Berto Jongman: CIA Contractor – We Fabricated ISIS

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CIA Contractor: We Fabricated ISIS

Former CIA contractor Steven Kelley has said on record that ISIS/ISIL are a fabricated terrorist group made and funded by the CIA in the United States.

Contractor Voice: 2 Minute Audio at YouTube

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Jan Oberg: Learn Conflict and Peace in 20 Minutes

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The world is full of unnecessary violence and human suffering. Do you know anyone who’d like it to continue like that?   If we educate ourselves and look outside the box, we can create a better world for all. Peace and security can be learnt, making conflict illiteracy and most of the violence a thing of the past.  Below is how – not in a column of 800 words but in a twice as long mini text book. It’ll enable you to think new thoughts and take the first steps into a hitherto closed but beautiful landscape. 

Here we go:

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Rick Robinson: 6 Inconvenient Truths About Smart Cities

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6 inconvenient truths about Smart Cities

I’ll explore six “inconvenient truths” in this article to describe why I think that’s the case; and what we can do about it:

  1. The “Smart City” isn’t a technology concept; it’s the political challenge of adapting one of the most powerful economic and social forces of our time to the needs of the places where most of us live and work.
  2. Cities won’t get smart if their leaders aren’t involved.
  3. We can’t leave Smart Cities to the market, we need the courage to shape the market.
  4. Smart cities aren’t top down or bottom up. They’re both.
  5. We need to tell honest stories.
  6. No-one will do this for us – we have to act for ourselves.

Worth a Look: Convergence – Center for Policy Resolution

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Convergence was founded in 2009 to offer an alternative solution for addressing urgent social and policy issues that were bogged down in disagreement and discord. Drawing from decades of experience solving difficult policy issues, Convergence was formed to use dialogue and collaboration to generate breakthrough solutions to important yet intractable problems. And it is working. Convergence is now at a turning point. With our proven process generating workable solutions to four challenging issues, we want to do more. By 2020, our plan calls for:

  • 10 projects of national consequence completed or under way
  • Implementation of key action programs identified by our project teams
  • R&D into new areas of focus
  • Development of a turnkey toolkit for organizations looking to adopt a culture of collaborative problem solving.

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Michael Maxsenti: Marshall Ganz on Making Social Movements Matter

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An important interview by Bill Moyers.

Marshall Ganz on Making Social Movements Matter

One of Ganz’s themes is the crucial role narrative plays in social movements. “I think it’s particularly important because doing the kind of work that movements do requires risk-taking, uncertainty, going up against the odds. And that takes a lot of hope,” Ganz tells Bill. “And so where do you go for hopefulness? Where do you go for courage? You go to those moral resources that are found within narratives and within identity work and within traditions.”

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