CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of July 1, 2020
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM
This was a month of the reactivated struggle against racism.
It started in the United States with an uprising described as a “collective gasp for life” by the Poor People’s Campaign which continues the struggle for justice led by Martin Luther KIng, Jr. Their phrase refers to the last words of George Floyd, choked and killed by a white police officer “viscerally reminiscent of the lynching photographs that were used to terrorize African-Americans for decades in this nation.”
Excessive force by the police, condemned by fundamental international human rights law and standards, is commonplace in the United States according to a recent study.
CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) bulletin of June 1, 2020
LINK GLOBAL, EAT LOCAL
As we have seen in this bulletin in recent months, the global health and economic crisis has inspired many to envisage and prepare for radical change believing that “another world is possible.”
This month we feature two aspects of this movement: 1) towards local food production and consumption, known as food sovereignty; and 2) global rlinkage of activists via webinars and online courses and conferences. Hence a new variation on the old slogan that we should “Think global, act local.”
The Network Meetings
African Union
UNESCO
