Dear CCI Friends,
There was an 80th anniversary commemorative event held at the Livadia Palace in Yalta last week to celebrate the Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin plan for a post-WWII peace agreement. Many people and organizations from around the world were invited to attend and comment, including CCI.
One participant in particular gave a speech that cannot be surpassed for candor and heart. Roger Waters acknowledged the best laid plans of the original Yalta attendees; he also expressed his deep pain for humanity as a result of the subsequent failure of most of those good intentions.
If we compare the goals of the original Yalta plan (as Waters sees them) to the reality of the present, are we doomed to the paralysis of despair? Or may we hope we still have time to make the world a better place?
Your thoughts?
Sincerely,
The Directors
Center for Citizen Initiatives
“Yalta 80 Years On”
https://scheerpost.com/2025/03/29/roger-waters-we-will-not-move-one-solitary-inch-towards-your-armageddon/