The Red Sox won!!
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 21st, 2004 Comments Off
Yup!!
Archive for October, 2004
Steps to a Comprehensive Architecture of Peace in Sudan: A conversation with Jay Balasubramanian
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 19th, 2004 Comments Off
A number of us have been wrestling with how to move forward strategically with the effort to support Darfur and Sudan peace.
Today I had a remarkable conversation with Jay Balasubramanian, who has
been working on the issue for several years and knows many of the key
players. She is also the organizer of the Harvard Negotiation Project
session [...]
Negotiating Peace in Sudan - a discussion for action
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 19th, 2004 Comments Off
Here is a very significant meeting happening next week in the Boston area–please come if you are active on Sudan and Darfur!
Negotiating Peace in Sudan
Friday October 29, 2004, 12:30-2:30pm
Harvard Law School, Pound Hall
John Chipman Gray room (2nd fl), Lunch *
Beyond addressing the current humanitarian crisis in Darfur, how can
long-term peace and security be forged [...]
Kerry and Bush now tied: Kerry making steady incremental gains
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 19th, 2004 Comments Off
Here is the story, from Reuters (a news service I like because it is relatively free of hype). Here is my favorite excerpt:
“The candidates are still in a statistical dead heat, with Kerry making
incremental gains in a steady drip-drip-drip that has eroded the
president’s lead,” said pollster John Zogby. Bush had a four-point lead
three days ago.
The [...]
A must
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 19th, 2004 Comments Off
John Stewart on Crossfire, courtesy of IndyMedia…
Romeo Dallaire, Omer Ismail, John Prendergast, Samantha Power, Michael Ignatieff - Darfur: How to Respond to Genocide - Harvard October 18, 2004
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 19th, 2004 Comments Off
This just in from the Passion of the Present:
Romeo Dallaire, Omer Ismail, John Prendergast, Samantha Power,
Michael Ignatieff: Notes and video of the Forum discussion at Harvard
October 18, 2004
Extraordinary and clarifying. That is how I would describe the discussion entitled Darfur: How to Respond to Genocide, held at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard [...]
Webcast of the public discussion of Darfur: How to Respond to Genocide, at Harvard this Monday afternoon
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 18th, 2004 Comments Off
Events
in the Institute of Politics Forum series are webcast. The forum on
Darfur starts at 6:00 PM Eastern time (in Boston) Monday October 18 and
will be webcast here.
If you are in Boston please join us at 6 at the Kennedy School of Government for the discussion!
Panelists are Samantha Power, Romeo Dallaire, John Prendergast, Omer Ismail and [...]
In support of military intervention in Darfur, Sudan: Gareth Evans’ prophetic report.
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 18th, 2004 Comments Off
Last May 14, more than five months ago, an analysis of the ethics of military intervention in Darfur
was published in the International Herald Tribune. It was written by
Gareth Evans, who is the president of the International Crisis Group.
He was co-chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, whose ‘Responsibility to Protect’ report [...]
Romeo Dallaire on the weakness of the United Nations in relation to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, Africa
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 18th, 2004 Comments Off
Tonight at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, Romeo Dallaire
and several other prominent speakers will address the genocide in
Darfur. Dallaire led the unsuccessful UN attempt to stop the
genocide in Rwanda, ten years ago. Here is an excerpt from a
recent op-ed by Dallaire that has received wide publication and notice:
The United Nations, emasculated by the
self-interested [...]
A public forum on Darfur, in Boston on Monday (today) October 18: Includes Romeo Dallaire, who commanded UN peacekeeping forces during the Rwandan genocide
Posted in Economics and cybenetics on Oct 18th, 2004 Comments Off
Monday at Harvard University Institute of Politics, a public forum
- Darfur: How to Respond to a Genocide — with Samantha Power, Romeo
Dallaire, John Prendergast, Omer Ismail and Michael Ignatieff
Our question for the panelists: What can WE do to stop the genocide now?
Please come! For those who are in Boston this evening (Monday,
October 18), a remarkable [...]