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Tribute to the People of Gaza
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 May 2010
This journey, by boat, will be my third with The Free Gaza Movement and it has shown me that people can make a difference. The Free Gaza Movement was started by a few people with an idea and the courage to make it happen. If people wish to support their work and follow us on the boat journey to Gaza visit their website at http://www.freegaza.org/
→ read full articleOpen Letter to the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley on their courageous Israeli Divestment Bill
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
There is nothing anti-Semitic in taking this stand, and those of us who will continue to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, until Israel changes its illegal policies, are not anti-Semitic, but pro-peace and advocates for genuine democracy and human rights for all people.
→ read full articleAPRIL 28: Associated Students of UC Berkeley Vote to Divest From Companies That Profit From Israeli Occupation of Palestine
Dana Bergen, Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
Every so often, we get a moment when a remarkable future starts to unfold before our eyes. And when it happens, it’s our responsibility to do everything within our power to help it along. One of those moments is happening right now, unbeknownst to most of the world, on the University of California’s Berkeley campus.
→ read full article5th Bil’in International Conference on Popular Nonviolent Resistance
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate – TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Apr 2010
I thank you for your great spirit of nonviolent love in action and encourage you to keep hope alive and keep on building Palestinian unity – united, the Palestinian people will succeed. Believe passionately in peace and justice and it will come out of the seeds of nonviolence and sacrifice you, and your families, are making on behalf of us all, the human family.
→ read full articleThe New U.S. Nuclear Posture Review
David Krieger, TFF & Nuclear Age Peace Foundation – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2010
While pausing to celebrate the incremental steps in arms reductions and the limitations on nuclear weapons use that are being made now, we should also recognize that a policy of No First Use and a commitment to negotiate a Nuclear Weapons Convention would move us far more rapidly toward the peace and security of the nuclear weapon-free world envisioned by President Obama.
→ read full article(ITALIAN) UN CENTRO STUDI PER EDUCARE ALLA PACE E ALLA NONVIOLENZA
Laura Tussi - PeaceLink,
11 Feb 2010
Intervista al Prof. Nanni Salio, Presidente del Centro Abbiamo voluto saperne di più sul Centro Studi Sereno Regis di Torino. Ospita una biblioteca e un centro di documentazione. E’ un luogo di ricerca dove si coltiva l’interesse per la cultura della nonviolenza. Nel Centro sono attivi il gruppo"Educazione alla pace" e l’"Ecoistituto del Piemonte". – […]
→ read full articleEGYPT PROCEEDS WITH UNDERGROUND BARRIER ON BORDER WITH GAZA
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East,
21 Jan 2010
On December 17, an Egyptian newspaper with ties to the Egyptian government published a front page editorial defending the construction of an underground steel barrier along the length of the 14-kilometre Egyptian border with Gaza. According to the article, construction of the barrier is Egypt’s "sovereign right" and would be a mechanism to pressure Hamas […]
→ read full articleAN APPEAL FOR THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT TO OPEN THE RAFAH CROSSING ALLOWING HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate,
31 Dec 2009
On Thursday, 3lst December 2009, people of Gaza remembered the beginning of the Operation Cast Lead massacre upon them, by the Israeli military, when 1,400 people in Gaza were killed and some 5,000 were injured during the 22-day assault. These crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated by the Israeli government are not only remembered […]
→ read full articleIS FREE PEACE RESEARCH POSSIBLE? IMPOSSIBILITY OF FUNDING PEACE RESEARCH THAT REFUSES TO BE INTELLECTUALLY “EMBEDDED”
Jan Oberg - Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research,
14 Dec 2009
Reflections on the increasing impossibility of funding peace research that refuses to be intellectual ‘embedding’ in power. SUMMARY This analysis has come about for four reasons: 1. Over the last couple of decades, it has become virtually impossible to do research that is truly free. This applies particularly to smaller organizations which, if they do […]
→ read full articleGOLDSTONE REPORT COMMISSION: READ THE ALLEGATIONS – READ THE FACTS – JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East,
14 Dec 2009
Refutation of the CIC’s Allegations Ottawa, December 9th, 2009 – On Dec. 3rd, 2009, the Canada-Israel Committee (CIC) distributed an email to all members of Parliament entitled, "Backgrounder – Goldstone Commission."[1] The CIC email made false allegations about the Goldstone Report [2], many of which are addressed plainly in the Goldstone Report itself. Canadians for […]
→ read full articleWHY NOT TURKEY IN THE EU?
