{"id":71643,"date":"2016-04-11T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=71643"},"modified":"2016-04-07T16:28:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:28:06","slug":"some-books-and-articles-on-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/04\/some-books-and-articles-on-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Books and Articles on Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/a>Here is a link to a review of my new book, “The Need for a New Economic System”:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/human-wrongs-watch.net\/2016\/02\/23\/a-scientist-presses-for-action-on-many-fronts-a-review-of-the-need-for-a-new-economic-system-by-john-scales-avery<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Then, on the Danish Peace Academy website, there are the following links:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/john-s-avery\/john-a-collected-essays-1\/paperback\/product-22555064.html<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/john-scales-avery\/john-a-collected-essays-2\/paperback\/product-22555150.html<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/john-scales-avery\/collected-essays-3\/paperback\/product-22512358.html<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.fredsakademiet.dk\/library\/collected4.pdf<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.fredsakademiet.dk\/library\/Memories%20of%20Beirut%20and%20Tehran.pdf<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/john-scales-avery\/the-need-for-a-new-economic-system\/paperback\/product-22556315.html<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.fredsakademiet.dk\/library\/science\/index.htm<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/john-scales-avery\/space-age-science-and-stone-age-politics\/paperback\/product-22556352.html<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.fredsakademiet.dk\/library\/videnskab.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, here are links to articles in two journals of the World Academy of Art and Science:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/cadmusjournal.org\/user\/221<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/eruditio.worldacademy.org\/author\/john-scales-avery<\/a><\/p>\n

and to the Learning Development Institute<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.learndev.org\/dl\/Crisis21-Avery.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, here are links to some articles that are available on the Internet:<\/p>\n

Against the institution of war<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/against-the-institution-of-war<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

We need your voice today<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery190313.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery090413.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery250313.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery010413.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Values for the future
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery280412.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Reformed teaching of history
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery020812.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Targeting ciivilians
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery010912.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Blood for oil
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery030912.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Back to child labor and slavery?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery250312.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Human rights
\nhttps:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/author\/john-avery<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

http:\/\/global-human-rights.blogspot.dk\/2014\/07\/the-court-of-world-opinion-by-john.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Using material goods for social competition
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery230113.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Making a game of killing
\nhttps:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/06\/making-a-game-of-killing<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Construction versus destruction
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery190912.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The Nuremberg Princoples and individual responsibility
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery300712.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Benefits of equality
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery200512.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Adverse effects of globalization
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery080512.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Optimum population in the future
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery130113.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Reciprocity and karma
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/karma280113.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Limits to growth and fractional reserve banking
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery200212.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Attacks on Iran, past and present
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery290112.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Limits to growth and climate change
\nhttps:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/07\/limits-to-growth-and-climate-change<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

The future of international law
\nhttps:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/the-future-of-international-law<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

One step backward taken
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery030512.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Facing a set of linked problems
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery230712.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The Titanic as an allegory
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery160412.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Nobody had the slightest idea of what it would be like
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery310812.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Israel, Iran and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery210715.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Dangers of nuclear power generation
\nwww.countercurrents.org\/nuclearpower.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Iran: automatic escallation to World War III?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery240912.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Perpetual war against terrorism?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery070912.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Poverty and war
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery040412.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Collective punishment and the blockade of Gaza
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery221112.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Economic predictions for 2013
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery050113.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Destroying the world for profit
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery160812.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The protection racket
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery210812.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Sanctions as collective punishment
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery200113.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The Mayan apocalypse and Gell-Mann’s curve
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery271212.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Restoring democracy in the United States
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery101112.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Just staying alive
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery120313.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Do the people have a right to know what their governments are doing?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery190812.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

A threatened global catastrophe
\nhttp:\/\/newparadigm.schillerinstitute.com\/media\/john-scales-avery-a-threatened-global-catastrophe<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Cancer threat from radioactive leaks at Hanford, USA
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery230213.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

A golden age?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery280513.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The training of soldiers
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery181012.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Tribalism and agreed-upon lies
\nhttp:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article33879.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Northeast India
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery270313.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Kill or be killed (or both)
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery071112.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Thou shalt not kill
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery140512.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Science changes the character of war
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery011013.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Ethics for the future
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery230913.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHumanitarian\u201d missile strikes against Syria?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery090913.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Syria, democracy and international law
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery070913.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Nobel Peace Prize winner and war criminal?
\nhttps:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2013\/09\/nobel-peace-prize-winner-and-war-criminal<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Some peace education initiatives in Denmark
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery260813.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Protecting whistleblowers
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery300713.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

A government with many secrets is not a democracy
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery150713.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The social responsibility of scientists
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery090713.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The task before us
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery010713.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Secrecy versus democracy
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery280613.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The arrogance of power
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery100613.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Racism, colonialism and exceptionalism
\nhttp:\/\/www.informationclearinghouse.info\/article36494.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The case for economic reform
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery291013.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

An attack on Iran could escalate into a global nuclear war
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery061113.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons
\nhttps:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/a-conference-on-the-humanitarian-impact-of-nuclear-weapons-in-february-2014<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Mandela and Gandhi
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery081213.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Some examples of genocide
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery131213.htm<\/a>
\nNuclear warfare as genocide
\nhttps:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/nuclear-warfare-as-genocide<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Are we being driven like cattle?
\nhttp:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2015\/06\/are-we-being-driven-like-cattle<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Does the American Jewish Community really want a general war in the Middle East?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery130513.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The fragility of our complex civilization
\nhttp:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2015\/05\/the-fragility-of-our-complex-civilization<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

