read full articleMy Win-Win Solution for Prince Harry and the Royal Family
Diane Perlman | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Mar 2021
11 Mar 2021 – Being born into or marrying into a Royal Family thrusts one into a double bind. Double bind theory regards the dilemma of being confronted with conflicting, irreconcilable demands — one negating the other. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. One can neither resolve the dilemma nor opt out of the situation.
→ read full articleA Deeper Look At CPAC: Disdain Will Get Us Nowhere
Diane Perlman, PhD | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Mar 2021
Analysis and Photo Essay – Moral outrage and mutual disparagement have devolved into a national sport. Tweets and opinion pieces make valid points criticizing the Conservative Political Action Conference for remaining a party of Trump, being a dangerous, fascistic, racist, white supremacist, golden calf-worshipping cult, using Nazi symbolism on their Odal Rune shaped stage, etc. I don’t entirely disagree.
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President Biden, Our Commander in Grief
Diane Perlman, PhD | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Mar 2021
24 Feb 2021 – I may not love everything Joe Biden does, but I love that he held two public ceremonies to remember and mourn US Covid deaths on January 19 and February 22, marking 500,000 deaths. I doubt whether Biden was adequately appreciated for the emotional brilliance, depth of meaning and healing power of these rituals.
→ read full articleIs Transcendence Emerging from Trump’s Impeachment?
Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Feb 2021
The storming of the US Capitol on Jan 6 was a wake-up call. Several Republicans changed their votes and certified Biden. This bubble-bursting moment separated “the men from the boys.” Johan Galtung always said he hates the US empire but loves the US republic. May we in the US emerge from this averted coup as the republic that he envisioned.
→ read full articleAbracadabraism™: Not Exactly Lying
Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Feb 2021
“Abracadabra,” the magicians’ incantation, is derived from Aramaic and/or Hebrew. “Abra” means “I will create.” “C’dabra” means “as I speak,” as in “God said, ‘Let there be light! And there was light.’” (Genesis 1:3). I think Trump is trying to create reality with his words.
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(Italiano) Psico-Covidologia: Indurre all’impotenza e allo sfruttamento della paura
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Centro Studi Sereno Regis - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Feb 2021
La paura è nell’aria. Legittimare preoccupazioni sulla morte e sulla malattia può faciltare gli interessi politici e finanziari con la disinformazione, ma anche con censura, capri espiatori, supervisione, manipolando paura e abuso di potere. Le paure possono essere ben fondate o esagerate, minimizzate o negate. Inoltre, noi giudichiamo il livello di paura di chiunque altro come troppo, non abbastanza, o assurdo rispetto al nostro.
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Amidst Opposition, the Nuclear Ban Treaty Becomes International Law
Diane Perlman, PhD | Medium - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Jan 2021
Today, January 22, 2021, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) finally enters into force. The “Nuclear Ban Treaty” prohibits states parties from developing, testing, stockpiling, manufacturing, possessing, transferring, or threatening to use nuclear weapons. The full text of the Treaty IS HERE.
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DC Police Arrest 147 White Protesters on Capitol Steps
Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jan 2021
13 Jan 2021 – It was January 10, 2020. We weren’t protesting a stolen election, but a stolen future. I was among those arrested on the last day of Jane Fonda’s four-month DC stint of Fire Drill Fridays, along with Martin Sheen and Joaquin Phoenix.
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The Nuremberg Code
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Jan 2021
The Nuremberg Code was created in 1947 after the WWII and the Nuremberg Trials. It is a set of ethical principles for research and experiments in humans. The ten points of the code were in the section“Permissible Medical Experiments” of the Nuremberg Trials verdict.
→ read full articlePsycho-Covidology: Induced Helplessness and the Exploitation of Fear
Diane Perlman, PhD - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Jan 2021
We don’t know the actual death rate because the CDC combines death rates from pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 (PIC). Doctors report that they are instructed to list people dying from other causes, some with Covid-19 as dying from Covid-19. “Probably never before in history has anything or any event mixed fact, fiction, fear, and confusion like the COVID-19 pandemic.” – Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD
→ read full articleWashington-DC Mayor, Please Veto the Psychologically Harmful ‘Minor Vaccine Consent Bill’
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Dec 2020
18 Dec 2020 – Open Letter to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. I have grave concerns about the physical and psychological dangers of Bill B23–0171.3, the Minor Vaccine Consent Bill, which permits children 11 and older to consent to vaccines without their parents’ knowledge or consent. I hope the information below inspires you to veto this bill with a clear conscience.
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Living Rights: Making Human Rights Come Alive
Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2020
I am pleased to announce the publication of Living Rights: Making Human Rights Come Alive–Activity Book and Journal on Amazon as an Ebook and Print on Demand, just in time for Human Rights Day, December 10.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Updated and Amended Version)
Diane Perlman Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2020
14 Dec 2020 – December 10 is Human Rights Day, the 72nd Anniversary of the UDHR. The world has changed in ways not imagined in 1948. Language is inserted in bold to reflect these times, plus ten new rights are added. This version derives from the original, with language synthesized from four versions of the UDHR.
→ read full articleCan We TRANSCEND the Brewing US Civil War?
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Nov 2020
A civil war is brewing in the US as Trump’s unprecedented assaults on democracy set landmines yet to explode. How did we get to this point of the pathological splitting of the opposites? What does the Transcend Method offer us now?
