After a small technical hiccup that delayed its launch, the YouTube Channel of The Peace Talks Project is finally coming online next week.
Because the cause of peace needs every voice behind it.

Here is a quote from the historical speech of Victor Hugo that will be featured in the first video.

Peace will never be built by people throwing dirt at each other across a great divide, each enclosed in their own bubble. Hard as it may be, and as justified as anger and resistance to tyranny are, and they are, it is vital that we keep the bridges of communication open, or all hope is lost.

Today, on Bastille Day, I want to honour the courage of the many American citizens who stand firm every day in the face of the wave of oppression from an extremely weak leader.
Stand strong!
I offer you these similar quotes from two famous men, one French and the other American, a fitting pairing.

We must never lose hope that world peace is achievable and we must always strive to make it happen.
I know that, with everything happening in the world today, we can be tempted to think that such a peace is a pipe dream. That feeling is perfectly normal but it should not be final.

Some people wash their hands of politics, thinking all candidates are ususally as bad as each other and voting doesn't make any difference.
While it may sometimes be true, this is not one of those times. If you know such a person, now is the time to slowly but surely change their mind.

As a Frenchman, and like General Lafayette before me as he fought for American independence with George Washington, and as Gustave Eiffel, of the Eiffel Tower, and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, who both built the Statue of Liberty, I stand with my American brothers and sisters against Trump's tyranny

This is what Peace looks like. Two countries at war for most of their history, now true friends. It takes vision and maturity to outgrow hatred and the prejudices of the past.
Those who subdue their own people or think they need a gun to create peace have yet to learn this lesson.

The first audio episode of The Peace Talks Project is now live on Patreon and will be available on YouTube about a week from now.
There is also a Ko-Fi page for anyone wanting to donate to the project.
All proceeds go towards funding a short film based around Victor Hugo's historical address.
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The first recording of the Peace Talks project, Victor Hugo's inaugural address to the 2nd International Peace Congress, held in Paris in 1849, is now officially underway, soon to be released.