Reiner Braun IPB: We want to open a discussion on what ‘build back better’ means for peace and to develop support from the international peace movement for a very important discussion of worldwide transition.
Thoughts for a better world.
“Peace is not everything, but everything is nothing without peace.”
This sentence from the Nobel Peace Laureate Willy Brandt remains extremely relevant, above all in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis.
Kishore Mahbubani Dec 12, 2023: It is true that on Ukraine, the US, at least, has shown geopolitical cunning rather than incompetence, creating European dependence on Washington at a time when the Americans want to rally support for applying greater pressure on China. Yet the US may come to find that these geopolitical dividends turn out to be temporary. Russia could still collapse under combined western pressure, although this seems increasingly unlikely. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, may have to accept a painful compromise. And if that is the outcome, the non-western countries will ask, ‘What was the point of it all?’
The massive amounts of aid sent to Ukraine only confirmed the growing belief in the global south that the west doesn’t really care for it. Significantly, the Russian invasion took place while memories were still fresh of the Covid pandemic, during which the global south saw a surplus of vaccines in the west that was not shared with them.
Most haunting of all for governments in that region is the possibility that Trump could return to power. And if he does it will be a nastier and angrier Trump who will tear up the climate accords again, ignore the UN and use American power to bully other countries bilaterally.
Even with the best social science tools at its disposal, the American establishment still can’t figure out the sources of the anger that is leading so many Americans to vote for Trump. A bitterly divided society can no longer serve as the “shining city on the hill” for the rest of the world.
All of which is to say that something profound is happening in the world — a kind of metaphysical detachment of the west from the rest.
Last year, a government commission wanted the US to adopt AI-driven mass surveillance. Now, its happeing under a guise of combating the coronavirus crisis. An article by Whitney Webb 2020.
Introduit en France voici une quinzaine d’années, le thème du « care » a pris une ampleur significative dans les instances universitaires et de recherche en sciences sociales. Le mot soin en français ne rend que partiellement compte du champ sémantique du mot anglais, nettement plus vaste. Mais l’extension du care varie selon les auteurs.
Una revisión sistemática exhaustiva de todas las evidencias disponibles de ensayos controlados aleatorizados sobre vacunas contra la covid-19 hasta noviembre de 2021 ha concluido que la mayoría protegen contra la infección y la enfermedad grave o crítica causada por el virus. La revisión, una colaboración de expertos independientes de varios países, también observó que hubo poca o ninguna diferencia entre el número de personas que experimentaban efectos secundarios graves después de la vacunación en comparación con las que no estaban vacunadas.
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I’ve written and said a lot about the TOGETHER trial, in an effort to share the knowledge I’ve been gathering. This page contains links to articles & podcasts I have made, in this Substack and elsewhere. Before we dive in, if you’re looking for a good starting point, this is probably it:
Ein Stiftungsprofessor für Anthroposophische Medizin berichtet neue Daten – und Journalisten verbreiten seine Ergebnisse kritiklos. Was ist dran an der Sache?