Free Markets to Crash or Crony Capitalism?
View the video of the interview of Bill Moyers with David Stockman http://billmoyers.com/segment/david-stockman-on-crony-capitalism/
David Stockman on Crony Capitalism
January 20, 2012
Moyers & Company explores the tight connection between Wall Street and the White House with David Stockman, former budget director for President Reagan.
Now a businessman who says he was “taken to the woodshed”… Continue reading
A/Res 53/243: United Nations Sanction Action for A Global Culture of Peace
The UN Resolution highlighted below was voted on in 1999. Yet it is still relevant today, more than ever.
There will be critiques about UN resolutions that have not materialised the grand objectives, for example the United Nations International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World, didn’t stop… Continue reading
Baháí: A Universal Foundation for World Peace
I have had contact with The Bahai faith during my years on radio when I was interviewing people engaged in building peace. Their focus was on universal values which was similar to my own work. Our paths have crossed many times over the years. Recently in Brisbane I spent some time with Bahai attending sessions… Continue reading
Dialogue: The Global Forum of Parliamentarians and Spiritual Leaders
http://akiomatsumura.com/akio/global-forums
The Global Forum held five conferences throughout the 1990s in Oxford, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Jericho*, Kyoto, and Konya.
The Global Forum of Parliamentarian and Spiritual Leaders on Human Survival, Oxford 1988
Among its guests and speakers were:
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nobel Laureate and political and spiritual leader
Mikhail Gorbachev, President of… Continue reading
Bridges of Peace: The Diplomacy of Akio Matsumura
When everyone takes responsibility for peace whether they be diplomats, mechanics, plumbers, tradespersons, politicians, actors, dentists, doctors, those not working, mothers, children, youth – then we will start to see an awakening never seen before.
This is a little information about one person who has committed himself to peace. I found him as I was… Continue reading