[gha] Re: Withdrawal as Co-editor +++ You have not passed the test on ethical and professional qualities
- From: Leo Semashko <leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Martin, Glen T" <gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:39:03 +0400
Dear Glen,
First of all, you are not the editor: GHA has not discussed and approved you. I
just invited you to this role to prove (test) you and only after then recommend
you to GHA members to approve. You have not passed this test on ethical and
professional qualities.
Second, the most important thing is the ethical criterion. You're almost a
month evaded donations. Even a donation of one dollar was a stumbling block for
you. You were unable to overcome it and prove moral dignity to serve to global
peace. All aspects of the logic of greed as your logic are disclosed in my
letter about the GHA approval of its 50th project. Therefore, I will not repeat
it: your social pathology is clear and disclosed. This is the main reason why I
refused to trust you.
Third. You could not be worthy, reliable and responsible partner. You did not
read and did not answer my letters - how to cooperate with you in this case?
You did not read GHA projects and did not participate in the GHA discussions.
You did not do anything useful for the new book for two months.
Fourth. I have not found any use from you during this time but only lost on you
a lot of wasted time. Why do I need it? I'd rather be the only editor than to
have a second editor as an additional torment. There is not one thing in GPS,
for which I would like to thank you.
Fifth. You idleness you were hypocritically covering by the interests of
authors. Those two questions that you ask to explain, I have long been
explained many times and in different documents that you neglect to read. Here
is their explanation from the last document ? GHA Message the GHA 9th
anniversary:
1. The editors will guarantee preservation of authorial diversity but at the
same time will strive to its harmonious unity in paradigm of SOCIONOME as the
center of the GPS book.
2.The total expenditure on the GPS book creation in a minimum amount 40
thousand dollars, 20 thousand per country: Russia and the USA. They accounted
for 12,000 to pay for statistical research, its translation into another
language and editing in each country and 8,000 on the publication of the book:
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=589
Sixth. All your personal petty insinuations to my account, I consider as
morally unworthy and therefore disregard them.
Seventh. Of course, I 'm sorry about what happened but I do not see the
tragedy, on the contrary, I see only a moral cleansing. GHA made ??7 books for
9 years and it will make the eighth book in the tenth year with one editor,
although the possibility of a second, decent editor, is not excluded. I invite
members of the GHA to recommend such a candidate.
We wish you success with your Constitution, you are promoting more than 40
years. I'll be happy to write a short article about it in the GPS book, about
its historical necessity, as well as its fundamental flaws, from which it could
release Tetrasociology. But you have not read it and despise it, dooming your
Constitution on fundamental defects that will not allow it to find universal
acceptance ever.
Only productive result of our cooperation in the GHA science 2010
(www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=428) - this is your article ?World
Constitution for Harmonious Civilization" in the historical ABC of Harmony (p.
108-109)) with my editing. Thank you very much for it.
With this kind memory, let me say goodbye to you.
Dr. Leo Semashko,
GHA President,
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 19 февраля 2014 г., 18:18:35
Subject: [gha] Re: Withdrawal as Co-editor
Dear Leo,
I only asked of you two simple things that I think you and I morally owe to the
members of GHA if we are to be co-editors of this book: (1) that you explain
clearly to the GHA membership how the money you are asking them to contribute
will be used and (2) that you explain clearly to the authors contributing to
this book how your editorial policy of inserting material about Tetrasociology
into every one of their contributions is going to contribute to global harmony.
You repeatedly refuse to do either of these things that we are morally
required to do as editors of such a volume.
In addition, you asked me both last year and again this year to nominate you
for a Nobel Prize and you also asked me recently to nominate you for a GUSI
Peace Prize. Normally people who deserve such prizes don?t need to request
others to nominate them. I can only conclude that the GHA project is not so
much about global harmony as it is about promoting the ego and accomplishments
of Leo Semashko. I have also seen the way you treat people on the GHA list
who criticize or disagree with you in any substantive way: which appears to me
very much opposed to the love and harmony that you profess.
I would like to withdraw my consent to be co-editor of this proposed book.
Editors have a moral obligation to their authors that you do not appear willing
to fulfill. In addition, legitimate books do not need to be paid for by their
authors, since they will be recognized as worthwhile on their own merits and
published on the grounds of these merits. You also sent out the request for
money from the membership with my name on the letterhead even though you did
not consult with me first about doing this. There are things to explain to the
membership about such a request that you do not appear willing to explain.
For all these reasons, I no longer consent to be co-editor of this proposed
volume. I wish you good luck as you push ahead with the project as you
conceive of it, but it is not something I am willing to lend my name to.
Yours in peace and hope,
Dr. Glen T. Martin
President, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc.
(www.earth-constitution.org, www.worldparliament-gov.org)
President, Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net)
President, International Philosophers for Peace (IPPNO)
Professor of Philosophy, Radford University (www.radford.edu/gmartin)
Chair of the Peace Studies Program, Radford University.
Dear Glen,
Unfortunately, I have to state that you are going on a destructive path instead
of cooperation. This path has two destructive strategy: 1. Advancement of new
and new conditions of cooperation rather than deal with specific issues, 2.
Advancement of new and new doubts (questions) instead of trust and recognition
of the value of Tetrasociology as well and your Constitution. It 's too bad
that you do not have a positive strategy. I offered it to you three weeks ago
but you did not read it and did not react to it, as in my other offers, for
example, 12 points from the last letter remained without your response. What
kind of cooperation can say, if you do not read and do not answer my letters?
I explained my editorial position dozens of times, starting with the Rules that
GHA approved in October else. You have not read these Rules. I explained them
again (more shortly) in my Message for the GHA 9th - you have not read them
again. Here (as and before), I explained why we need $40,000 - you do not read
this. That you get answers to your questions, please read these documents!!!
How can I help you understand me if you do not read (and hence ignore and
neglect) my letters and documents ? ? ? ? ? If you do not answer them? ? ? ? ?
?
In this situation, I am powerless. Why do you refuse to publicly react to my
messages and projects to show your interest in cooperation? So now I cannot
recommend you to the GHA members as co-editor, because you do not give this
chance, about which I wrote a dozen times in my letters to you. You do not
prove your ability to be an co-editor because you (1) do not read the texts (2)
do not explain your silence and inaction in public (3) do not participate in
public discussions of the GHA.
So now my first condition to continue our contacts is your public feedback on
the project of donations and about your donation. You can write all sorts of
things but not silent. Silence is a failure to cooperate.
Now about my doubts in your Constitution. I did not wanted to talk about them
but now forced. Although I admit its historical necessity for the 21st century
but only in modified form to overcome its two indigenous blemishes.
(1). Lack of a global social structure of the population at all levels from
municipal to global, which deprives the Constitution logically unified,
complete and universal electoral system.
(2). Recognition of traditional, American-style democracy, which has long been
exhausted and became, in fact, totalitarianism, as many American authors write.
The Earth Constitution should include fundamentally new, spheral, harmonious,
global model of democracy presented in Tetrasociology and ABC. Only in this
case will fit your Constitution the fundamental law of democracy formulated by
Montesquieu: ?Durability and prosperity of democracy always depend on the
correct division into classes of the population having the right to vote"
(http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=58). I was hoping that during the
year, with our gradual, progressive joint work together, I can convince you to
recognize these key weaknesses of your Constitution and eliminate them by
supplementing your Constitution with Tetrasociology these ideas, which you did
not hear anything because you do not read them. I will write about your
Constitution special article in GPS.
Summary. To restore our cooperation, I suggest and invite: (1). Respond to the
last GHA Project on donations up to February 20, (2). Answer my 12 points from
my last letter, (3). Recognize the constructive cooperation strategy that I
proposed three weeks ago, instead of your destructive strategy conditions and
theoretical doubts.
I hope your find mind and your will agree with this. All I seek is some
cooperation rules with mutual respect and parity. Thank you.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 18 февраля 2014 г., 17:24:25
Subject: our book and projects + Our joint strategy + Your donation and
problems
Dear Leo,
I do not have a ?strategy? of any sort, and I desire nothing more than mutual
cooperation and trust. My questions are not speculative but very concrete.
How are we going to have mutual understanding if you are not willing to explain
to your co-editor the simplest principles by which you will be editing? If
we are co-editors than we will have total cooperation and trust on the basis of
real mutual understanding.
Obviously I do not understand right now. It is not a ?strategy? I really do
not understand. In my letter of yesterday I thought I was agreeing to
everything but I only had two simple requests (1) please explain to the GHA
membership exactly how their donations are going to be used and (2) please
explain to me and the GHA membership what how your editing will show the larger
harmony beyond what their articles are saying.
Surely, this is not much to ask. Trust and cooperation among thoughtful people
arises from mutual understanding. Why do you refuse to help me understand by
answering these two simple questions? How will adding something about
Tetrasociology to each article in the book show a larger principle of harmony?
I simply do not understand. If you are the editor, you owe it to the
contributors to explain your editing principles. And if I am co-editor,
surely I cannot function in that capacity unless I also understand your editing
principles? Surely it does not answer the question by referring me and our
authors to your 16 books over 25 years. Any editor is responsible to justify
and explain his or her editorial principles.
