Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/10/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-199-october.html
PEACE-MAKERS
· Dae-Han Song. Peace in Korea and NE Asia
· World BEYOND War: Use the United Nations to End the War on Gaza.
· PEACE BY PEACE: 99 Steps Toward Violence Prevention and De-escalation.
Peace in Korea and NE Asia
US REJECTION OF NK PEACE PROPOSALS BEGINNING IN 1990s, LEADING TO KIM JONG-UN’S New Year’s address on January 15, 2024 severing ties with the more than thirty years of peaceful reunification pursued by North Korea’s two previous leaders, and leading to the urgent need to see the world as others see it, in order to change our manner of thinking.
“Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand: Peace in Korea and Northeast Asia Now!” by Dae-Han Song. Monthly Review (July-August 2024). (Jul 01, 2024). https://monthlyreview.org/2024/07/01/power-concedes-nothing-without-a-demand-peace-in-korea-and-northeast-asia-now/
Topics: Geography History Imperialism Inequality Movements Places: Americas Asia korean-peninsula United States
[This major scholarly article (over 500 Notes), that attempts to understand NK as their leaders understand it, might seem baffling to US readers, accustomed as we are to a demonized NK. Anyone growing up in the US anti-communist propaganda regime will find section after section of the article a shock to their inculcated system of assumptions regarding that nuclear nation. –Dick]
World BEYOND War: Tell World Governments to Use the United Nations to End the War on Gaza.
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The crime of genocide is happening. The intentional destruction of a people, in whole or in part, is genocide. The law is meant to be used to prevent it, not just review it after the fact.
We sent over half a million emails to key governments urging them to invoke the genocide convention at the International Court of Justice. South Africa did so, charging Israel with genocide. Nicaragua, Mexico, Libya, Colombia, and others formally filed declarations of intervention in support of the case. The court has ordered Israel to cease its genocidal acts, and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has requested arrest warrants. We sent over 200,000 emails urging governments to use United Nations General Assembly Resolution 377 (Uniting For Peace) which allows the General Assembly to act when the Security Council fails. The General Assambly has now passed a resolution, but it does not go far enough.
We now urge you to use this form to write to government consulates to the UN to tell them at long last to act in a manner worthy of the crisis at hand.
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[The following book is offered by a publisher as an investment, or “kickstarter.” I don’t know much about this publishing gambit, but I do like PM Press. –D]
PEACE BY PEACE: 99 Steps Toward Violence Prevention and De-escalation. PM Press, 2024.
Publisher’s description: Peace by Peace: 99 Steps Toward Violence Prevention and De-escalation shares Ian Brennan’s decades of experience successfully providing violence prevention & crisis resolution training. This book is designed to help us navigate violence, conflict, and resolution in these tumultuous times. k