Jonathan Power – The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research,
11 Dec 2009
LONDON – Enlargement of the European Union to bring in Turkey was never meant to be so tense an affair. When the Berlin Wall came down opinion makers in Western Europe were breathless before the quite unexpected overthrow of tyranny and were falling over themselves in their attempt to wave broadly stretched arms of welcome […]
→ read full articleANOTHER EUROPEAN DEFICIT: DOES RESPONSIBLE SCHOLARSHIP EXIST?
Biljana Vankovska, in Macedonia – Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research,
30 Nov 2009
A spectre has been haunting the intellectual circles in the region of former Yugoslavia for years. It’s probably more appropriate to talk about a haunting fear of being seen as a follower of any of the nationalistic policies that ended in a Balkan tragedy. Even the new generations of scholars and intellectuals bear the scars […]
→ read full articleWHAT’S IN A NAME
Håkan Wiberg – Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research,
30 Nov 2009
There are many cases of conflicts where one party (sometimes both) makes demands that appear absurd to an outsider, not least because they will obviously be unacceptable to the other party. The eight points in the Greek position on the name issue of Macedonia looks like a good example.Sovereign and internally recognized states sometimes change […]
→ read full article“NEWSPAPER COLUMN” BY MR. SOLANA AND MR. REHN
Biljana Vankovska - Peace and Collaborative Development Network,
30 Nov 2009
Some days ago, Mr. Solana and Mr. Rehn made a very unusual thing – they co-authored a "newspaper column" in a Macedonian daily (Dnevnik) in regard to the EU/US campaign to make Macedonian government accept the unacceptable – to voluntarily give up the name of the country and the Macedonian nation/language/etc. It’s such a “masterpiece” […]
→ read full article(SWEDISH) KRIGET I AFGHANISTAN, PALME OCH ORBACK: NÅGONTING MÅSTE HA GÅTT FRUKTANSVÄRT FEL
Håkan Wiberg – Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research,
30 Nov 2009
Replik till artikel om kriget i Afghanistan av Jens Orback, Generalsekreterare för Olof Palmes Internationella Center, Aftonbladet 11. november 2009 Efter massmordet den 11 september 2001 måste USA:s president (vem han än hade varit) för att överleva ta en fruktansvärd hämnd. De flesta av gärningsmännen, inklusive den förmodade ledaren, var saudiska och aktionen hade planerats i […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) MARCIA PER GAZA
Action for Peace,
5 Nov 2009
Appello Internazionale per la Gaza Freedom March L’assedio israeliano di Gaza è una flagrante violazione del diritto internazionale che ha portato alla sofferenza di massa. Gli Stati Uniti, l’Unione Europea, e il resto della comunità internazionale sono complici. La legge è chiara. La coscienza dell’umanità è scossa. Eppure, l’assedio di Gaza continua. È giunto il […]
→ read full articleOCT 28 2009 MEETING IN UK PARLIAMENT AGAINST THE TRIDENT NUCLEAR WEAPONS SYSTEM
Diana Basterfield – Ministry for Peace, UK,
4 Nov 2009
[Editor’s Note: The Trident missile is a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) designed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in the United States which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). Trident missiles are carried by fourteen active US Navy Ohio class submarines, with U.S.-designed […]
→ read full articleNOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate,
9 Oct 2009
PRESS RELEASE – Friday, Oct 9 2009 Speaking from Belfast regarding the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 being awarded to President Barack Obama, the 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Maguire, said: ‘I am very disappointed with the decision of the Nobel Committee to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 to President Barack Obama. They say […]
→ read full articleBILL FOR A CANADIAN MINISTRY OF PEACE
Bill Bhaneja, Civilian Peace Service Canada,
6 Oct 2009
