Articles by Kevin Clements
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Peace Researchers Urge Caution over Bombing in Syria
Kevin Clements, Feargal Cochrane and Hugh Miall – TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Dec 2015
Trying to stop ‘terrorism’ with ‘air strikes’ is like trying to stop a seeding dandelion by hitting it with a golf club. Bombing Syrian towns is likely to increase recruitment to ISIS, both in the Middle East and in Europe. We need more creative and imaginative solutions to the problems we are confronting than those currently on the table.
→ read full articleWhat Next After Paris? Nonviolent Solutions to Violent Politics
Kevin Clements – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Dec 2015
Bettelheim said that, “Violence is the behaviour of someone incapable of imagining other solutions to the problem at hand.” And Gandhi said, “I oppose all violence because the good it does is always temporary but the harm it does is permanent”. So what might be some nonviolent solutions to Paris? There are some short, medium and long-term things that we could contemplate.
→ read full articleANZAC Day 2015
Kevin Clements – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 May 2015
Please let me be what I was;
A man of my time,
A man who knew no better,
A man killed for no purpose,
A man who died hopeful
That others
will refuse to do the same.
Please do that in my name.
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