I will be more than happy to pledge $1000 as soon as we have a detailed
explanation of what the $40,000 is for, and I will be more than happy to answer
your 12 points once I understand what is going on. But how can I honestly
answer these 12 questions without understanding what your editorial principles
are?
Leo, this is not a ?strategy? but an honest perplexity. I have co-edited books
before but always on the basis of a mutual understanding of common editorial
principles with my co-editor. That is what I seek: a common understanding of
our editorial principles.
Please do not be angry. I want this to go forward and I want to work with you
in making this happen. All I seek is some mutual understanding.
Warmest wishes,
Glen
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 3:51 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: our book and projects + Our joint strategy + Your donation and
problems
Dear Glen,
Thanks for your response and explanations - I thought you were seriously ill
and was very worried about you.
Unfortunately, I see from your side is not a strategy of mutual cooperation,
mutual work, mutual solutions of common particular problems and mutual trust
but strategy of an endless chain of speculative questions and doubts in a
unilateral movement while completely ignoring my letters, my answers, my
questions and my projects. Your strategy blocks cooperation.
We agreed that the endless theoretical issues with your and my part we will
solve during our year process of our cooperation in the book. So I'm not
torturing you with my doubts and speculations. But why are you doing this? Or
do you want to get from me ABSOLUTE AND FINAL ANSWER? Such a response at humans
and scientists do not exist. It is not even God.
Please, let us be just partners. Please, respond to my emails and questions to
you. Please, let the GHA members know your attitude towards donations. If a
donation of $1,000 is not a problem for you, please, let me know it and all
members of the GHA. Why you do not do this? Why do you take the function of
judge and prosecutor? All the answers to your questions are in my 16 books in
25 years. All the answers you will also find in the ABC of Harmony ? do you
read it?? ? ? I cannot repeat them for you one. I can only clarify some details
but ONLY AFTER YOUR RESPONSES to my emails and questions. I want to be a parity
partner and not the defendant. I also do not want to be a student for the exam
at professor.
Why do you just ask me but do not reply to my letters, questions and projects?
We have the equal rights and equal dignity. Please, let us maintain this
equality and respect. I'll be happy to answer your questions ONLY AFTER your
reply to my long letter of 12 points from February 11, to my questions about
the donation, donations project that I sent yesterday, etc. Thank you for your
detailed answers to these questions.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 18 февраля 2014 г., 2:38:51
Subject: our book and projects + Our joint strategy + Your donation and
problems
Dear Leo,
I apologize if I neglected to inform you that I was going to be out of town
last week with limited access to email. I thought I had done so. Just today
am I reading your last couple of emails to me.
I never said anything about not donating $1000. All I said was that by sending
out the request for donations, you were making it SEEM as if I had already
agreed to do this. You were not using the common sense of asking my
permission for this announcement first.
I do not have a problem with such a donation as long as it is very clear what
it is for, how it will be spent, and why it is not a fee for publication, etc.
I don?t think you have explained this fully for the group yet.
With your assurances that you will respect the diversity of the authors, let us
go ahead. But I still have no idea how the study of spheral classes can
possibly contribute to global harmony in any way. Surely you can explain this
to the satisfaction of me and the other authors to this book. Why should it
be a mystery? The authors deserve to know in what way the theme of
Tetrasociology attached to all their articles is going to integrate them and
enhance global harmony.
You say that you want to use half a page to relate each author?s contribution
to GPS and Tetrasociology. Can you give me examples of how this would work?
If someone writes an article, for example, analyzing the system of sovereign
nation-states as inherently a war system and the overcoming of that sovereignty
as the key to peace and harmony, how would you relate that to Tetrasociology?
If someone else writes an article about Gandhian nonviolence as the key to
global harmony and peace, how would you relate that to Tetrasociology? If
Surrendra Pathek writes an article about peace education concerning the proper
values as being the key to global peace and harmony, how would you relate that
to Tetrasociology?
Note: I can relate all three of these themes easily to the Earth Constitution
and explain clearly why the Earth Constitution makes possible and actualizes
all three of these ways to peace.
Surely, in a similar way, you can explain how the study of the four spheral
classes in different countries can harmonize and enhance these analyses?
If you cannot explain simple questions like these, then the whole affair begins
to seem more like socio-magic than sociology.
Please make this clear and then we can send out to the prospective authors
exactly how their work is going to be related to Tetrasociology so that they
can see the reason for this and how it will harmonize everything in the book.
Right now I do not see this, and I doubt if 90% of the authors see this either.
I sent to everyone a statement about the 9th anniversary. Indeed,
congratulations! You have done a great deal of good work in building this
movement.
Warmest wishes,
Glen
Dr. Glen T. Martin
President, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc.
(www.earth-constitution.org, www.worldparliament-gov.org)
President, Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net)
Professor of Philosophy, Radford University (www.radford.edu/gmartin)
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 4:15 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: our book and projects + Our joint strategy + Your donation and
problems
Dear Glen,
I am very worried about you? What happened with you? I hope all is well with
you.
If it is so, then I am very surprised by your silence and neglect of our
agreements and ignoring my proposals and invitations. If we are agreed that "we
are making significant progress toward mutual understanding and will be able to
make this not only a great project but a fine experience of working together,"
(it is your words) why you are stopping?
I am very surprised that you cannot donate to your favorite Constitution any
amount and proudly inform it to all GHA members as proof of your firm intention
to cooperate in our unprecedented joint book? I suffer in guesses about your
behavior. I cannot imagine what the problem with money is at you. If I
sacrificed for my favorite book my pension for three months in $300 every
month, if other poor people were able to donate $1000, 500, 300 and so on, why
do you, as an American professor with $5000 every month (as inform American
statistics) are not able to donate any amount to your favorite Constitution? Or
you do not like it and you very pity the money on it? Or are you experiencing
temporary financial difficulties? Or what other reason can explain your
mysterious behavior?
We must understand that our both unprecedented projects require not only the
mind but also the courage, will and consistency in the face of many common
problems. We together can easily and efficiently overcome them together, in
cooperation, in mutual assistance and support than singly. Both our projects
are a necessity of the 21st century but modern people understand them badly,
resist them and put obstacles to us. This requires to unite our efforts.
We are cooperating together in these projects since March of last year. You had
an opportunity to understand the value and preferences of our cooperation. If
you still have doubts about it, then tell me and all the GHA members your NO to
our cooperation. If you have problems, please, let me know them - I always
respond in detail to your questions and I ready to help you at all. But do not
be silent only! Just do not ignore your partner! Be courageous and consistent!
I cannot wait forever for your feedbacks, although I am very patient.
I very hope you find the courage and determination to inform all members of the
GHA about your donation and your hard participation in our common project. We
have so many other problems that await our efforts but time we have very
little. Therefore, I once again urge you to courage and determination.
I am also waiting for your congratulations for GHA members on the 9th
anniversary of the GHA, which is the soil of cooperation between our two
projects. Thank you.
Friendly, best harmony wishes,
Leo
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 10 февраля 2014 г., 16:42:21
Subject: our book and projects + Our joint strategy + GPS Practical questions
+ Second time with corrected book cover - Please, let me know receiving this
email
Dear Leo,
I very much appreciate your patience in waiting for my reply. I apologize that
it has taken so long. I think we are making significant progress toward
mutual understanding and will be able to make this not only a great project but
a fine experience of working together.
I have done my best to answer your questions below and give a yes or no where
possible. However, by asking for a ?yes? or ?no? on these questions you ignore
the qualifications and nuances that are inevitable in any mutual understanding.
Two people cannot come to genuine mutual understanding on the basis of using
unqualified ?yes? or ?no?.
You appear to assume that fact that I have not objected to my name being on
some 50 letters means a ?yes? on those matters. But like most questions, it is
not that simple and you know that it is not that simple. Most of the letters
you have sent I have not even read, or not read well, since I lack the time to
do so. I have to trust you to use common sense and, as we work together more
and more productively, to have a sense for the way I think and for what I
believe is the right approach.
Please see my responses to your questions in blue font below.
Yours in peace and harmony,
Glen
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 10:11 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: our book and projects + Our joint strategy + GPS Practical
questions + Second time with corrected book cover - Please, let me know
receiving this email
Dear Glen,
I am very glad with your consent with the updated title of our book GPS. Thank
you. This is an important practical step forward. On the other below is.
I am also very pleased that you did not reject our joint strategy; it means
that you have recognized it. Thank you. This is an important basis for our
scientific and working relations.
I have long and carefully studied your letter, which contains about 100
theoretical and practical aspects and nuances. Many questions could disappear
if I got your clear answer YES or NO to my 7 + questions from my last letter of
January 23. Therefore, I urge you once again to answer all my questions and
desirable briefly: YES or NO. Then we will understand each other many better.
Abundance of the words does not facilitate and difficult to understand.
I will choose of your 100 the main points, especially those that you clear
accenting and emphasis.
You emphasize: ?I want two explicit agreements from you:
(1) I want us to have the objectivity of promoting our various areas of work
without claiming totalistically and dogmatically that no other paths are valid.
