Month: February 1988

I’ve just read the latest Bulletin — one of the best yet! Anatol’s article on his USSR visit was terrific and provided great insight into today’s USSR. The review of Gorbachev’s book was also excellent. – David Roulston, Waterloo I do enjoy reading the Bulletin-particularly in the last number, the two articles on page 3-4. … Read more Letters

Tribute to Our Common Future, the World Media Institute, Inc., 549 Besserer St., Ottawa K1N 6C6 In April, 1987 newspapers carried lengthy stories about the Brundtland Report, a three-year study by the World Commission on Environment and Development headed by Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, prime minister of Norway. September,1987 — World Media,Inc. published this special … Read more Doing Science for Peace

The Name Of The Chamber Was Peace Janis Alton, Eric Fawcett, L.T. Gardner, editors. Samuel Stevens and Co. Toronto & Fort Myers,1988 (Editor’s note: Philip Wallace’s major, pre-publication review is not reprinted here since members received an extensive review of the contents of the book with the January Bulletin. only Professor Wallace’s conclusions about the … Read more Bookshelf

I was in Moscow last week with delegations from VANA and the USA organization, Veterans for Peace,Inc. We met with the Soviet War Veterans’ Committee and a number of other bodies, including the Department of Disarmament and Armaments Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nobody can convince me now that the USSR is aggressive … Read more Veterans In Moscow

Debate At Brock Be it resolved that in the opinion of this House, the countries of NATO should renounce unilaterally the use and the threat of using nuclear weapons under all circumstances, and without condition destroy all stocks of such devices, and that this should be done quite independently of any action or lack thereof … Read more Notes

1 February, 1987 “In 1908 my high school teacher in Hamburg, Germany, tried to indoctrinate us with the principle of the Ancient Romans: ‘si vis pacem, pare bellum’. He presented a fairly good case: since Germany had become Europe’s strongest power, the continent, for the first time in its history, had enjoyed 40 years of … Read more In Memoriam: Hans Blumenfeld

Dear Colleagues, Once again Science for Peace and the Youth Science Foundation will be sponsoring a National Award on Peace from Science for an appropriate project by high school students. Last year we received eleven nominations from regional and Canada-wide Science Fairs. Several could have been worthy of recognition, and an Honorable Mention was awarded … Read more The Peace from Science Award

Since my return from my Christmas trip to Europe, I have been considering elements of a Defence Policy for Canada. I do not believe that the defence of Canada can be planned within reasonable economic and social limits without allies, and that we should not retreat into a Fortress America approach rather than an internationalist … Read more President's Corner