The first ever Legislative Bill for a Department of Peace in the Canadian Parliament was tabled on Sept. 30 in the Parliament as a Private Members Bill. The Bill calls for a Federal Department of Peace, headed by a Cabinet level Minister. The proposed Department in the Bill is along the lines of a Model […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) COSTA RICA, DEBUTTO MONDIALE DEL MINISTERO DELLA PACE
Peace Reporter,
17 Sep 2009
La Costa Rica è il primo paese al mondo a avere un ministero di questo tipo. Novità in vista nella Costa Rica: il piccolo Paese centro americano, infatti, sarà il primo Stato al mondo ad avere un ministero quasi esclusivamente dedicato alla Pace. Il testo della proposta di legge approvata dalla commissione parlamentare ora dovrà […]
→ read full articleATTEMPTING TO BREAK THE SIEGE OF GAZA AND ENDING UP ABDUCTED AND IMPRISONED IN ISRAEL FOR A WEEK
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate and a TRANSCEND Member,
30 Aug 2009
The Sequence of Events After waiting 4 days in Larnaca, Cyprus, to sail to Gaza, permission was given for only one boat, the ‘Spirit of Humanity,’ to sail. This meant the Free Gaza Boat, and half of the original passengers, including the cargo of cement, would have to be left behind. Early on Monday June […]
→ read full articlePOEM FROM PRISON
Mairead Maguire - Nobel Peace laureate,
11 Jul 2009
From the Ramle Israeli prison to Gaza and the Palestinian People – 30 Jun 09 ‘SPIRIT OF HUMANITY’AS LONG ASTHE PEOPLE OF PALESTINEHAVE NO LIBERTY, NO FREEDOMTHOSE OF US WITH A VOICE TO SPEAK MUST SPEAKAS LONG ASTHE CHILDREN OF GAZALIVE IN FEAR OF ISRAELIBOMBS AND OCCUPATIONTHOSE OF US WITH A VOICE TO SPEAKMUST SPEAKAS […]
→ read full articleHOPE FOR GAZA: ADDRESS TO THE UN RELIEF WORKS AGENCY’S HUMAN RIGHTS GRADUATING CLASS
Jimmy Carter, 2002 Nobel Peace Laureate - in Gaza, 16 Jun 09,
20 Jun 2009
Director of UNRWA operations John Ging, thank you for inviting me to Gaza. Distinguished guests, children of Gaza, I am grateful for your warm reception. I first visited Gaza 36 years ago and returned during the 1980s and later for the very successful Palestinian elections. Although under occupation, this community was relatively peaceful and prosperous. […]
→ read full article(PORTUGUESE) Investigação do Greenpeace Implica Grandes Marcas na Destruição na Amazônia
Redação do Greenpeace,
8 Jun 2009
Investigações de três anos do Greenpeace sobre a indústria da pecuária brasileira revelam que marcas de fama mundial como Nike, Adidas, BMW, Gucci, Timberland, Honda, Wal Mart e Carrefour impulsionam o desmatamento da Amazônia.O incentivo de sucessivos governos brasileiros ao desmatamento da Amazônia ganhou impulso durante a ditadura militar, nas décadas de 60 e 70. […]
→ read full articleBRITISH DOCTOR 7-WEEK WAIT AT RAFAH BORDER TO GET TO PATIENTS IN GAZA
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace laureate,
31 May 2009
There are not many people (with the exception of the courageous people of Gaza) who match the extreme patience and courage of Dr. Sonia Robbins and her co-worker Nicholas Bolos who have been at the Rafah Border crossing for the past 50 days doing everything they possibly can to try and gain access to Gaza. […]
→ read full articleUPDATE FROM A SRI LANKA INSIDER
Rita Webb – Nonviolent Peaceforce Veteran Peacekeeper,
15 May 2009
Dear friends,As a recently returned five-year veteran peacekeeper in Sri Lanka, I want to give you an update on the situation there. Nearly 200,000 people have now fled the fighting in the northeastern area of Sri Lanka known as ‘the Vanni’. Up to 50,000 more are still trapped in a small area of intense fighting between […]
→ read full articleOPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate,
30 Apr 2009
Dear President Obama, I found your book, ‘Dreams from my Father,’ a moving and inspiring story of your own struggle to find identity and purpose in life. You found it for sure, and today carry the hopes and dreams of so many people in our world. We pray for you and your family. We wish […]