(2) I want you to use the good judgment to ask me before you implicitly claim
that I agree to some things that I might not agree to: like your plan for
funding and the donating to $ 1,000.?
1. I have emphasized a thousand times in my works that my Tetrasociology (TS),
like any human knowledge is relative, so it cannot be absolute and ONLY. But
today, in our historical level of knowledge of society in general I do not see
other sociological concept/theory/science of society as a whole, which is
scientific explained its integral mechanism of life through his deep eternal
social structure or everlasting social genome. If someone today show me more
precise and perfect scientific theory of eternal global social structure
(social genome of society in general), I first will renounce from TS in favor
of this theory. But as a professional sociologist, I did not find (for my more
than 45 years of work) it either in the history of sociology, or at modern
sociological thought. So, today (stress today!!) TS is the best and the only
scientific theory of holistic and deep social structure from harmony. But I
admit that tomorrow can come a sociologist who will show the world that a deep
social structure has not four but five dimensions and prove it a fact. But we
do not see such sociologists today. So my argument is the same as your: My
argument is that Tetrasociology (ABC of Harmony, SOCIONOME, GPS and similar
theory synonyms) is the most practical and promising of the various sociologies
that have been proposed, not that it is the only possible solution. Do you are
satisfied with such my answer? YES or NO? - To close this issue.
Leo, I am satisfied with your answer if that means that, as I proposed, you
state the above freely in your article (which should come first in the book).
But I am not satisfied if you take this position as editor of the book and make
it the framework for the whole book in its Introduction.
That is the issue, and you have not addressed this question that I posed to you
in my last letter: Is it a yes or a no? Can we make the book a real volume in
diverse peace thinking by 40 authors who care about global harmony and peace,
or is it really only a clandestine promotion for Tetrasociology?
Tetrasociology should be prominent in it and your article should promote it as
the universal perspective that you see it as, but the book as a whole needs to
respect the diversity of its authors, which is the responsibility of its
editors.
2 . I asked you several times to edit our joint letters. I sent about 50 joint
letters with your signature and you did not protest against it. You always
agree with them and wrote that you do not have time to edit them, and that you
trust me. I agree to establish our general order that any joint letter from you
or from me should have before editing and find other approval to be released
publicly. Do you agree with this order? YES or NO? But in this case we need to
respond immediately to edit and not to wait for weeks and kept in the dark. Do
you agree with this? YES or NO? I look forward to your YES or NO to my
questions and suggestions.
Leo, what I am asking for is common sense. Some letters are about issues that
are not as significant as other letters. You send out so many letters that I
cannot possibly keep up with reading them all in the light of all my other
obligations. In the case of asking for donations in such a manner that you
imply that I have already agreed to donate $1000 myself, you overstep the
bounds of common sense. You should have asked me if it was OK to send the
letter in that form before you sent it.
Surely, with your great learning and intelligence you understand that there is
no simple YES or NO to many questions. There is no simple answer to the
question of asking for monetary contributions. There are pros and cons,
strengths and weaknesses, to this and many such questions. In principle,
there is nothing wrong with it, although we should be very clear that it is not
a condition of being an author: authors should not have to pay for
publication, only the ?vanity press? does that, and it is not respected for
that reason. If the rumor got around that this was a vanity press publication,
it might jeopardize our credibility.
However, what was most wrong about the letter was to imply to the readers of
the solicitation that I have already agreed to donate $1000 and, hence, support
them doing it as well. But there are also considerations as to why these
authors should pay for your statistical study. It could look (if viewed
negatively) as if it were a form of extortion demanding they help pay for this
study as a condition of getting published in this book. I?m sure you did not
intend it that way, but if you had run the letter by me first I could have
pointed out some of the difficulties of this approach. Also it could be
construed as a ?vanity press? book (see below).
I fully share your view that clear and solid answers YES or NO to these two
questions "can serve as a very real base for agreement and the suspension of
theoretical discussion and move forward with the book itself."
To complete our fundamental agreement, I would very much like to read your any
public opinion on donations: it is a good or bad idea? If it is a bad idea,
then, in what way we can find &40,000 for statistical study, without which GPS
book cannot be published in no way? Do you see other way? Could you offer it
for the GHA discussion as the Editor in Chief of GPS book? I suggested my way.
What is your way? We would greatly appreciate it. Please see above.
Now, I say about other practical questions of our book.
- The contents of the book to include your piece titled : PART 3: Glen Martin.
The Earth Constitution as Scientific World Order of Global Peace and its
International Law Tool (~ 50 pages)
Chapters of your part:
1. Philosophical and legal basis of the Constitution
2. Summary of the Constitution (20 pages? Enough?)
3. Social need of the Constitution in the 21st Century
4. Inability to global peace without the Constitution of the Earth
5. Leo Semashko. Comment of the Constitution of the Earth and its development
(4-6 pages)
Do you agree with such a representation of your Constitution in the GPS book?
You could edit and expand it.
This framework is OK. In any such intellectual matter there are, of course,
different approaches one can take. Numbers one to four should be there in
some form, not necessarily in that order. About number five, I think it is
fine if you comment on the Constitution, of course, but I?m not sure it should
be the last piece in that section. Secondly, I would want to look at what you
say carefully before we include it, since my impression is that you do not at
present have a very deep or clear grasp of the Constitution.
- The top cover of the book - see attachment. Do you agree with her? - YES or
NO?
I made a couple of small changes in the cover and returned it to you above
(blue font). Professionally I use the middle initial T. in my name. I added
the phase ?Program in Peace Studies? after ?Radford University?. I also
highlighted ?New York? in blue because we don?t yet know what state publication
will be in. It might not be ?New York.?
- Your official approval in the GHA as the second parity Chief Editor of GPS
book together with changes above. Do you agree with this? YES or NO?
- Financing of $40,000 for GPS book - what are your suggestions?
I am not yet fully clear on how the $40,000 will be spent. Is there a detailed
budget as to how the statistical study will be conducted and its detailed
costs? What is its relation to the book? Is the publication of the book with
these authors just a cover for raising money for a statistical study that you
want to do? If so, there are ethical issues that should be considered.
As I told you, I can get the book published here for practically free. Wide
publicity is important and that will require funds. Some publishers do this to
varying degrees, but it is costly for whomever does it. On the other hand,
you are very good with the internet and a lot could be done at low cost through
the internet. If the 40,000 were for actual publication and publicity, then it
would be a stronger argument (although, as I said above, risking credibility
under the charge of being a ?vanity? publication. Is the $40,000 essential
to your article in the book? Is that what you are saying? Will the authors
of the book hold any part of its copyright? Are they to contribute $1000 just
so you can write your article? What if they think they should receive $1000
so they can write their articles?
Incidentally, I think the book should come out in electronic form, as well as
paperback form. Today, the electronic form is ever-more important.
- Could you call to Richard Parker, he donated $40.000 for GPS? - YES or NO?
Yes, I will be glad to try to call him, but I need to be clearly about what I
am asking him to finance and why, including the questions I raised above
concerning the request to our authors for donations. You need to clarify this
for me.
- Could you invite (stress: invite) your colleagues from your University to
cooperate in the GPS book and Monitoring? YES or NO? (These are my questions
from my letter of January 23 ? please, read it again, which remained without
your reply and some others). Yes, I will be glad to invite them.
I really hope to get your clear and concise answers YES or NO to all my
questions. I think you understand that no such think is possible for thoughtful
people. Thank you.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 2 февраля 2014 г., 22:33:19
Subject: our book and projects + Our joint strategy
Dear Leo,
I am amazed at your energy and persistence in developing this work of world
peace, and I congratulate you on it. Apparently you do not have to work at a
full time job in addition to the peace work, as I must do.
But you make me nervous, since it is obviously you who are making all these
initiatives and putting my name on them. You are not running them by me first,
which, I admit, would slow things down. But I don?t want things going out with
my name on them that I might not agree with.
Before you wrote today?s letter to me explaining the situation and requesting
to suspend theoretical discussions in favor of a practical partnership you sent
out the letter to the GHA membership describing our project and requesting
$1000 each from some 43 people, including me. This makes it look like I agreed
to sending out this request and I did not. It makes it look like I have agreed
to donate $1000 and I did not. This does not mean that I am unwilling to do
this, it means you are speaking for me in ways that I do not find appropriate
without my consent.
You say that we have worked together for four years and that I am now changing
my tune. However, I supported your work and that of GHA in the general way
that I support other peace associations as well, for example Human Dignity and
Humiliation Studies (Human DHS) directed by Evelyn Lindner in Germany. My
policy is to broadly support peace movements and initiatives. This does not
mean that I fully agree with all their theoretical or practical approaches.
Hence, I am not changing my position at all. As I said in my last letter, I
have always understood by ?Global Peace Science? the application of all
relevant domains of human knowledge to the study of peace. I support Human
DHS, which studies of patterns of humiliation and marginalization. I support
Johann Galtung?s work, I support the work of Dr. Jagdish Gandhi in Lucknow,
India; I support the work of ISISAR and Dr. Santi Nath Chattopadhyay in
Kolkata; I support Chairman Gusi?s peace prize work, etc. I support
Tetrasociology and GHA, etc., etc. However, in each case I disagree with some
aspects of their approaches both theoretical and practical.
