Gary Snyder : (1930 – ) A Zen View of Nature by Rene Wadlow

Rapprochement of Cultures The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed the Decade 2013-2022 as the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures building on the efforts in the UNESCO General Conference which had called for “the development of a universal global consciousness” based on dialogue and cooperation in a climate of trust and mutual understanding … More Gary Snyder : (1930 – ) A Zen View of Nature by Rene Wadlow

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941): The Local and the Universal by Rene Wadlow

The darkness of egoism which will have to be destroyed is the egoism of the Nation.  The ideal of India is against the intense consciousness of the separateness of one’s own people from others, which inevitably leads to ceaseless conflicts.  There my prayer is ‘let India stand for the co-operation of all the people of … More Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941): The Local and the Universal by Rene Wadlow

Sigmund Freud: A Sense of Mission in Troubled Times by Rene Wadlow

It is then, a commonplace that the psychoanalyst must be aware of the historical determinants of what made him what he is before he can hope to perfect that human gift: the ability to understand that which is different from him.”                                                  Erik Erikson (1902-1994) Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) whose birth anniversary we note on 6 May, … More Sigmund Freud: A Sense of Mission in Troubled Times by Rene Wadlow

Mundy and the Khyber Rifles by Rene Wadlow

He who would understand the Plains must ascend the Eternal Hills, where a man’s eyes scan Infinity.  He who would make use of understanding must descend on the Plains where Past and Future meet, and men have need of him.                                        – Talbut Mundy Om-The Secret of Abbor Valley The current tensions and armed violence on … More Mundy and the Khyber Rifles by Rene Wadlow

Day of Mother Earth by Rene Wadlow

The United Nations General Assembly in 2009 through resolution A/RES/63/278, under the leadership of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, designated 22 April as the International Mother Earth Day. The Day recognizes a collective responsibility, set out in the 1992 Rio Declaration, to promote harmony with Nature so as to achieve a just balance among economic, … More Day of Mother Earth by Rene Wadlow

Caresse Crosby: A World Citizen’s Passionate Years by René Wadlow

Caresse Crosby (April 20, 1891 – January 24, 1970) was one of the more colorful figures of the early world citizens movement, heading the World Citizen Information Center in Washington, D. C. Her autobiography The Passionate Years was first published in 1953 and more recently republished by the Southern Illinois University Press in 1968. The … More Caresse Crosby: A World Citizen’s Passionate Years by René Wadlow

Benjamin Ferencz, Champion of World Law, Leave a Strong Heritage on Which To Build by Rene Wadlow

Benjamin Ferencz, champion of World Law and World Citizenship, died on April 7, 2023 at the age of 103, leaving a strong heritage of action for world law. He was particularly active in the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) located in the Hague. He was born in March 1920 in what is now … More Benjamin Ferencz, Champion of World Law, Leave a Strong Heritage on Which To Build by Rene Wadlow

Sacco and Vanzetti: That Agony is Our Triumph by Rene Wadlow

“If it had not been for these things, I might have live out my life talking at street corners to scorning men.  I might have die, unmarked, unknown, a failure.  Now we are not a failure.  This our career and our triumph. Never in our full life could we hope to do such work for … More Sacco and Vanzetti: That Agony is Our Triumph by Rene Wadlow