→ read full article(ITALIAN) L’IMPORTANZA DEI CORPI CIVILI DI PACE OGGI
Prof. Alberto L’Abate – Member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace and Development,
2 Apr 2009
L’Opinione di Quattro Generali Il secolo passato è stato quello nel quale sono morte più persone a causa delle guerre che in tutti secoli precedenti messi insieme, ma anche nel quale questi morti, che in precedenza erano in gran parte militari, sono stati in grande maggioranza civili. Si parla del 97% di morti civili nelle […]
→ read full articleHUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
Richard Falk – Member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace and Development,
25 Mar 2009
United Nations General Assembly – Human Rights Council 18 February 2009 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.PLEASE CONTINUE READING IN THE ORIGINAL
→ read full articleINTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN ISRAEL-GAZA: ‘OPEN THE DOORS’
Mairead Maguire – Nobel Peace Laureate and Member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace and Development,
20 Mar 2009
Speech at the European Parliament in Brussels to launch the Campaign organized by Peace Lines, supported by 128 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and 42 Nobel Laureates – March 18th 2009. Dear Friends, I would like to thank Peace Lines for giving me the opportunity to speak at this Press Conference in support of […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) COLOMBIA: ¿UNA POLÍTICA DE SEGURIDAD CONSOLIDADA, O PUESTA A PRUEBA?
Vicente Torrijos R. – Member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace and Development,
16 Mar 2009
I .- EL ORDEN POLÍTICO INTERNO Y LA POLÍTICA DE SEGURIDAD DEMOCRÁTICA (PSD) Introducción No cabe duda de que, en Colombia, la Política de defensa y seguridad democrática fue el resultado de la confluencia de diversos factores, dentro de los cuales cabe señalar : (1) el agotamiento de la apuesta de la opinión pública por […]
→ read full article(SPANISH) COLOMBIA – EL TERRORISMO REACTIVADO
Vicente Torrijos R. – Member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace and Development,
13 Mar 2009
Balance y Perspectivas de la Seguridad en Colombia y el Área Andina 1 .- LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS REVOLUCIONARIAS DE COLOMBIA (FARC) 1.1. 2008 : UN ANNUS HORRIBILIS. Introducción Quizá el 2008 pasará a la historia del área andina como un annus horribilis para las Farc, dados los importantes acontecimientos que impactaron negativamente la capacidad ofensiva […]
→ read full articleSAVING SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS FROM THE SCOURGE OF WAR – BUILDING A NONKILLING, NONVIOLENT CULTURE FOR THE HUMAN FAMILY
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate,
21 Feb 2009
Annual Erskine Childers Lecture – 2009: Action for UN Renewal Dear friends, I am very happy to be here with you. I would like to thank Vijay Mehta and the Action for UN Renewal for kindly inviting me to give the 2009 Erskine Childers Lecture. Erskine Childers, UN Diplomat and son of the 4th […]
→ read full article50 YEARS, 100 PEACE & CONFLICT PERSPECTIVES
Rutagengwa Claude Shema, M.D. - Regional Coordinator, Great Lakes Peace Initiative (GLPI),
10 Feb 2009
Review of book by peace discipline pioneer Pr. Dr. Johan Galtung The world we live today is facing multiple challenges, different kind of disasters, but often the calamities made by human beings. In other words, the conflict issues and wars made by ourselves as humane are more disastrous than any natural disaster. The reason is […]
→ read full articleRAPE AS A WEAPON OF WAR: MISANDRY VS. MISOGYNY
Rutagengwa Claude Shema, M.D. - Regional Coordinator, Great Lakes Peace Initiative (GLPI),
10 Feb 2009
My Opinion about Systematic use of Rape and Torture in the Conflict in the Congo A) Rape Rape in DR Congo (République démocratique du Congo, DRC) has been used as a war weapon in different ways. But the fundamental reasons can vary as well. Military on the front line can spend a long time in […]