But I do not support any approach that says it is the final answer to peace
science and subsumes all possible approaches to peace within it. I can support
a position that says ?Tetrasociology claims to be the basis of a global peace
science that can establish harmony among all class of people on the Earth.?
This is perfectly acceptable under the heading of GPS, but in my many years of
attempting to comprehend human knowledge and the quest for peace, I have not
found any approach that resolves everything else into it. You of all people,
having lived (I am assuming) through the totalitarian communist era in the
Soviet Union should be wary of universal solutions that claim to encompass
every possible intellectual approach. That is not the way that the open and
advancing character of human knowledge works.
The Earth Constitution is not such an approach. It provides a democratic
framework for dialogue and the effort to solve our global problems on the
planet. It does not assume any theoretical position except a democratic unity
in diversity that makes possible the peaceful solutions to human conflicts. It
sets agencies within the Integrative Complex to research solutions to world
problems, with no predetermined theoretical framework. Should the Earth
Federation Government require Tetrasociology to be taught in all schools or the
be the framework for the research in the Integrative Complex? That is up to
the World Parliament, not to me or you. But if they decided on this we would
be right back to the dogma that the ?truth? of Marxism should be taught in all
USSR schools. My argument is that the Constitution is the most practical and
promising way to restructure the world framework, not that it is the only
possible way. There are many other possible ways, some of which I find quite
credible.
Hence, my statement to GHA that it is part of ?our New Planetary Paradigm, the
fundamental revolution in science and paradigm shift in human consciousness"
remains the case. But TS does not encompass all the dimensions of that
paradigm-shift, which involves all the dimensions of human knowledge.
Anthropology contributes (e.g. the work of Donald E. Brown and others),
linguistics is part of this (e.g. the work of Chomsky, Pinker, Habermas and
others), physics contributes to this (e.g. the work of Fritjof Capra and
others), psychology contributes to this (e.g. the work of Ken Wilber, Carroll
Gilligan and others), theology contributes to this (e.g. the work of Paul
Tillich, Leonard Swidler, and others), sociology contributes, etc. Even
Immanuel Wallerstein contributes: who does not propose a theory of peace but
presents a profound analysis of the war-system in the world that is essential
to those of us working on a theory of peace. Surely, vast as your knowledge
surely is it does not give you expertise in anthropology, linguistics, physics,
psychology, and theology as well as sociology?
I think the subtitle that you propose for the book is fine. It gives a
relatively brief title and then a longer subtitle. I think your work on TS
should come first in the book, and it should be free to make the claim that all
theoretical approaches to peace are subsumed within this approach and therefore
it proposes to call itself ?global peace science.? But others in the book
will be surely making other claims that explicitly or implicitly disagree with
that. There is probably a reason why no one organization, including Galtung,
responded to your invitation. Because they have their own approaches to peace
and they see no need to convert to someone else?s approach. The sections on
the Earth Constitution will need to make the point that it does not involve a
theoretical approach to peace but a framework that superseding the war-system
of sovereign nation-state that gives humanity the chance for real dialogue and
research regarding peace.
Again, I am nervous to agree to anything that you might take as more than I
actually agree to. You have already sent out a public letter implying that I
agreed to the fund raising plan and to donate $1000 myself, neither of which I
agreed to.
What you are asking in your letter below is not what I proposed in my letter to
you, you write: ?This means that we both recognize them only holistic
approaches in their fields: TS - in an integrated theory of global peace and
your Constitution - in the legal world order of global peace. If we both do not
recognize this strategy, we will not move forward. So I ask you again: do you
agree with this strategy or not? This is Hamlet's question for us.?
Both approaches are both indeed holistic approaches, (but there are other Earth
Constitutions and other possible paths to global democracy). I do not exclude
other possible approaches. My argument is that the Constitution is the most
practical and promising of the various constitutions that have been proposed,
not that it is the only possible solution. The same should apply to TS, you
can make the argument that it is the most holistic and promising of the
proposed solutions, but to say it is the only solution violates the
non-dogmatic open-ended character of both human knowledge and research.
It is good to show how Plato, Comte, Marx and the rest can be incorporated into
TS, but, of course, there are many different interpretations of Marx, etc., and
scholars might not agree with your interpretation. Show their similarities
and make the case that TS includes what they all wanted. This is excellent.
But our book should not claim that either GPS or the Earth Constitution are the
only and final solutions. This approach would violate the intellectual
integrity and objectivity that you and I both want to maintain as editors.
I agree with Mandela to the extent that education is one of the most powerful
weapons if you want to change the world, but there are other approaches that
need to be there as well, for example, nonviolent mass resistance, promotion of
democratic structures, independent research, etc.
I agree that we can and should suspend theoretical discussions, which can go on
and on. But I want two explicit agreements from you:
(1) I want us to have the objectivity of promoting our various areas of work
without claiming totalistically and dogmatically that no other paths are valid.
(2) I want you to use the good judgment to ask me before you implicitly claim
that I agree to some things that I might not agree to: like your plan for
funding and the donating to $1000. I realize that you are the leader and the
main force behind this project, since I have to deal with a full time job and
with running to other organizations (IOWP and WCPA), but I don?t want people
thinking I agree to major initiatives that I might not agree with. You should
bring any significant issues to me first, before making them public.
I think this can serve as a very real base for agreement and the suspension of
theoretical discussion and move forward with the book itself. But please don?t
make me send things out to the GHA public list that indicate that I disagree
about this or that. We want unity and mutual cooperation. We want to promote
both TS and the Earth Constitution as much as we can without bullying or
dogmatism. You can make the argument in your section of the book that GPS and
TS are equivalent, and I can make the argument in my section that the Earth
Constitution is our best and most practical framework. But from the editorial
perspective of the entire book, we need to maintain the objectivity that sees
GPS as encompassing the application to all domains of relevant human knowledge
to the study of peace.
If this is fine with you, then let us proceed.
Warmest wishes in peace and hope,
Glen
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 8:14 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: our book and projects + Our joint strategy
Dear Glen,
Excuse my delay: my computer was broken for three days and I still cannot
restore it completely.
Many thanks for your insightful and important theoretical writing, which I
appreciate and I am pleased to discuss them with you as a philosopher such
topics. I love that we both agree on key issues and share common ideas and
aspirations - I'm talking here about your First, Second, and In addition
positions, if I understood their correctly. Yes, we agree in these approaches.
This is our common philosophical position of world harmony, peace and
compassion to start our practical cooperation.
Practical issues in the organization, financing and research (statistical)
studies require now our primary attention, time and effort. So I will answer
your questions shortly and start with the first practical issue: title of our
GPS book.
1.You propose to call it so: "Global Peace Science and the Earth Constitution".
I am in principle agree with this title but suggest to expand it due to the
following key definitions: "Global Peace Science and the Earth Constitution:
The First Common Good for the 21st Century and every Human, Scientific
Revolution of Peace Thinking and Building Peace from Harmony instead from War".
Both of these documents and contributions to peace: GPS and the Earth
Constitution (EC) are together the common good, revolution of peace thinking
and building world peace from harmony and not from war as it was in all
previous human history. These definitions in the title are very important for
the ordinary reader, especially for students to immediately understand the deep
meaning of these new, unknown to him terms: global peace science and
constitution of the earth. Do you agree with the broad title of this book?
2. Tetrasociology (TS) and other approaches. From the outset, TS was created as
a synthesis and synergy of Western structural theories and Eastern intuitions
of harmony. This was noted as early as its first Western book reviews:
http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=15. This idea is emphasized by me in
various forms many times, for example, in last year's article "Global Peace
Science (GPS): Natural Actors and Peacebuilding Genome" as : A new trend in
peacebuilding within global peace science (GPS) will emerge demonstrating
intellectual and practical preferences of international cooperation by liked
peaceful institutions. In this scientific collaboration, each peace scientist
and organization can find room in a harmonious unity with a diversity of other
scholars and institutions. You also could see that in my numerous letters to
peacekeeping organizations, I offered each of them to write in the GPS book a
section of their contribution to global peace. However, no one organization,
including Galtung, has not responded to the invitation. We understood that none
of them explores the global peace and no aims to develop the science of global
peace. If you know the alternative examples, I invite you to write an article
about the Wallerstein?s approach and others. About Galtng was written an
article for us by his friend from Nepal prof. Bishnu Pathak. Many similar
articles with different approaches included in the book GPS. Therefore, I see
no problems here. So TS does not exclude but retains all worthy approaches. But
I do not see neither Wallerstein nor Galtung and other allusions to the science
of global peace. We do not see them, even the corresponding concept. Therefore,
apart from the TC in its representation in the ABC of Harmony, we do not see
any holistic approach to global peace, which would be theoretically capable to
compete with TS. If you know of similar approach is global peace, please, let
me know it. I did not find him at Wallerstein and all others. If you see it at
him, please, write your article about it. In your assessment of the ABC of
Harmony: it is "Our New Planetary Paradigm, the fundamental revolution in
science and paradigm shift in human consciousness" Glen Martin, [page 296], I
also saw your recognition of TS as a holistic theory of global peace from
global harmony. Similarly with your Constitution: I admit it among many other
such projects only to meet the requirements of integrity, democracy and
harmony, although I see the need to complement it by many other ideas. If we
open theoretical discussion about TS and your Constitution, we will drown in it
and not write any book. And we have not time for it. Therefore, let me once
again invite you to recognize a common strategy of my previous letter:
My STRATEGY is: I am convinced that, despite all my doubts and questions, your
Constitution is a social necessity for the 21st century, that it meets the
requirements of global peace, harmony, democracy and the survival of humanity
in the 21st century. So I will always, with all my questions and suggestions
for your Constitution, support it by all my ability and contribute to its
development and world recognition. The best way to do this, in my view, is to
connect your Constitution and our GPS, I'm trying to implement now at every
step. - It is my strategy.
