bs2 · @bsmall2
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The war in #Ukraine got me to read #HannahArendt on #Imperialism (the #NationStateSystem ) and pay attention to the war in #Yemen and all the #MilitaryBases in #Djibouti ... All of that brought to mind a book, in #OgdensBasicEnglish by someone who was thought to be the greatest teacher of the 20th century...
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.74399
#NationsAndPeace #IARichards #IAR #UnitedWorldFederalists #ArchiveOrg
#archiveorg #UnitedWorldFederalists #iar #iarichards #NationsAndPeace #OgdensBasicEnglish #djibouti #militarybases #yemen #NationStateSystem #imperialism #hannaharendt #ukraine
bs2 · @bsmall2
196 followers · 3346 posts · Server mstdn.jp
> This little book is an example of the free use of Basic Eng-
lish.
> Is another step possible which would put the defense of all
countries in the hands of the PEOPLES of the earth?
> Can we make the UN into a UP— a United Peoples’ Govern-
ment?
> Can we put defense in the hands of a World Govern-
ment responsible to and representative of the PEOPLES..
- https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.74399
#IaR #IaRichards #NationsAndPeace #UnitedPeoples #UnitedNations #BasicEnglish #CKOgden
#ckogden #basicenglish #unitednations #UnitedPeoples #NationsAndPeace #iarichards #iar