{"id":7915,"date":"2016-12-01T09:22:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T14:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7915"},"modified":"2021-11-04T13:48:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T17:48:37","slug":"english-bulletin-december-1-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7915","title":{"rendered":"English bulletin December 1, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELECTIONS – WHAT COMES NEXT ?<\/big><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n
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\nWe\u2019ve seen two shocking election results recently: the defeat of the referendum for the peace accords in Colombia, and the election of Donald Trump in the USA based on a racist and xenophobic campaign. What does it mean?<\/p>\n

\nIt means that voters in the two countries are alienated from their governments – quite simply, they do not trust the government. And they are angry.<\/p>\n

\nSo what comes next? Do we slide back into war or into fascism? Or do we return to the people, listen to their fears and anger, and organize them in the sense that Martin Luther King told us?: “The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

\nCPNN, this month, finds ample evidence that the fightback to defend peace and human rights<\/a> is underway in both countries. It begins at the local level, as it must be if it is to be sustainable. And it is being led by young people, as it must be if it is to have the energy to succeed.<\/p>\n

\nAlready, there are plans for a massive march of women<\/a> to take place in Washington on the day after the inauguration. We “will send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women\u2019s rights are human rights. We stand together, recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us.”<\/p>\n

\nThousands of students have staged walk-outs on college campuses across the United States, signalling their commitment to maintain \u201csanctuary campuses<\/a>\u201d to protect immigrant students. At the same time, the mayors of the largest American cities have pledged to maintain their policy of refusing to work with federal deportations These include Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York<\/a>. Not to mention entire states that are part of the sanctuary movement, including California<\/a> and New York<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nIf you are out on the street talking to people, there is a new sense of urgency and commitment<\/a> to get involved. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot more work to do, now that Trump has been elected . . . more than ever, we need to work together for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nPeople, especially youth, are training in methods of nonviolence, realizing that they will be put to the test in the coming times. For example, in Tucson, Arizona<\/a>, students are taking the Kingian Nonviolence training program, which aims to \u201cinstitutionalize and internationalize nonviolence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nIn Colombia, young people are training “to build capacities and to form ‘ Leaders animators<\/a>\u2019 in the territory who can then promote a political culture of pardon and reconciliation.” Also, there is the development of Municipal Peace Councils<\/a>, the Municipal Councils of Transitional Justice . . . to form the network of peacebuilding strategy at the municipal level.” This month, CPNN articles about these initiatives come from the Colombian departments of Magdalena Centro<\/a>, Cesar<\/a>, Valle de Cauca<\/a> and Antioquia<\/a>, some of the most populous of Colombia\u2019s 32 deparments.<\/p>\n

\nTraditional peace and justice organizations, such as Search for Common Ground<\/a>, Pace e Bene<\/a>, Nonviolent Peaceforce<\/a> and American Civil Liberties Union<\/a> are deeply involved. But the energy is coming from young people to an extent that we have not seen since the revoluionary 60\u2019s. It is they who will determine the direction and the power of the movement. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n\n
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HUMAN RIGHTS
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\n\"sanctuary-campuses\"
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\nUSA: \u2018Sanctuary campus\u2019 protests demand universities protect immigrants
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WOMEN’S EQUALITY
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\nEnough is enough: Oxfam seeks to end violence against women and girls once and for all
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\nDEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
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\nTabling for peace in the USA: A new sense of urgency
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\n\"renewable\"
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\n47 of the world\u2019s poorest countries are aiming to hit 100% renewable energy
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TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY
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\nNiger: Niamey opens a forum on the culture of peace through religious dialogue in the subregion
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FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION
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\nAntioquia, Colombia: Young people united by a Territorial Peace!
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DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY
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\nThe International Society Culture of Peace: Solidarity concerts in Athens and Mytilini \/ Lesbos
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EDUCATION FOR PEACE
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\nMexico: Sixteenth National Congress of Mediation inaugurated in Tlalnepantla
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