Your STRATEGY is: I hope that your strategic position to GPS (and
Tetrasociology which is its theoretical basis) is the analogous and you
believe, despite all your doubts and questions that our GPS is a social
necessity of the 21st century, that it meets the requirements of global peace,
harmony, democracy and the survival of humanity in the 21st century. So you
always, with all your questions and suggestions to our GPS, will support it in
every way and will advantage to its development and world recognition.
Do you agree with this parity strategy of our relationships and our cooperation
at this stage, i.e. in the creation of our joint book GPS?
This means that we both recognize them only holistic approaches in their
fields: TS - in an integrated theory of global peace and your Constitution - in
the legal world order of global peace. If we both do not recognize this
strategy, we will not move forward. So I ask you again: do you agree with this
strategy or not? This is Hamlet's question for us.
3. The TS center. By efforts Plato, Comte, Marx, Speser, Pareto, Weber, Park,
Parsons, Braudel, Toffler, Bourdieu, Giddens, Castells and many other was
developed the sociological theory of four spheres of social production under
different names (systems, derivatives activities, components, subsystems,
sectors, fields, etc.). This theory is the TS core. However, it differs
fundamentally from them, complementing their by four spheral classes of the
population employed in them. The spheral classes were unknown to any of the
predecessors, beginning with Plato and Marx. This is the main theoretical
discovery and TS dignity. Spheres and spheral classes are presented in a
coherent theoretical paradigm of SOCIAL GENOME of global harmony and world
peace - SOCIONOME. Please, study this SOCIONOME, which crystallizes in self all
the TS content. Please, learn its only two pages (see ABC, p. 40-41). All its
elements are real, scientific and not in doubt. Nothing like at the social
theorists do not exist. Spheral classes define a peaceful and harmonious nature
of human. They are not able to kill each other in wars because it condemns them
all to death: the death of one spheral class is the death of all others. Only
private groups (separate nations, classes and clans) on their surface capable
to conduct wars and constant preparations to them. Status of private wars
continues until spheral classes are natural, spontaneous, i.e. ignorant and
unaware the laws of spheral social harmony, spheral global democracy, spheral
global economy, etc. When a relevant science - TS (ABC of Harmony) rises, then
arises a possibility of a harmonious global education in this science and
transformation of these classes from spontaneous into conscious creators of
social harmony and world peace from it. Of course, this happens through new,
harmonious political institutions, democracy, state, your constitution, etc.,
which are creating consciously by these classes. But the key way is education.
As Mandela wrote: Education is the most powerful weapon, if you want to change
the world. Do you agree with Mandela? If yes, then this requires a
corresponding SCIENCE - GPS, education in which of the population since
childhood will provide a peaceful global consciousness and as a result of it -
global peace. I think I answered your basic questions.
4. About your Constitution. I think now, after more than 50 years (from 1958 as
you write) your search the recognition for Constitution nothing to save it
except synthesis with qualitatively new and more ambitious and more scale
theories, one of which is GPS based on TS. Several months ago you agreed with
this. What is now? We cooperate with you in the GHA about 4 years
(www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=428). You had the opportunity to
discuss with me in detail all the theoretical questions. Now when we agreed to
collaborate virtually, you suddenly plunged into an infinite theory. It
paralyzes our work. What happened? Previously, you were agreeing that you can
overcome the alienation to our project only after its synthesis with your EC.
Therefore, I urge you not to destroy our cooperation endless theoretical doubts
but to develop it now and especially in a practical way. We have many points in
common that you are well defined at the beginning of the letter. Therefore, let
us not destroy them but to strengthen and develop them. Once again, I invite
you to recognize our overall strategy as follows above.
Do you agree with this parity strategy of our relationships and our cooperation
at this stage, i.e. in the creation of our joint book GPS?
5. Please, let us deal with other theoretical issues after, during the detailed
work, rather than before. We cannot overwrite each other our last books.
Otherwise, we can never begin our huge practical work, which includes the
organization of statistical research for the United States and Russia on 60
years and editing over 60 articles (about 400 pages), which I received from the
GPS 43 co-authors. After this research and editing, I'm sure, all your doubts
will disappear. So please let me know your detailed answers to practical
questions if you recognize our overall strategy. Otherwise, we are in danger of
drowning in theory, the details of which have never and anyone in any area not
open fully, even them creators. All the theory are relative ?..
Thanks for your theoretical considerations but let us go to practice. We are
always, at any stage, free to refuse cooperation. But first, let's start it. Do
you agree with this? As Goethe said: "My friend, theory everywhere dry but the
tree of life is green forever."
Our Appeal, as you saw, is devoted to the green tree of life, to a sharp real
problems of GPS creation and promotion of your Constitution. The Appeal, as
well as all my other actions, only promotes the Constitution and did not harm
it. I would be happy if you write something like this about GPS. I hope you can
see the practical benefits and need of such actions for your Constitution.
I appreciate your accomplishments and abilities, so would be happy to cooperate
with you in practical direction. Thank you.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 28 января 2014 г., 4:25:58
Subject: our book and projects + Our joint strategy
Dear Leo,
I very much appreciate your dialogue and your proposals.
Please find the letter attached, which I sent out on January 21st. Regarding
GUSI, I already explained to you that the GUSI Peace Prize includes no award
money. It cost my wife and I over $5000 for air fare, the fancy hotel they
expect laureates to say in, food, clothing for the occasion, etc. Every
laureate spends about that much to go there (required) and receive the prize.
If you have $5000, why not better contribute it to the book fund? I went, of
course, for reasons other than just the prize: for I had WCPA work to do in
Malaysia and the Philippines as well. But when I travel for WCPA, it is much
much less costly than that gala affair was.
I am very pleased that you see the necessity of the Earth Constitution (which,
of course, is not ?my? constitution, but was developed over a period of 23
years by hundreds of top international lawyers and world citizens). I did not
join this movement (which began in 1958) until 1995. Any questions you have
please ask. I have been told by people who know the Constitution well that my
commentary in that book is excellent, so I am wondering what questions you
still have. Incidentally, there will soon be a new web page devoted just to
the Constitution (www.earthconstitution-gov.org) that will link to our other
web sites, etc.
I still need to understand Tetrasociology and how it will promote the study of
peace. I can?t promote it with any seriousness until I understand this more
clearly.
I can understand, for example, how Max Weber?s sociological studies of the
process of ?rationalization? could be adapted to the study of peace by showing
the ways in which rationalization promotes war and strategic thinking rather
than value-oriented peace-thinking, and introducing alternative conceptions of
rationalization which are non-instrumental.
I can understand Emile Durkheim?s ideas of ?collective consciousness? and a
corresponding structural-functionalist analysis of social systems in terms of
the structural and collective factors that promote war and how changing these
functionalist features (e.g., the industrial-military complex) would promote
peace.
I can understand how George Herbert Mead?s work, in recognizing human beings as
creatures capable of ?taking the attitude of the other towards oneself? could
be used to promote mutual understanding and peace, and how social structures
promoting reflexivity and cooperation could be more readily developed.
All I need is something of this nature to show my how Tetrasociology can be
used to make the changes necessary for peace.
From my last letter, you did not address my questions about the way scholars in
peace work and peace studies have understood the problem of war and the means
to peace. My main questions were the following:
______________________________________
?I do not find any mention of multinational corporations, systems of
exploitation, industrial-military complexes, militarized sovereign
nation-states, terror and counter-terror, undemocratic structures of governing,
motives for imperialism, patterns of hate, fear, and ignorance, etc. ? things
that are most often taken as causes of war and impediments to be overcome
through a process of both dialogue as well as structural changes. What am I
missing here?
?Neither do I see mention of the positive things that are usually associated
with the establishing of peace: conflict resolution, authentic democratic modes
of governing, economic conversion to peaceful goods and services, dialogue
directed toward mutual understanding, nonviolence in theory and practice,
nonviolent forms of communication, economic and social justice, truth and
reconciliation processes, respect for human rights and human dignity, etc.
?As I see the issue, there are perhaps two main dimensions that the items I
listed in number 7 could be sorted into: a structural one (economic, social,
and political systems that may support either war or peace), and a
psycho-social one: people?s fears, emotions, moral convictions, attitudes, etc.
How does Tetrasociology address transformation in each of these areas?
