we come in pieces
of dark and light
armoured
by diminished gods
piercing
through explosive clouds
clawing through the promised land
to hallowed
hollowed places
our sum amounts
to much less
than our broken parts
absent still
the human heart
In This Issue
💛 Editor’s Letter
💛 “Will Peace Ever Overcome Hate?”
💛 “Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Social Justice”
💛 and a quote by Samella Harris.
African Americans have chosen to be aspirational in pursuit of freedom from oppression and injustice, as opposed to terrorism and deconstructionist thinking.
—R Wayne Branch, PhD
African Americans have chosen to be aspirational in pursuit of freedom from oppression and injustice, as opposed to terrorism and deconstructionist thinking.
—R Wayne Branch, PhD
I'm deligted to finally share with you this #CfP on treaties as instruments of international relations from #antiquity to the present!
Whether you're working on #peace, marriage, alliance or
international law treaties, international trade or climate agreements, we are looking forward to your abstracts in English or German (Deadline 15. January 2024).
The workshop will be held in November 2024 as a hybrid event in Munich.
African Americans have chosen to be aspirational in pursuit of freedom from oppression and injustice, as opposed to terrorism and deconstructionist thinking.
—R Wayne Branch, PhD
African Americans have chosen to be aspirational in pursuit of freedom from oppression and injustice, as opposed to terrorism and deconstructionist thinking.
—R Wayne Branch, PhD
African Americans have chosen to be aspirational in pursuit of freedom from oppression and injustice, as opposed to terrorism and deconstructionist thinking.
—R Wayne Branch, PhD
We've just published volume 17 of George Lansbury's archive, which covers his peace campaign up until his death. It also includes lots of correspondence about refugees. It's online here: https://lse-atom.arkivum.net/uklse-dl1gl01
🚨🎓 If you've ever received a grant from #UKRI* - and you're appalled by their total capitulation to govt #silencing - please do sign this open letter before Monday
Dear family friends here in #Japan, a sumi-e (墨絵) ink painting artist and a Paris chanson singer invited Chisato and me to a unique event in #Osaka. An iemoto of #Japanese dance Nihon buyō (日本舞踊の家元), renowned for onna-gata female roles, led a tribute to #Ukraine, with the heads of lettuce representing skulls, a stark demonstration for #peace. Then singers performed a variety of genres in Japanese, French, English, and Italian, with a skilled electric piano accompaniment - bravo!
It is typically Japanese to combine the traditional with the modern, European with Japanese artistic sensibilities. Many venerable cultures have a sense of time that is more cyclical than linear. In Japanese religion the tendency to agglutinate rather than to choose and exclude is seen in #Buddhist syncretism.
I'm trying to commission an illustrator who will turn somebody's PhD (on the subject of history solidarity / peace / anti-nuclear warfare in the 1980s) into a comic book strip / big cartoon-y poster. Not sure sure where to go looking - any ideas?