DAVID HEMSON reviews the uprisings sweeping the world today Something new is growing worldwide; protest movements and demonstrations are emerging day after day in country after country in South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. While protests often run their course and exhaust themselves, the current movements are continuing as the issues they fight for are unresolved. There is a new mood … [Read more...]

Read 2020 VISION – the new World Perspectives document We’re living now in the early stages of what could reasonably be called the most disturbed period in human history… The roller coaster of history is shaking the world with stomach-churning lurches… On top of its rapidly developing environmental catastrophe and an exceptionally precarious economic outlook, the stability of the world is … [Read more...]

We live in uncertain times. Two decades into the twenty-first century, at a time when scientific and technological advances offer potential prospects hardly dreamed of by previous generations, life seems ever more dangerous, and society more conflicted, while environmental degradation is threatening the very future of humankind. A clear understanding of the causes of this crisis and of a possible … [Read more...]