For the first time, it is possible to see a comprehensive vision for a transition from the culture of war that has dominated human history for 5,000 years, to a culture of peace. It centers on a radical reform of the United Nations to replace its basis on the state with a basis on regional representatives of local authorities.
The vision requires greatly increased responsibilities for local elected government: 1) to promote a culture of peace in all its aspects; 2) to develop a global network independent of the state; 3) to greatly increase the capacity of local agriculture; and 4) to prepare for mass migrations of people from the cities to the countryside when the global economy collapses.
To accomplish these tasks, local government will need massive assistance from all the civil society and social movements that promote the various aspects of a culture of peace.
The mass media and national governments are so dominated by the big corporations that they will resist the vision for a culture of peace. To some extent the new media will help propagate the vision. But that is not enough; there needs to be an institutional framework as well.
Although the content of the vision may be local, to be effective it must not be limited to a small scale. Changes confined to a local level would be swallowed up and overcome by outside forces.