→ read full articleCan Dems Be Part of the Solution at AIPAC?
Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Feb 2020
23 Feb 2020 – A coalition of progressive organizations is pressuring Democratic candidates to boycott the AIPAC-American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference in Washington, March 1–3, 2020. Skipping AIPAC would be a huge mistake and a loss for the candidates, the party, our democracy, and AIPAC.
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Grace under Fire: Getting Arrested with Jane Fonda
Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jan 2020
8 Jan 2020 – Following Jane Fonda’s 11th weekly Fire Drill Friday rally on the Capitol, we marched over the Hart Senate Office Building where 138 of us risked arrest and spent the rest of December 20 celebrating Jane Fonda’s 82nd birthday in a very cold warehouse, hosted by friendly DC police officers.
→ read full articleIran/USA: Assassination Aftermath–Is There a Win-Win Way Out?
Diane Perlman – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jan 2020
Is there a way to create a new reality that addresses the interests of major parties? The TRANSCEND Method is based on the central thesis that to prevent violence and develop the creative potential of a conflict, there has to be transformation. Normal conflicts are complex and involve many actors, goals and issues.
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Photo Essay: 2009 UN Climate Conference through the Lens of Mediators Beyond Borders
Diane Perlman | Medium – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Dec 2019
15 Dec 2019 – The 25th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP 25, has just ended in Madrid. Ten years ago, I had the privilege of attending COP 15 in Copenhagen with Mediators Beyond Borders. 45,000 people registered. Delegates, negotiators, NGOs, press, and over 1000 youth participated in more than 2000 events over two weeks. Images below
→ read full articleA Call to Apply the TRANSCEND Method to the Middle East Conflict
Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jul 2019
Before the UN Conference on a Nuclear Weapons [WMD] Free Zone in the Middle East
→ read full articleThe Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Primary Conflicts and Second Order Change
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 May 2019
After almost 50 years, the NPT boasts partial success with horizontal proliferation as we only have four new Nuclear Weapons States: India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea–not parties to the NPT. However, all NWS are engaged in vertical proliferation with nuclear modernization programs triggering a new nuclear arms race without the benefit of arms control arrangements.
→ read full articleThe Psychology of Splitting, Traumatizing, and Abusing Families
Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jul 2018
Mental health professionals are gravely concerned about the known effects of the cruel and inhumane policy of tearing children away from their parents who have made extraordinary sacrifices to protect them. We are horrified as we helplessly witness our government inflicting psychological damage upon vulnerable people.
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(Italiano) Lo stato dell’Impero nell’era del trumpismo
Diane Perlman | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2017
“Odio l’Impero USA, ma amo la Repubblica USA”. Sento da anni questo mantra da Johan Galtung, mio caro amico, mentore e collega. Con lo svolgersi degli avvenimenti, acquisisce nuovo significato.
→ read full articleThe State of the Empire in the Age of Trumpism
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2017
“I hate the US Empire, but I love the US Republic.” For years I have been hearing this mantra from Johan Galtung my dear friend, mentor and colleague. As events unfold, it takes on new meaning.
→ read full article(Italiano) Trascendere le bombe atomiche
Diane Perlman | Centro Studi Sereno Regis – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2017
9 ottobre 2017 – Sorprendentemente pochi sanno dello storico evento all’ONU – New York del 7 luglio 2017. È stato approvato da 122 stati un Trattato di Proibizione delle Armi Nucleari. Tutti gli stati con capacità nucleare militare, i loro alleati e gran parte dei membri NATO hanno boicottato i negoziati per la bozza del Trattato di Esclusione.
→ read full articleNorth Korea: Quantum Politics, the TRANSCEND Method and Second Order Change
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2017
Dominant thought forms shape thinking and feeling in ways that limit ideas about what is possible. We need words, frames, concepts and categories that allow us to imagine transformative solutions. The most experienced, mature, and wise people recommend beginning with a policy of “Freeze for freeze” whereby the US and South Korea stop joint military exercises in exchange of NK’s halting testing. This reduces tension, fear and humiliation, a face-saving way out and creates a field for dialogue and to apply the TRANSCEND method.
→ read full articleTranscending Nukes
Diane Perlman, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Oct 2017
Surprisingly few people know about the historic event at the UN on 7 July 2017. A Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was approved by 122 member states. On 20 September the treaty opened for signatures and so far 53 countries have signed and three have ratified it – the Holy See, Guyana and Thailand. The treaty becomes international law 90 days after 50 states ratify it. The hard work begins now, and the TRANSCEND community has a specific and necessary contribution to make.
→ read full articleOpen Letter to Trump – Blueprint for Greatness
Diane Perlman, PhD - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2016
I am post-partisan and outside the boxes. Your outside-the-box tendencies and pragmatic business skills can enable you to transcend incompatible contrived categories which impede deep understanding, enlightened policies and capacity for progress. As a political psychologist interested in reversing cycles of violence and retaliation, I can envision this possibility.
→ read full articleThe NPT and the Nuclear Power TRAP
Diane Perlman, PhD – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
For 40 years, there is virtual, unquestioned acceptance of nuclear energy, with frequent and automatic repetition of the mantras –the “inalienable right” to “peaceful uses” of nuclear energy, the “the third pillar” throughout the speeches. The belief in nuclear power is so deeply and widely held that it may seem outrageous to even question it.
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