May 2007 be the year in which the US citizenry and all the other peoples of the world turn significantly away from its reliance on violence of all kinds: physical violence, symbolic violence, systemic violence, and all the other quieter forms of violence.
I shall do what I can.
What else will the New Year bring?
For me, a couple of things. Firstly, copies of my most recent book, on post-atrocity policies in Africa, that are affordable enough for me to recommend it quite broadly. See the details in the box on the main JWN sidebar.
I see the book is now available from Amazon for $16.47. And from Paradigm Publishers for $24.95.
… And secondly: I’ll be traveling to the Middle East and Europe for three months. I’ll be in the Middle East, based in Cairo but traveling around a bunch, for five weeks starting February 1. Then I’ll be in northern Europe, based in London, from March 6 through the end of April. Oh, with a quick gig in Tokyo at the end of March. (Burning too much jet-fuel. Bad Helena.)
But actually if any of you in the ME or northern Europe can figure out some interesting and/or remunerative speaking gigs for me while I’m there, please let me know. I’m still putting my schedule together and can see I definitely need to do more to get the expenses of these travels covered.
Also, I’d love it if any of you feel moved to write a review of the atrocities book someplace and/or generally find ways to make it better known?
Thanks!
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Helena
Take a peek in your gmail. I will buy your book and see if I can write an amazon review.
Helena
I think this piece is relevant to both 2007 and to the reconciliation aspect.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/02/AR2007010200942.html
You may recall we discussed this a couple of months ago.
And now they have to find a new prime minister of Iraq in 2007.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6226953.stm
Patrick Seale is equally unhappy and has picked up on the opening of the new front in East Africa.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200701030563.html
His comment The real problem is a worldwide lack of leadership. There is hardly anyone around with the power or the vision to end the current state of international anarchy. is quite worrying.
If I remember rightly it was Bethman-Hollweg who comments that after mobilisation started in 1914 nobody could stop it.