An accident waiting to happen
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery020214.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Atoms for peace?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery100214.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Truth versus power
\nhttps:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/02\/truth-versus-power<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Lessons from World War I
\nhttp:\/\/cadmusjournal.org\/node\/408<\/a><\/p>\n

Adam Smith’s invisible hand is at our throats
\nhttps:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/03\/adam-smiths-invisible-hand-is-at-our-throats<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Unfulfilled responsibilities of the media
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery070414.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Europe needs to be independent
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery090414.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The long-term future
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery190414.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Geological extinction events and runaway climate change
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery270414.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Preventing a human-initiated 6th geological extinction event
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery020514.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Our duty to future generations
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery110514.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The illegality of NATO
\nhttp:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/2015\/06\/the-illegality-of-nato<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

The urgent need for renewable energy
\nhttp:\/\/eruditio.worldacademy.org\/files\/issue-5\/reprints\/ej-i5-need-for-renewable-energy-javery-reprint.pdf<\/a>
\nAn Arctic nuclear weapons free zone; Scandinavia as a first step
\nhttp:\/\/www.arnehansen.net\/110317AfriNordenstpa-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Saving threatened species
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery090614.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The devil’s dynamo
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery170614.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The court of world public opinion
\nhttps:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/07\/the-court-of-world-opinion<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Climate change: will a disaster wake us up?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery190714.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Book review: \u201cHiroshima, August 6, 1945\u201d
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery090814.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The Marshall Islands sue all nuclear nations
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery110814.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Science, religion and war
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery140814.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Killing civilians
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery260814.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

60 years in the peace movement
\nhttp:\/\/www.fredsakademiet.dk\/read\/John_auto.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Climate change means lifestyle change
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery080914.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The agony of Iraq
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery230914.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The United Nations Climate Summit
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery280914.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Interrelated threats to humans and to the biosphere
\nhttps:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/11\/interrelated-threats-to-humans-and-to-the-biosphere<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Birgitta Jonsdottir, democracy, and freedom of information
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery221114.htm<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/serenoregis.org\/2014\/11\/29\/birgitta-jonsdottir-democrazia-e-liberta-dinformazione-john-scales-avery<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Institutional and cultural inertia
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery040115.htm<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/eruditio.worldacademy.org\/issue-6\/article\/institutional-and-cultural-inertia<\/a><\/p>\n

Politeness in multi-ethnic societies
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery090115.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Some contributions of Islamic culture
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery280115.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Quick action is needed to save the long-term future
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery110215.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember your humanity
\nhttps:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/remember-your-humanity<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Gandhi as an economist
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery030315.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Secrecy and democracy are incompatible
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery240315.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Europe muust not be pushed into a nuclear war with Russia
\nhttp:\/\/human-wrongs-watch.net\/2015\/03\/30\/europe-must-not-be-forced-into-a-nuclear-war-with-russia<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

The future of international law
\nhttps:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/the-future-of-international-law<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Millay’s \u201cEpitaph for the Race of Man\u201d
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery260415.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Book review: \u201cThe Path to Zero\u201d
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery220515.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Albert Einstein, scientist and pacifist
\nhttps:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/tag\/albert-einstein<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Exponential growth
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery130615.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

New hope for avoiding catastrophic climate change
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery210615.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Militarism’s hostages
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery240615.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Will the real issues be discussed in 2016?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery030715.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Debt slavery
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery070715.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Greed is driving us toward disaster
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery170715.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

A nuclear weapons convention by majority vote at the UN
\nhttps:\/\/www.wagingpeace.org\/a-nuclear-weapons-convention-by-majority-vote-at-the-un<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

The Need for a New Economic System: Part 9 (see the end of the article for the other parts)
\nhttp:\/\/human-wrongs-watch.net\/2015\/08\/24\/the-need-for-a-new-economic-system-part-ix-a-new-society-a-new-social-contract-a-new-way-life<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Book review: \u201cBefore it is Too Late\u201d
\nhttp:\/\/human-wrongs-watch.net\/2015\/11\/23\/book-review-aurelio-peccei-and-daisako-ikeda-before-it-is-too-late<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Paris: The urgent need for a sense of proportion
\nhttp:\/\/human-wrongs-watch.net\/2015\/11\/24\/paris-a-sense-of-proportions-is-urgently-needed<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Paris: We need system change
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery141215.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The United States drifts towards political irresponsibility
\nhttp:\/\/human-wrongs-watch.net\/2015\/12\/18\/the-united-states-drifts-towards-political-irresponsibilty<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Culture, education and human solidarity
\nhttp:\/\/human-wrongs-watch.net\/2015\/12\/28\/culture-education-and-human-solidarity<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Pharming
\nhttp:\/\/prn.fm\/john-scales-avery-pharming<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Who is my neighbor?
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/avery030316.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

The world as it is, and the world as it could be
\nhttp:\/\/www.countercurrents.org\/world.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

_________________________________<\/p>\n

John Scales Avery, Ph.D., <\/em>who was part of a group that shared the 1995<\/em><\/strong> Nobel Peace Prize<\/em><\/strong> for their work in organizing the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, is a member of the TRANSCEND Network<\/a> and Associate Professor Emeritus at the H.C. \u00d8rsted Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is chairman of both the Danish National Pugwash Group and the Danish Peace Academy and<\/em> received his training in theoretical physics and theoretical chemistry at M.I.T., the University of Chicago and the University of London. He is the author of numerous books and articles both on scientific topics and on broader social questions. His most recent book is\u00a0<\/em>Civilization’s Crisis in the 21st Century<\/a> (pdf).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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