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 Welcome to the Winter 2010 Issue 1 of GPN Genocide Prevention Now

MAN TO GOD:
“Can you be a little bit more humane, and then can I be a little more godly.”
From the Libretto by Samuel Pisar to Symphony No. 3 by Leonard Bernstein, “KADDISH”

 
 Editor's Welcome to the Inaugural Issue
This first issue of GPN was originally published in blog format until construction of our website was completed.

GPN is a "web-mag" (website-magazine) that strives to present information and analyses of genocidal processes along with information about the developing field of genocide studies around the world.

Our foremost goal is to assist in the prevention --or reduction of the toll-- of genocide, without being overly innocent or naive about the frequency of mass killing and its unfortunate natural construction in our human condition.


We welcome you as regular readers. We will be publishing "issues" of the "web-mag" on a regular basis that will increase over the coming months as we consolidate our initial organization. We also welcome your becoming an Affiliate of GPN. See the sign-up form. Registered Affiliates of GPN will enjoy:


    * Active identification with the purposes of GPN Genocide Prevention Now and official membership in its network
    * Preliminary e-mail announcements of forthcoming new issues of GPN and their contents
    * Priority review of submitted manuscripts for possible publication in GPN
    * Authorization to participate in interactive Talkback features of GPN as they are introduced.


We very much welcome your suggestions, comments and criticisms, and we will be working towards introducing Talkback features in GPN.


Best wishes,


Israel
Israel W. Charny, Ph.D., Executive Director of GPN and Editor-in-Chief

Elihu
Elihu D. Richter, M.D., M.P.H., Editor and Director of GPN WORLD GENOCIDE SITUATION ROOM

Marc
Marc I Sherman, M.L.S., Editor and Director of GPN HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE REVIEW

David
David Lisbona, MBA, GPN Director of Development 
 
 GPN Issue 1, Winter 2010
On January 6 2010, Irwin Cotler released a new international resolution that calls on governments and the UN to take immediate and massive diplomatic and economic action against Iran.
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Irwin Cotler
Irwin Cotler Releases Petition to Act Against Iran's Genocidal Incitement
Issue 1, Winter 2010

Should there be laws against denials of genocides? Americans and Europeans see the issue very differently.
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Michael J. Bazyler
Holocaust Denial Laws and Other Legislation Criminalizing Promotion of Nazism
Issue 1, Winter 2010

One of the earliest pioneers of Holocaust studies, from a Christian-theological point of view, and moving to a universal concern with genocides of all people.
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Franklin H. Littell: A Christian Pioneer of Holocaust Studies
Issue 1, Winter 2010

Some follow-up on whether an ICC conviction on genocide makes a difference in the real world of Africa—and in our larger world—today.
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Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir's Travel Days Aren't Over
Issue 1, Winter 2010

The USA takes on a new commitment to stop genocide in the world at large: Genocide Prevention Task Force directed by Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen Delivers Blueprint for U.S. Government to Prevent Genocide and Mass Atrocities

"Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers" by Madeleine K. Albright and William S. Cohen
Issue 1, Winter 2010


Amy Fagin
Beyond Genocide: An Ounce of Prevention, 2008 Year End Notes on Albright-Cohen Report
Issue 1, Winter 2010

Reprinted with Permission
Herb Hirsch
Critical Viewpoints on the Cohen-Albright Report by the Journal of the International Association of Genocide Scholars
Issue 1, Winter 2010

Reprinted with Permission
Matthias Küntzel
Defining Jew-Hatred Down: The Curious Response to Ahmadinejad at the U.N.
Issue 1, Winter 2010

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Al Qaeda Prepared To Use Nuclear Weapons Against U.S.A.
Issue 1, Winter 2010

Reprinted with Permission
Kenneth L. Marcus
Iran's Nuclear Anti-Zionism is Genocidal, Not Political
Issue 1, Winter 2010

Iranian hate language and incitement against Israel has varied in frequency and intensity over time, but at its base includes brazen threats to wipe Israel off the map.
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Elihu D Richter and Alex Barnea
Teheran's Genocidal Incitement against Israel
Issue 1, Winter 2010

For anyone concerned about the issue of genocide, a look back at the first half of 2009 and all of 2008 is bound to produce as much frustration as it does hope. The year and a half 2008-2009 saw a number of both positive and negative developments in regards to the prevention and intervention of genocide, some of which may well have a lasting impact.
Special Folio: GPN Genocide 2010 Year in Review
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Alex Alvarez
Genocide in Our Time: The Year and a Half in Review
Issue 1, Winter 2010

The threat [to Israel’s existence] is dramatized by parading in the streets of Teheran a Shihab-3 missile draped in the words “Wipe Israel off the map” while assembled thousands are exhorted to chants of “Death to Israel.”
Special Folio: GPN Genocide 2010 Year in Review
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Irwin Cotler
State-Sanctioned Incitement to Genocide in Ahmadinejad’s Iran: The Responsibility to Prevent
Issue 1, Winter 2010

Not all hope is lost. The apprehension and punishment of certain génocidaires and resolutions, reports and scholarly reminders of the world's revulsion, weariness and resolve to eradicate genocide suggest we may be headed in the right direction.
Special Folio: GPN Genocide 2010 Year in Review
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Gregory S. Gordon
Never Say Never Again?
Issue 1, Winter 2010

What will history say? The government of Armenia has proposed entering into an agreement with Ankara, but a large number of Armenians, especially in the U.S., are adamantly opposed. Harut Sassounian is a stalwart leader of the Armenian people who is strongly opposed. The U.S. State Department, with the historical background of repeated refusals by American governments to recognize the Armenian Genocide, is in favor.

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Harut Sassounian's Column
Historic and Controversial Armenia-Turkey Protocols Signed
Issue 1, Winter 2010

Harut Sassounian's Column
Reprinted with Permission
Harut Sassounian
Turkish Officials Admit to Playing Games With Protocols
Issue 1, Winter 2010

Reprinted with Permission
State Department Official Supports Turkey’s Proposed Historical Commission
Issue 1, Winter 2010

“Forgery!” No significant documentation of the Armenian Genocide has escaped a glib claim by Turkish denialists that it is a forgery, including the British Government’s famed Blue Book.
Reprinted with Permission
Gomidas Institute Takes Armenian Genocide Debate to Ankara
Issue 1, Winter 2010

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Sufi Fighters Cooperate with Somali Government
Issue 1, Winter 2010
 
 
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