→ read full articleCALL ON THE UNITED NATIONS TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR ISRAELI WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Mairead Maguire – Nobel Peace Laureate,
14 Jan 2009
Rally at Belfast City Hall, 9/Jan/09 Dear Friends, Thank you all for coming here today to support the people of Gaza and call for an immediate ceasefire. I join you in sending my deepest sympathy to the families of those killed and injured by the Israeli massacre in Gaza, and to all those Israeli families […]
→ read full articleHUMAN RIGHTS AND NONVIOLENCE – BASIS FOR A NONKILLING WORLD
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,
16 Dec 2008
Speech at the 9th World Summit of Nobel Peace LaureatesParis, Dec 11-13/2008 Dear Friends, I am very happy to be here with you all. I would like to thank Bertrand Delanoe, the Mayor of Paris, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Walter Veltroni for their invitation to this Summit. It seems to me that we can only have […]
→ read full articleFREEDOM FOR ALL PEOPLE
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate,
27 Nov 2008
Speech delivered at the Sabeel 7th International Conference East Jerusalem, Nov. 19, 2008 Dear Friends, I am very happy to be here with you and to be invited to speak to you. I want to take this opportunity to thank Rev. Naim Ateek and all those who helped organize this conference. I am deeply grateful […]
→ read full articleHOPE AS PALESTINIANS USE NONVIOLENCE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM
Mairead Maguire (Nobel Peace Prize laureate),
8 Nov 2008
REPORT: Journey to Gaza, 28th October-lst November, 2008 On 28th October, 2008, the Free Gaza Movement set sail on SS Dignity from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Gaza. On board were 27 internationals from 13 countries, including Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, five physicians, human rights lawyers, and others. On this second […]
→ read full article(IN SPANISH) LETTER TO ARGENTINIAN PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERN?NDEZ DE KIRCHNER
Adolfo P?rez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,
16 Oct 2008
Sra. Presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,Ciudadana Presidenta Recibe el fraterno saludo de Paz y Bien. Te envío la presente carta abierta, ya que has decidido ignorar la enviada meses atrás. Es tu responsabilidad. De mi parte tengo la responsabilidad de recordar a quienes nos gobiernan sobre los problemas que afectan a nuestro país, en particular […]
→ read full articleGLOBAL ARTICLE 9-CONFERENCE TO ABOLISH WAR, TOKYO-JAPAN
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,
12 Oct 2008
‘Abolish War – Building a Culture of Nonkilling and Nonviolence’4-5 May, 2008 Dear Mina Sama, I am very happy to be with you in Japan. I would like to thank Peaceboat for their invitation to attend this Global Article 9 Conference. This is a good time to be in Japan and to celebrate with […]
→ read full articleSTATEMENT ABOUT THE ‘FREE GAZA MOVEMENT’
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize laureate,
6 Oct 2008
October 1st, 2008Dear Antonio, please divulge at TRANSCEND Media Service. The collective punishment of Gaza by Israel is prohibited by international humanitarian law and should end immediately. On 22nd September, 2008, I flew to Larnaca, Cyprus, at the invitation of the Free Gaza Movement to join them on a mission from Larnaca to Gaza. The […]
→ read full articleBil?in Grassroots Nonviolent Resistance Movement:
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate,
30 Sep 2008
A Light of Hope that Deserves International Support It is difficult to sustain a grassroots non-violent movement. The sceptics argue nonviolence doesn’t work, the militants argue only violence gets results, and many just sit on the sidelines to see which way the wind will blow. In Bil’in every Friday the wind blows, and it blows […]
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