____________________________________
What changes does GPS envision that will lead to peace, Leo? The Earth
Constitution will certainly supply a form for global democratic, non-military
decision-making (now entirely lacking), and, in addition, its principle of
unity in diversity (both structural and philosophical) will likely contribute
to people thinking in a new, holistic and global way.
But what I do not understand is how the study of the four spheres of society is
going to contribute to peace. What is it about those spheres (or our lack of
understanding of those spheres) that now causes war and conflict? And what
changes will such study promote leading to peace? Please help me out here.
I do not think these questions bear significantly on our co-editing the book,
however. If I understand what you have proposed, it will be an anthology
contributed to by many people from GHA. I imagine that a book with all those
contributors will have a number of differing points of view on the problem of
war and how to achieve peace. GPA and the Earth Constitution would only take
up portions of it.
Thanks so much for your spirit of dialogue and friendship,
Warmest wishes,
Glen
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 5:44 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: our book and projects + Our joint stretegy
Dear Glen,
Thanks for your explanations of some questions, your comments to Tetrasociology
and links.
1. First of all, let me know what is with your second nomination of the ABC of
Harmony for the Nobel Peace Prize 2014? You promised: Sorry for the oversight.
I will change it and resend it tomorrow (January 21, 2014) . There is no mail
service today. Glen/ - Please, send me your second nomination. Thank you.
2. I read your comments to your Constitution but I much remains unclear. You've
read some fragments of my Tetrasociology and at you much remains unclear. It is
a natural and permanent process. Each of us working in his field for about 40
years, so to the other it is difficult to understand immediately. The best
answer to our questions will be close, friendly and joint practical work
together.
I am convinced that, despite all my doubts and questions, your Constitution is
a social necessity for the 21st century, that it meets the requirements of
global peace, harmony, democracy and the survival of humanity in the 21st
century. So I will always, with all my questions and suggestions for your
Constitution, support it by all my ability and contribute to its development
and world recognition. The best way to do this, in my view, is to connect your
Constitution and our GPS, I'm trying to implement now at every step. - It is my
strategy.
I hope that your strategic position to GPS (and Tetrasociology, which is its
theoretical basis) is the analogous and you believe, despite all your doubts
and questions that our GPS is a social necessity of the 21st century, that it
meets the requirements of global peace, harmony, democracy and the survival of
humanity in the 21st century. So you always, with all your questions and
suggestions to our GPS, will support it in every way and contribute to its
development and world recognition.
Do you agree with this parity strategy of our relationships and our cooperation
at this stage, i.e. in the creation of our joint book GPS? I think you will
agree with this, and every one of us can represent the interests of another in
any audience for the benefit and in the interests of another. Of course, each
of us retains the right to correct the position of another in any matter - but
it is functional rather than strategic issue.
In the near future I will offer a few of our joint proposals to GHA members
without prior agreement with you to not waste time on corrections that each of
us can make into public discussion. I hope you will bee agree with this as the
time factor - is the main factor for both of us. We need a fast and efficient
way to share solutions in our cooperation. Do you agree with this?
3. I look forward to your brief answers to my other questions from the previous
email. Thank you.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 27 января 2014 г., 2:10:10
Subject: our book and projects
Dear Leo,
I will try to address some of the many items and issues you raise below. If I
leave something out, we can address it through further dialogue. (I have not
year heard whether I will be on leave next year.)
I want to remind you of what I told you previously about the Peace Studies
Program here at Radford University. It is an interdisciplinary program made
of up faculty housed permanently in their various home departments (English,
Education, Sociology, Art, Biology, Communications, etc.). Hence, they are
not my ?employees? and I have no authority to direct them to undertake any
activities (everything is voluntary). (I do have a leadership role and am
recognized as such here at Radford.) We also do not have any graduate
students either in the Philosophy Department nor in the Peace Studies Program.
Nevertheless, I will be glad to put out the call for articles as you suggest.
It may well be that several will respond with the willingness to write
something for the book.
Secondly, I believe I have told you in the past that I am President of WCPA and
IOWP, two non-profit organizations that try to raise money through
contributions, and both of which need funds badly for their work. Hence, if I
found access to $50,000 dollars somewhere, it would be unlikely that I would
see this book as the primary need for those funds. I will be glad to keep my
eyes open for opportunities for such funding, but my fundraising (what little I
have time for) is for IOWP and WCPA. Even though the Earth Constitution is
part of this book, it is also at the center of everything IOWP and WCPA does,
and that kind of money can do a lot.
However, as I already told you, I can get our book published here in the States
for almost no cost at all, since I have influence at the IED.com Press, which
already publishes many of my books.
One of my books is called A Constitution for the Federation of Earth ? with
historical introduction, commentary, and conclusion, by Glen T. Martin.
Hence, I have written a commentary on the Constitution which tries to explain
it clearly. I will put that commentary on line on my website and send you the
link.
I attached above some thoughts and comments about the readings you sent me
regarding Tetrasociology.
Thanks for your patience in waiting for my reply.
Warmest wishes,
Glen
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 5:43 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: only personally !!! Please, reply! + Monitoring Project + Your
nomination ++ 7+ Questions for you
Dear Glen,
I love to work with you. Many thanks for your support. You have proven to be a
solid partner in the monitoring project as GPS part so we can take the next
step.
I hope for your firm and consistent position in the creation of this GPS book
up to end of 2014. This book, as I think, will be the most powerful permanent
engine of your Constitution in future years (you agree with it?), therefore I
also hope that this work will be a top priority for you in this year. At least
you will give it the highest priority and our correspondence will be a prior
for both of us. Do you agree with this? I do not see other, more powerful,
permanent and effective way to promote your Constitution at all levels and in
all auditoriums from the school to the UN.
Now I will try to answer here for your basic questions of the past letters and
articulate for you my suggestions, questions and invitations.
1. To understand Tetrasociology background and its basic ideas of societal
spheres and sphere classes employed in them, I invite you to read the following
chapters of my books of 2002 and 2003 here:
- www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=169
- www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=179
- www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=180
- www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=152
When you look at them, I'll be glad to answer your questions.
2. I look forward to your recommendations: what I should read to better
understand your Constitution, its grounds and the main ideas?
3. About your Constitution in the book of Global Peace Science (GPS):
- In the title: Global Peace Science or Peaceloveology: The First Common Good
for the 21st Century and every Human, Scientific Revolution of Peace Thinking,
Creation of Peace from Harmony instead from War and Global Peace Earth
Constitution
- The front cover of the book: This title. See attachment.
- In the book's Contents: PART 3: Glen Martin. The Earth Constitution as
Scientific World Order of Global Peace and its International Law Tool (~ 50
pages)
Chapters your:
-1. Philosophical and Legal Foundations of the Constitution
-2. Summary of the Constitution (20 pages? ? Enough?)
-3. Social Need of the Constitution in the 21st Century
-4. Inability of Global Peace without the Earth Constitution
-5. Leo Semashko. Comments of the Earth Constitution and its Development (4-6
pages, no more ? agree?)
Do you agree with such a representation of your Constitution in the
GPS book? You could edit and expand it. After your approval, I will include the
appropriate changes to our website and submitted for approval of the GHA the
new edition of the book?s Contents and you person as one of its Chief Editors.
4. Financing GPS. This is the most difficult question. In extreme lows, I see
the following costs:
(A) Study of dynamics of the spheral classes of the U.S. and Russia population
(only two countries): $15.000 (thousand dollars), total - $30.000 +
(B) Publication of the book in two languages on $10.000 (thousand dollars) on
every language, total - $20.000 USD. Just in general - $50.000. You saw, I'm
during 6 months, since June to December 2013 wrote letters to funding and
partnerships in more than 100 peace organizations and foundations.
Unfortunately, we have not received any positive response. Now, all hopes are
for your University and you personally. What can you say about this? What are
your options? What are your ideas of funding? Could you finance our book at
least partially? How much? Etc.
5. Addition to funding. Could you personally request $50.000 in any American
Foundation? Could you ask for a donation at any wealthy American
philanthropist? For example, I found a well-known organization: Economists for
Peace and Security (EPS: http://www.epsusa.org/), which has a Member at Large:
"Richard Parker is Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow of the
Shorenstein Center. An Oxford-trained economist, his career before coming to
the Kennedy School in 1993 included journalism (he cofounded the magazine
Mother Jones as well as Investigative Reporters & Editors, and chairs the
editorial board of The Nation); philanthropy (as executive director of two
foundations he donated more than $40 million to social-change groups); social
entrepreneurship (he grew environmental group Greenpeace from 2,000 to 600,000
supporters, helped launch People for the American Way, and raised over $250
million for some 60 non-profits), and political consulting (advising, among
others, Senators Kennedy, Glenn, Cranston, and McGovern). From 2009 to 2011 he
was an economic advisor to Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou:
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/richard-parker.
Contact: Phone: 617-495-8692, Fax: 617-495-8696,
Email:richard_parker@xxxxxxxxxxx, Assistant: Kristina Mastropasqua
(617-496-3557)." If he had found 40 million for philanthropy, then, obviously,
he can find 50 or 100 thousand dollars for our book and research, if you call
him personally. Could you call him to donate to our GPS with the inclusion of
his article and portrait in this book and etc.?
