By Rene Wadlow. The 4 February 2021; verdict of guilty against Dominic Ongwen by the International Criminal Court in the Hague; highlights what Olara Otunnu; the then Special Representative on children in armed conflict of the U.N. Secretary-General; has written “At the
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By Rene Wadlow. Alfred Adler; whose birth anniversary we mark on 7 February; believed that there were two decisive forces at work in world history and in the life of each individual: a striving for power and a social feeling. Both forces
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By René Wadlow. On October 12, 2019, Havrin Khalaf; the Co-Secretary-General of the Future Syria Party; was shot to death at a roadblock by the Turkish-backed militia; Ahrar al-Shargiya. The Future of Syria Party had been formed in March 2018 in Raqqa;
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Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968) was concerned; especially in the period after the Second World War; with the relation between the values and attitudes of the individual and their impact on the wider society. His key study Society; Culture and Personality: Their Structure and
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Henry Usborne (16 Jan. 1909 -16 March 1996).by Rene Wadlow. Henry Usborne was a British Member of Parliament (M.P.); elected in the Labour Party landslide in 1945. He was re-elected in 1950. He was an engineer and Burmingham businessman yet a socialist.
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Alexandre Marc ; (19 January 1904 – 22 February 2000) was born as Alexandre Markovitch Lipiansky in Odessa, Russia in 1904. He later simplified his name by dropping Lipiansky; (which his sons have reclaimed) and modifying his father’s first name to Marc;
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By Rene Wadlow. Stringfellow Barr: 15 January 1897 – 3 February 1982) Stringfellow Barr; whose birth anniversary we mark on 15 January; was a historian; largely of the classic Greek and Roman Empire period and an active world citizen. He served as
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By René Wadlow January 1st is the birth anniversary of Maurice Béjart, an innovative master of modern dance. In a world where there is both appreciation and fear of the mixing of cultural traditions; Maurice Béjart was always a champion of blending
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By Rene Wadlow. As we reflect on current armed conflicts; on which the Association of World Citizens has proposed measures for conflict resolution: – Nagorno-Karabakh, Yemen, Syria, Ukraine-Donetsk-Lougansk- Russia – we ask ourselves if we are to be overwhelmed by an endless
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By René Wadlow. October 24 is United Nations (U. N.) Day; marking the day when there were enough ratifications; including those of the five permanent members of the proposed Security Council for the U. N. Charter to come into force. It is
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