Li Xing: Why the global democratic alliance is nothing more than a Western fantasy

By on    China, CHINA & SILK, Democracy in Crisis, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, Russia, Russia international relations, Ukraine, United States - Empire and domestic, US Empire decline  

Li Xing: Why the global democratic alliance is nothing more than a Western fantasy

Illustration: Craig Stephens Li Xing 19 January 2023 – The West likes to argue that market capitalism and political liberalism go hand in hand; in reality, the former has proved far more powerful than the latter – Having made countries around the world economically interdependent, the West should not expect them to jeopardise their global […]

Aage Bertelsen (1901 – 1980) – Danish educator for peace

By on    Denmark, Jan Oberg, Johan Galtung, Nonviolence, NORDIC REGION, Peace Culture, TFF global posts 2018  

Aage Bertelsen (1901 – 1980) – Danish educator for peace

  By Jan Oberg and Johan Galtung He was a tall man and a great man, a visionary, pacifist, civil resister, educator and philosopher. He took life more seriously than most and he could be playful and fun like a child. His life’s guiding principle was ”Engage in your time!” and while he wrote and […]