6. Other add-ons to funding.
-(1) Could you nominate our ABC of Harmony (or me personally ) on GUSI Peace
Prize 2014 that will expand our financial possibilities through this fund?
(What's with your second nomination of the ABC of Harmony to the Nobel Peace
Prize 2014?)
-(2). In the Honorary Sponsors of your wonderful Constitution
(http://www.wcpa.biz/english/pwp10/agenda_for_pwp10.html) we find 144 prominent
and wealthy persons from around the world. Could you invite 2 or 4 of them to
donate 50 or 100 thousand dollars on the study, creation and publication of our
GPS book?
7. Your RADFORD UNIVERSITY PEACE STUDIES Center
(http://www.environmentalhistory.org/ru4peacestudies), in which you are Chair,
includes 23 employees/faculty
(http://www.environmentalhistory.org/ru4peacestudies/about/faculty).
-(1) Could you invite to our book 3-5 your employees with articles on war and
peace for this book? For example: ?About: Drew Gilpin Faust's article '"We
should grow too fond of it': why we love the Civil War."? I am also ready to
send the themes of these articles or they can do their offer to our court.
-(2) We need in the monitoring project as an American Moderator one of your
employees or graduate students, who knows the Internet and Google to test
Internet on April 1 with the Table 80 monitoring indicators and compare Russian
and American moderators? data. This will ensure greater reliability and
objectivity of these indicators. Could you soon (within a week or two) called
this employee along with his E-mail, so that we have established contact with
him?
I formulated the basic 7, from my point of view, questions of our cooperation.
Others we will discuss later. Please let me know your opinion on each of these
issues, so as not to repeat them and ASAP. Thank you.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 20 января 2014 г., 21:25:08
Subject: only personally !!! Please, reply! + Monitoring Project + Your
nomination
Dear Leo,
Sorry for the oversight. I will change it and resend it tomorrow. There is no
mail service today. Glen
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 11:54 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: only personally !!! Please, reply! + Monitoring Project + Your
nomination
Dear Glen,
Many thanks for your editing.
Your nomination has the serious error: "It is my great pleasure to nominate the
Global Harmony Association (GHA) for the Nobel Peace Prize of 2013."
Please, could you correct this error and send this nominations in the second
time with new addition:
for the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 with only one addition:
The ABC of Harmony became a scientific basis for the GHA following peacekeeping
projects since 2012:
1. General and Complete Disarmament in 50 years on the Basis of Global Harmony:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=529
2. New World Peace Movement for the 21 Century:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=532
3. World Interfaith Harmony for Global Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541
4. Center (School) of Interfaith Harmonious Education (CIHE) for Global Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=561
5. Global Peace Science: The First Common Good for the 21st Century and every
Human:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
6. Dynamics of War and Peace Priorities in the World Public Consciousness:
Monitoring: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=588
(The full list of Global Harmony Association?s 49 projects of peace from
harmony is published on this web site:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=472).
Therefore, we believe that the ABC of Harmony, as a source of new global peace
consciousness and foundation for Global Peace Science providing world peace on
the Earth, is worthy for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. Awarding the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2014 to the ABC of Harmony would be unprecedented and the most
significant for all history of the Nobel Committee. - The nomination deadline
is January 31, 2014
- Thank you very much!
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 19 января 2014 г., 22:06:42
Subject: only personally !!! Please, reply! + Monitoring Project
Dear Leo,
Please find an edited version of the letter attached. A couple of places
lacked complete sentences in the English and I added words to make what I
thought was being stated more grammatical.
Warmest wishes, Glen
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 12:05 PM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: only personally !!! Please, reply! + Monitoring Project
Dear Glen,
I glad to send your our joint draft of final letter (in attachment) about the
Monitoring Project discussion for your editing ASAP, please.
And else: Could you send me your re-dated nomination for Nobel Committee? Thank
you.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 16 января 2014 г., 18:22:34
Subject: only personally !!! Please, reply!
OK, I re-dated it for Jan. 10 and put it in the mail.
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 5:10 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: only personally !!! Please, reply!
Dear Glen,
Once Again. Could you, please, repeat your past excellent nomination (in
attachment) of our ABC of Harmony for the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 with only one
addition:
The ABC of Harmony became a scientific basis for the GHA following peacekeeping
projects since 2012:
1. General and Complete Disarmament in 50 years on the Basis of Global Harmony:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=529
2. New World Peace Movement for the 21 Century:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=532
3. World Interfaith Harmony for Global Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541
4. Center (School) of Interfaith Harmonious Education (CIHE) for Global Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=561
5. Global Peace Science: The First Common Good for the 21st Century and every
Human:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
6. Dynamics of War and Peace Priorities in the World Public Consciousness:
Monitoring: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=588
(The full list of Global Harmony Association?s 49 projects of peace from
harmony is published on this web site:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=472).
Therefore, we believe that the ABC of Harmony, as a source of new global peace
consciousness and foundation for Global Peace Science providing world peace on
the Earth, is worthy for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. Awarding the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2014 to the ABC of Harmony would be unprecedented and the most
significant for all history of the Nobel Committee. - The nomination deadline
is January 31, 2014
- Thank you very much!
And else: what you think about the GHA Monitoring Peace and War Priorities in
the World Public Opinion? Could the GHA members know your opinion about this
project as the GPS part? Thank you.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 6 декабря 2013 г., 16:48:49
Subject: only personally !!! Please, reply!
Dear Leo,
Yes, I will be glad to repeat the nomination. I leave on Dec. 12 and right
now am scheduled to return on December 31st. After the Parliament, I have
meeting with WCPA people and contacts in Bangladesh then back in Delhi with
regard to the developing Institute on Global Harmony. The return flight,
however, may be postponed if necessary to meet with one of the Education
Ministers of India.
Warmest wishes,
Glen
Dr. Glen T. Martin
President, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc. (www.wcpa.biz,
www.worldparliament-gov.org)
President, Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net)
Professor of Philosophy, Radford University (www.radford.edu/gmartin)
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 6:16 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: only personally !!! Please, reply!
Dear Glen,
Many thanks for your detailed letter, although some things in it I do not
understand.
But now I will not burden you with their discussion before your very important
trip to India - we will discuss them after your return. When will it be - 15-16
December?
Now I ask you to answer briefly (YES or NO) only one question from my last
letter: "Another question: Could you repeat your nomination of the ABC Harmony
for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014? This is an important step for GPS nomination
for this award in 2015. Your nomination with other was published here:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=586. It is possible for you?" Thank you.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 5 декабря 2013 г., 22:17:57
Subject: only personally !!! Please, reply!
Dear Leo,
We are fine here. We got home from the Philippines Sunday and Monday began the
last week of classes for the fall semester, so I had, and have, much to do to
get all the papers and exams done and grades in before I leave for Lucknow on
December 12.
In Malaysia I attended the 70th anniversary celebrations of the nation of
Lebanon and met many ambassadors from the Philippines from various countries
who attended that function. I also gave a talk on my most recent book The
Anatomy of a Sustainable World: Our Choice between Climate Change or System
Change.
In the Philippines we were kept busy with many events, some of which are
recorded in photos on my website at:
http://www.radford.edu/~gmartin/GUSI%20Peace%20Prize%20Photos.htm
I agree to your proposal that we be co-editors of the book. I don?t know
where we might get 40 or 60,000 dollars but if this includes payment for our
editing work (which, as you point out, is appropriate), then I can forego that.
My peace studies department might get a student worker who could apply for
grant funding for our book. I personally have never had time to apply for
such funding. I am hoping we will have a student worker in the spring
semester.
However, the press that I have worked with several years as my publisher
(Institute for Economic Democracy Press) can publish it in the U.S. for next to
nothing in costs, if that is what we wish. It is a small press but very
legitimate and efficient and caring about these global issues, and the book
would get an ISBN number and be listed in all the publishers bibliographies
like any other book and be available on Amazon.com, etc.
I have applied for a Professional leave for next year to write a book on Human
Dignity and World Order. If I get the leave (fall 2014 to spring 2015), it
will give me the freedom to work on both this book and our book (assuming we
are not finished before then). I am scheduled for classes again in the spring
of 2014 so I will have all these obligations that slow down my ability to work
on other things.
I hope this answers your questions insofar as I am currently able to.
Warmest wishes to you,
Glen
Dr. Glen T. Martin
President, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc. (www.wcpa.biz,
www.worldparliament-gov.org)
President, Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net)
Professor of Philosophy, Radford University (www.radford.edu/gmartin)
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 12:55 PM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: only personally !!! Please, reply!
Dear Glen,
How are you? How are your trip to Malaysia and Manila? How are your prize? Etc.
I would like to work with you as the chief editor of the new book: Global Peace
Science. Two its editors (you and I) will provide it the higher quality: your
editing would be final, after my editing. Details of our joint editorial work
we will discuss later - in January and February ? OK?
I think you could recognize your work with this book by your priority for 2014,
as it will be the most important application of your Constitution and the most
effective its spreading among governments, international organizations,
including the UN and UNESCO, universities and schools around the world. Do you
agree with this?
