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COLLECTED ESSAYS by John Scales Avery Introduction COLLECTED ESSAYS by John Scales Avery Introduction This book contains a collection of essays, most of which were first published in Countercurrents and in Professor Johan Galtung’s Transcend Media Service Weekly Digest during 2012 and early 2013. The Editor of Countercurrents, Mr. Binu Mathew, and the Editor of TMS Weekly Digest, Mr. Antonio C.S. Rosa, were kind enough to accept all the articles that I sent to them, and so I wrote more and more. One exception to this is the first essay, “Against the Institution of War”, which was commissioned by Professor David Peat’s Pari Center for New Learning, Pari, Italy, and first published in their on-line library. Six essays at the end of the book were first published in Cadmus and in Erudito, jour- nals of the World Academy of Art and Science. I am extremely grateful to Professors Ivo Slaus and Garry Jacobs for encouraging me to publish in the two journals of the World Academy. “Learning to live in Harmony” was commissioned by Dr. Jan Visser and was first published on the website of his Learning Development Institute. Finally, “The World As It Is and The World As It Could Be” is an illustrated version of a pamphlet published in English and Danish by my close friend Keld Helmer-Petersen and myself. Some of the essays are excerpted from my books on social issues, while others are responses to current events. All the articles are concerned with trying to find solutions to the serious problems with which the world is faced in the 21st Century. My aim has been to tell the truth, even when the truth is unpleasant or offensive. I must therefore apologize to readers who may dislike some of the essays. However, I feel that because of the seriousness of our present situa- tion, we ought to look as directly and honestly as possible at the threats we are facing, in order to find ways to save human civilization and the biosphere. CONTENTS 1. AGAINST THE INSTITUTION OF WAR, first published by the online library of the Pari Center for New Learning, Pari Italy; republished by TMS Weekly Digest, Countercurrents and the Danish Peace Academy, page 1. 2. MAHATMA GANDHI, WE NEED YOUR VOICE TODAY!, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 19. 3. HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WE NEED YOUR VOICE TO- DAY!, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 24. 4. COUNT LEO TOLSTOY, WE NEED YOUR VOICE TO- DAY!, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 30. 5. MARTIN LUTHER KING, WE NEED YOUR VOICE TO- DAY!, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 36. 6. VALUES FOR THE FUTURE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 43. 7. REFORMED TEACHING OF HISTORY, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 46. 8. TARGETING CIIVILIANS, first published in Danish by Dag- bladet Information and on the Danish Peace Academy website, later republished in English by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 48. 9. BLOOD FOR OIL, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Coun- tercurrents, page 56. 10. BACK TO CHILD LABOR AND SLAVERY?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 62. 11. HUMAN RIGHTS, first published in French by Valeurs Humaines, later republished in English by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercur- rents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 67. 12. USING MATERIAL GOODS FOR SOCIAL COMPETITION, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; repub- lished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 71. 13. MAKING A GAME OF KILLING, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 73. 14. CONSTRUCTION VERSUS DESTRUCTION, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 75. 15. THE NUREMBERG PRINCIPLES AND INDIIVIDUAL RE- SPONSIBILITY, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Coun- tercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 77. 16. BENEFITS OF EQUALITY, first published by TMS Weekly Di- gest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 80. 17. ADVERSE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 84. 18. OPTIMUM POPULATION IN THE FUTURE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 87. 19. RECIPROCITY AND KARMA, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 89. 20. LIMITS TO GROWTH AND FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercur- rents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 93. 21. ATTACKS OR IRAN, PAST AND PRESENT, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 98. 22. LIMITS TO GROWTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE, first pub- lished by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 104. 23. THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 109. 24. ONE STEP BACKWARD TAKEN, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 114. 25. FACING A SET OF LINKED PROBLEMS, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 116. 26. THE TITANIC AS AN ALAGORY, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 121. 27. NOBODY HAD THE SLIGHTEST IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy; repub- lished by the Schiller Institute; republished by Progressive Radio Net- work, page 123. 28. IRAN AND THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercur- rents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 128. 29. DANGERS OF NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION, first pub- lished by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 133. 30. IRAN: AUTOMATIC ESCALATION TO WORLD WAR III?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; repub- lished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 136. 31. PERPETUAL WAR AGAINST TERRORISM?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 138. 32. POVERTY AND WAR, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 141. 33. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AND THE BLOKADE OF GAZA, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 144. 34. ECONOMIC PREDICTIONS FOR 2013, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 146. 35. DESTROYING THE WORLD FOR PROFIT, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 148. 36. THE PROTECTION RACKET, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 150. 37. SANCTIONS AS COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, first pub- lished by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 152. 38. THE MAYAN APOCALYPSE AND GELL-MANN’S CURVE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 154. 39. RESTORING DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 157. 40. JUST STAYING ALIVE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 159. 41. DO THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR GOVERNMENTS ARE DOING?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 162. 42. A THREATENED GLOBAL CATASTROPHE, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; later published in a mod- ified form by the Schiller Institute, page 164. 43. CANCER THREAT FROM RADIOACTIVE LEAKS AT HANFORD, USA, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Coun- tercurrents, page 166. 44. A GOLDEN AGE?, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 169. 45. THE TRAINING OF SOLDIERS, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 173. 46. TRIBALISM AND AGREED-UPON LIES, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 175. 47. THE ARMED FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT IN NORTHEAST INDIA, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents, page 177. 48. KILL OR BE KILLED (OR BOTH), first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 179. 49. THOU SHALT NOT KILL, first published by TMS Weekly Digest and Countercurrents; republished by the Danish Peace Academy, page 182. 50. THE ARMS TRADE TREATY OPENS UP NEW POSSI- BILITIES AT THE UN, first published in Cadmus; republished by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. 51. MALTHUS, first published in Cadmus. 52. FEDERALISM AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, first published in Cadmus. 53. FLAWS IN THE CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR DETERRANCE, first published in Cadmus; later republished by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 54. ENTROPY AND ECONOMICS, first published in Cadmus. 55. THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION, first published in Eru- dito; republished by the Danish Peace Academy. 56. LEARNING TO LIVE IN HARMONY, first published by the Learning Development Institute. 57. THE WORLD AS IT IS AND THE WORLD AS IT COULD BE, first published as a pamphlet in English and Danish by John Scales Avery and Keld Helmer-Petersen; republished by the Danish Peace Academy. AGAINST THE INSTITUTION OF WAR As we start the 21st century and the new millennium, our scientific and tech- nological civilization seems to be entering a period of crisis. Today, for the first time in history, science has given to humans the possibility of a life of comfort, free from hunger and cold, and free from the constant threat of in- fectious disease. At the same time, science has given us the power to destroy civilization through thermonuclear war, as well as the power to make our planet uninhabitable through pollution and overpopulation.
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