Thursday, September 26th, 2013
In Myanmar Outpost, a Fading Orwellian Link
KATHA, Myanmar — George Orwell created his first novel, “Burmese Days,” a scathing portrait of the imperious attitudes of the British, from this former colonial outpost on the banks of the mighty Irrawaddy River. His brutish characters swilled too much whiskey at a whites-only club, and wilted in the vaporous heat. A train that crawled through the jungle from Mandalay… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel tours,educational field trips,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
For U.S., Syria is truly a problem from hell
(CNN) -- What is widely recognized as the most authoritative study of the United States' responses to mass killings around the world -- from the massacres of Armenians by the Turks a century ago, to the Holocaust, to the more recent Serbian atrocities against Bosnian Muslims and the ethnic cleansing of the Tutsis in Rwanda -- concluded that they all… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,education travel tours,educational field trips,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Peace Works Travel,War
Wednesday, August 07th, 2013
The Hiroshima Myth
Every year during the first two weeks of August the mass news media and many politicians at the national level trot out the "patriotic" political myth that the dropping of the two atomic bombs on Japan in August of 1945 caused them to surrender, and thereby saved the lives of anywhere from five hundred thousand to one million American soldiers,… [Read Full Article]educational field trips,Educational travel programs,Global Education
Tuesday, July 02th, 2013
Experiential Learning: Vietnam in Southern California
Southern California Teachers: Want a nice complement to your inter-cultural studies? Vietnam War unit? Human Geography field work? Here’s a fun educational field trip destination with activities in Little Saigon, an established Vietnamese community easily accessible off the 405 freeway.Preparations needed: Bus transportation for students and chaperones: 3-5 hours during late morning to early afternoon. $10.00 for lunch, $5.00 for… [Read Full Article]education travel programs,educational field trips,Vietnam War
Friday, June 28th, 2013
The Vietnam syndrome
Regarding Iraq and Afghanistan, are we telling ourselves — and believing — the same false story we told in 1975?Former CIA operative Frank Snepp reflects on the military and strategic failures of the Vietnam War and how current U.S. policy is repeating those same mistakes in Iraq and Afghanistan today.Our work at Peace Works Travel is to take students on… [Read Full Article]education travel programs,educational field trips