• Issues • World News • Support • Contact You are here: 1. Home 2. Issues 3. Articles 4. War‚ Propaganda and the Media 5. The Peace Journalism Option The Peace Journalism Option This article is a reposting from the old POIESIS web site (which has now been replaced by some search engine site). They ran a series known as Conflict and Peace Forums and in 1997 and 1998 provided transcripts. Part 1 (1997) is provided here. It is reposted here because some articles
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Plot summary The story starts off in eastern Nigeria after the civil war has ended. The protagonist‚ Jonathan Iwegbu‚ was able to keep his bicycle‚ which he turns into a taxi to make money. In two weeks he makes 150 pounds. Jonathan then travels to Enugu to search for his home‚ and to his surprise it is still standing when other structures around it are demolished. The house needs some repairs‚ so Jonathan finds some supplies around and hires a carpenter. He then moves his family back in. The entire
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social differences. I am convinced that sport can be at the long-term service of peace” HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco In Ancient Greece‚ a series of competitions were held every four years between representatives of several city-states and kingdoms of Ancient Greece. The Olympics allowed the Greeks to set aside conflict and war‚ to celebrate friendship and unity‚ to experience peace through sports. This promise of peace is The Olympic Truce‚ an ancient tradition‚ believed to have started in 776
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should be. In the First World War‚ one thousand six hundred and forty nine Canadian soldiers under the age of eighteen risked their lives‚ and three hundred and sixty five of these soldiers died for our freedom. In the novel‚ “A SEPARATE PEACE”‚ by John Knowles‚ The main character Gene undergoes various situations that are influenced by the war‚ including the incident of Gene jostling the branch causing Phineas to fall from the tree‚ the participation of contributing to the war‚ and the emotional impact
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Amari Barfield Ms. Kineman English 10 Honors 13 August 2014 A Separate Peace In the novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ by John Knowles the question is presented “what is a true friend?” The author challenges the question by manifesting two main characters‚ Finny and Gene‚ to have a type of rivalry relationship. Finny is a self-confident‚ outgoing‚ and athletic person. Awhile on the other hand Gene is quiet‚ competitive‚ and intelligent person. Gene gains jealous thoughts which in the end lead their
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Green-eyed Friendship In John Knowles novel‚ A Separate Peace‚ Knowles proves through an adolescent relationship‚ that in order to have a reliable friendship‚ one must accept another completely‚ revealing that jealousy can not co-excist within a friendship. Jealousy plays a major role in the deterioration of the relationship between Gene and Finny. Gene has a growing jealousy towards his bestfriend Phineas. Because Finny always “gets away with everything” and can be whoever he wants
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CONTRIBUTION OF YOUTH IN ENHANCEMENT OF PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT. A society is a group of people with common territory‚ interaction‚ and culture. People of the same society share aspects of their culture‚ such as language or beliefs. Multiculturalism relates to communities containing multiple cultures .It is the acceptance of multiple ethnic cultures at the organizational level. Interaction and communication between different cultures provide opportunities for the cultural differences to communicate
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A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ is a book is about a group of friends in their high school years that are on a journey to reach manhood but have to deal with many problems on the way. The major problem is the fear of being drafted into the war. The main characters Gene and Finny are best friends but experience many issues on the way to becoming best friends. The other two kids in their group‚ Leper and Brinker are also facing many problems from the war. The story is a flashback with Gene narrating
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What is it that spurs certain people on to magnificent achievements while others choke bitterly in their dust? There’s an old and true‚ military motto‚ “Si vis pacem‚ para bellum” from Flavius Vegetius Renatus circa 375 AD: “If you want peace‚ prepare for war.” When you want something badly enough‚ you will fight for it. It’s the old‚ “Live free or die” kind of approach. Watch what people do and you will see their true level of commitment. Ayn Rand spoke about this kind of bulletproof resolution
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so strong during the toughest times of war and even trials and tribulations? It all starts off with a civil war that began when the eastern region of Nigeria declared itself the independent Republic of Biafra‚ with Enugu as its capital. The city was invaded by Nigerian Federal Troops just five moths after Independence. The war resulted in a horrific famine as well as violence. Civil Peace on the other hand‚ starts off in eastern Nigeria after the civil war ended. Jonathan Iwegbu is lucky the he‚
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