The main problem for us with you here is funding this book: $60.000 on
sociological study and to publish this book in two languages: Russian and
English - $40.000. We could limit our sociological study by the two countries:
USA and Russia, instead of the four countries. Then the cost of the study was
reduced to $40.000. You once wrote earlier that this funding ($80-100 thousand)
in the U.S. is not a problem. What do you mean? - Your university, or your
Prize, or other sources of funding? Please let me know your opinion on this
issue specifically and in detail.
If we find this funding, it is that your work as an editor, as well as my
editorial work will be paid. I think it's important for you as well as for me.
Let us first discuss this most important and difficult issue.
Another question: Could you repeat your nomination of the ABC Harmony for the
Nobel Peace Prize in 2014? This is an important step for GPS nomination for
this award in 2015. Your nomination with other was published here:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=586. It is possible for you? Thank you.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 25 ноября 2013 г., 5:53:24
Subject: only personally !!! Please, reply!
Dear Leo,
I apologize for the delay in responding. We have been travelling with limited
access to the internet. I am writing this from Manila. We arrived here
yesterday. We have a full schedule here this week and return home Sunday.
Yes, I like your idea regarding the book and the Radford University Peace
Studies Program, etc. Let us discuss further when I return to the states.
Warmest wishes,
Glen
Dr. Glen T. Martin
President, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc. (www.wcpa.biz,
www.worldparliament-gov.org)
President, Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net)
Professor of Philosophy, Radford University (www.radford.edu/gmartin)
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 10:33 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: only personally !!! Please, reply!
Dear Glen,
I think you returned to home. Please, let me know what is with your trip to
Philippine and Gusi Prise? If it is not secret.
I want to repeat my other, stronger suggestion, which is expressed in the GPS
book top cover in attachment. I would happy to work with you under this book as
two equal partners and Editors and make for your Constitution the third part
into this book. Do you agree with it?
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 30 октября 2013 г., 20:54:22
Subject: only personally !!!
Dear Leo,
I very well understand your desire to fund what you are so passionate about,
but surely you also understand that in our two organizations (Institute on
World Problems, IOWP ? a non-profit in the US, and World Constitution and
Parliament Association, WCPA) we have many initiatives going on that demand and
cry-out for immediate funding. Your proposal would be a serious
consideration, however, if it was clear that it would be a significant way to
promote the Earth Constitution.
However, all of this is mute since the GUSI Peace Prize International carries
no purse. I have had many telephone conversations with Chairman Barry Gusi
(who interviews all the candidates personally). They have a large budget,
indeed, but it all goes toward the international ceremonies and world publicity
that the Laureates get each November, as well as toward charitable works in the
Philippines. He just emailed me that they have 4000 confirmed guests so far
for the inauguration ceremonies, and that huge banners with our photographs are
being posted around, with announcements and publicity coming out on other media.
This prize carries only prestige and name recognition. Four of the 17 people
receiving it this year are heads of state. I will, of course, use the fact of
being there to make contacts, make public statements, etc., to promote the
Earth Constitution. So it is well worthwhile from that perspective, but it
carries no purse.
I pray that your surgery goes well and that you will be fine in the future to
continue your wonderful peace work.
In peace and harmony,
Glen
Dr. Glen T. Martin
President, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc. (www.wcpa.biz,
www.worldparliament-gov.org)
President, Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net)
Professor of Philosophy, Radford University (www.radford.edu/gmartin)
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 12:37 PM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: only personally !!!
Dear Glen,
One more question and my proposal that is not for collective discussion ? only
personally.
I have studied in detail the description of GUSI Prize in Wikipedia and the
site. It asserts itself as an analogue of the Nobel Prize for Asia. So I think
it is also the financial equivalent of approximately one million dollars (like
the Nobel Prize). You write that you will get it in November.
In connection with this, could you, please, of this Prize fund in credit our
sociological study of the spheral classes - it's 60,000 dollars + 40,000 -
funding for the preparation of the GPS new book. This proposal has three
important aspects for you:
1. If you would willing to fund, I will be happy to invite you as a second peer
editor of the GPS book with paying your editorial work.
2. I write "on credit", because I'm sure that in 2014 or 2015, GHA, I am
convinced, will receive either the Nobel or GUSI Prize for ABC and/or GPS. Then
GHA will return you this credit in 100 thousand dollars. If you like - with
commissions.
3. Joint creation and publication of the GPS book will allow us to create
together in your University International Institute of Global Peace under our
both joint leadership in 2015, and with the patronage of UNESCO. In this
Institute, we can create sector of your Constitution of the Earth, which would
make its ratification more real.
I think you understand the importance of this proposal to you and to your
Constitution. It is important and for the GHA both and cooperation with you,
and financing of the GPS book together with its study. Without funding we can
not organize a sociological study and prepare our joint book for publication.
Do you agree with my proposal? What bother you in it? Thank you for reply.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
PS. Tomorrow I 'm going to the hospital to make easy surgery of inguinal
hernia. So I can answer, probably, next week.
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 29 октября 2013 г., 16:40:13
Subject: In the second time. Dear Glen, please reply on this very important
for me letter by personally or publicly, as you want. Thank you.
Dear Leo,
I apologize for the delay in responding to your letter below. As usual, I am
in the midst of many demands on my time. I will be leaving for Malaysia on
November 19th and then on to the Philippines to receive the GUSI Peace Prize
International. Then back to Radford for two weeks of classes and final exams,
the off to India on December 12 for the 13th session of the Provisional World
Parliament in Lucknow, then on to Bangladesh (WCPA work there), and then back
to Delhi and north to Rajasthan to see the work that Laj Utreja has been doing
in developing the Institute on Global Harmony, and, finally, returning to the
US on January 1st 2014.
The link to our Peace Studies program is at
http://www.radford.edu/content/chbs/home/peace-studies.html You can also, of
course, just search for ?Radford University Peace Studies? and it will come up.
Your ideas below sound interesting and I would like to work with you on these
projects. As I mentioned to you before, whether the RU faculty associated
with our Sociology/Anthropology Department or with our interdisciplinary Peace
Studies Faculty would be willing to pick up the ball on this and develop it
further, I cannot say. I can certainly propose it to them.
I have to go now as I have classes and student work all the rest of the day
today.
For humanity and peace!
Glen
Dr. Glen T. Martin
President, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc. (www.wcpa.biz,
www.worldparliament-gov.org)
President, Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net)
Professor of Philosophy, Radford University (www.radford.edu/gmartin)
From: Leo Semashko [mailto:leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:15 AM
To: Martin, Glen T
Subject: Re: In the second time. Dear Glen, please reply on this very important
for me letter by personally or publicly, as you want. Thank you.
Dear Glen,
Thank you very much for your explanations, which I am satisfied. I am willing
to work with you and I will be happy to work with you directly - we both are
philosophers and understand each other well. We both agreed to work together
for a long time ago.
You have already sent me the first version of your article for the GPS book.
Your article can be deployed in a chapter of 15-20 pages.
To take the next step, I have to write my article/chapter on the spheral
classes as natural/spontaneous harmonious sources for global peace and for
peace (harmonious) democracy together with peace harmonious right/law including
your Constitution. We both could be the coauthors of this article/chapter. I
think I can finish this article/chapter in the first variant in December, along
with an article about Kant as the ancestor of GPS from harmony.
You are also very busy until December your conference on your Constitution in
India. Therefore, I can send you my article in late December or early January,
and we can work together on our two articles/chapters in January. Do you agree
with this schedule of our work together? After this we could write together a
detailed Foreword to the GPS book, etc. in April-May 2014. But the main thing
now are the spheral classes, their theory and empirical study. Please, remind
me the website address of your Center for Peace Studies at your University.
Thank you.
The key question in an article/chapter on spheral classes - it is their
empirical study on different levels, for example: school ? town/city - country
- region - world. If we were able to create these examples at least the first
three levels - that would be enough for a start. Center of Peace Studies of
your university, along with our participation together, could be a pioneer of
this unprecedented researches. They are affordable for your Center? Thanks for
your response.
With love, best harmony wishes,
Leo
Dr Leo Semashko:
State Councillor of St. Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director: Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA) since 2005;
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
Global Peace Science from Harmony: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=585
and
In Russian: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=606;
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony for World Peace:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
GHA Peace Video: http://youtu.be/hbxY5lREOeA;
My Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin, Glen T, gmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: 27 октября 2013 г., 23:24:22
Subject: [gha] Re: (peace from harmony) Fuel Removal From Fukushima's Reactor
4 Threatens 'Apocalyptic' Scenario - The best action, which requires us to
today - is the creation of GLOBAL PEACE SCIENCE
Yes, Leo,
I think you are right that they complement one another and should be actualized
together. I wrote ?on the contrary? because your apodictic statement to
Michael sounded like it was ignoring the necessity of the Earth Constitution.
Probably this was written too hastily and I should have raised an inquiry
instead. Thank you for raising this point. Yes, let us work together to
actualize both.
In peace, Glen
Dr. Glen T. Martin
President, World Constitution and Parliament Assoc. (www.wcpa.biz,
www.worldparliament-gov.org)
President, Institute on World Problems (www.worldproblems.net)
Professor of Philosophy, Radford University (www.radford.edu/gmartin)
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