Saving Democracy
“Writing on democracy, I’m reminded of a great old Stevie Wonder song, “Love’s in Need of Love Today.” Democracy is in need of love today: It is taking a beating nearly everywhere, including right here…” Mel Gurtov Published in: Medium, Counterpunch, Post Independent Citizen Telegram, Sierra County Prospect, LA Progressive, RICentral, The Sunburg News, West […]
The Tragedy of American Foreign Policy
“So here is the state of US foreign policy today: Donald Trump pulls the US out of the Paris climate change accord and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal…” Mel Gurtov Published in: Common Dreams, Counterpunch, Critical Studies, LA Progressive, South Coast Today, Rational Review Date: October 19,23,24,2017 849 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Progress Report, Donald Trump: Failing
“Assessments are a key tool in most fields. In some industries they are provided through do-well/do-better meetings, in others through critical feedback loops…” Wim Laven Published in: Counterpunch, The Smirking Chimp, Common Dreams, Bainbridge Island Review, Homer News, Gilmer Free Press, The Sunburg News Date: July 19,22,23,24,27,29,2017 868 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Bernie Sanders: The 2016 Peace Candidate
“On February 10, 2016, Peace Action—the largest peace organization in the United States—announced its endorsement of Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination for President. Peace Action is the descendant of two other…” Lawrence S. Wittner Published in: History News Network , Huffington Post, Political Mann, Las Vegas Informer, Gilmer Free Press Date: February 11,12,13,2016 739 […]
Is Us-Russia Engagement Still Possible?
“President Obama’s failed attempt to “reset” US-Russia relations raises the question whether or not engaging Russia in the fullest sense is still possible. I think not, at least for the immediate future and so long as Vladimir Putin is in power…” Mel Gurtov Published in: The Russophile, Counterpunch, GCONEW, Mel Gurtov Blog, Las Vegas Informer, […]
Looking for America
“In the New Hampshire primary, we have raised up an authentic firebrand in one party, and in the other a classic purveyor of fear and simplistic solutions—results that remind us of what we have always half-known: we are a country split by a profound doubleness: on the one hand, we are the city…” Winslow Myers […]
Presidential Politics and the American Soul
“When I want to believe that America is a democracy — indeed, to feel so deeply this is so that my soul trembles — I turn to Martin Luther King, who gave his life for it. He cried out for something so much more than a process: a game of winners and losers. He reached […]
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.’s Timeless Vision
AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT. Copy and use freely. Please help PeaceVoice by notifying us when you use this piece: PeaceVoiceDirector@gmail.com “He came out against the war. Against all advice. In his famous speech opposing the Vietnam War at New York’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King announced to the world his departure, […]
Cruzing for love
AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT. Copy and use freely. Please help PeaceVoice by notifying us when you use this piece: PeaceVoiceDirector@gmail.com ““We will carpet-bomb them into oblivion. I don’t know if sand can glow in the dark, but we’re going to find out!” –Ted “Aspirational War Criminal” Cruz OK, carpet bombing is bombing an entire area, including […]
Surveillance and Surveys in Kabul
AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT. Copy and use freely. Please help PeaceVoice by notifying us when you use this piece: PeaceVoiceDirector@gmail.com “In Kabul, where the Afghan Peace Volunteers have hosted me in their community, the U.S. military maintains a huge blimp equipped with cameras and computers to supply 24-hour surveillance of the city. Remotely piloted drones, operated […]
Constructive Conflict Applications in Obama’s Foreign Policies
AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT. Copy and use freely. Please help PeaceVoice by notifying us when you use this piece: PeaceVoiceDirector@gmail.com “President Barack Obama’s foreign policies have had important successes that demonstrate creative applications of the increasingly recognized constructive conflict approach. However, Obama is widely attacked as if he were responsible for the many ongoing terribly destructive […]
Historic Peace Ship Is Re-Launched
AVAILABLE FOR REPRINT. Copy and use freely. Please help PeaceVoice by notifying us when you use this piece: PeaceVoiceDirector@gmail.com “Along the rugged coast of northern California’s Humboldt County, maritime history is being made. June 20th marked the launch ceremony of the rebuilt sailing ketch, the Golden Rule, after four years of hard work by a […]