What: Nonviolent Human Blockade and Vigil During morning commute into Travis Air Force Base. When: 6:30am, Tuesday, June 24; Where: Meet at Main Gate (Air Base Parkway and Parker Rd. in parking lot next to Chevron station) Activists from across Northern...
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Baguio City’s SDG Voluntary Local Review: A Collaborative Journey Toward a Sustainable Future with UNDP
by Genevieve Balance Kupang Baguio City, Philippines – The “City of Pines” has taken steps towards a sustainable future with the launch of its first Voluntary Local Review (VLR) report held June 10, 2025 at the Ion Hotel. Guided by the mantra of “No One is Left Behind...
AAEA Demands Accountability for Abandoned Oil/Gas Well Operations
Guwahati: Expressing concern over the Sivasagar crude-oil well gas leakage for days, a northeast India-based forum of graduate engineers urged both Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Limited (OIL) to deal honestly with the ‘abandoned’ wells. Both...
Iran has been cornered
The blatant and treacherous aggression of the United States cannot be left unanswered, as this would mean the destruction of the domestic and international image of the government, which has long publicly and solemnly accepted the challenge of the empire. It would...
Spain will ask the European Union to suspend the association agreement with Israel
As reported by the EFE news agency today, Spain will ask the European Union to ‘immediately’ suspend the association agreement with Israel, an embargo on arms sales by the EU. “It is not denunciations that will stop this inhumane war in Gaza, it is actions. And I am...
Overthrowing Iran to Contain China
The Offensive Against Iran as a Link in the Containment of China: The Bully’s Move on a Board He No Longer Controls By Claudia Aranda The ongoing aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot be interpreted solely through the lens of regional conflict or...
What’s Really Going on in Ukraine Now (It’s Way Worse Than You Think)
A Friend Asked Me a Question Yesterday A friend of mine posed a question to me yesterday. They asked: “I know you’re philosophically against war and all, but aren’t you at least rooting for Ukraine to win against Russia?” The person asked nicely, with no hint of snark...
Predatory Protectionism: From Aesop’s Kite to Modern Security Discourse
The ancient art of storytelling through animal fables once served as humanity’s moral compass, with philosophers and saints using tales of “talking beasts” to counsel rulers against tyranny. Yet in our modern era, where abstract academic theories dominate education,...
Groups Emphasize the Importance of Being Informed to Reduce Exposure to Chemical Pollutants
“Laban sa lason” Gathering Unites Community Members in Addressing Pollution Threats 23 June 2025, Quezon City. “What you know can protect you from harm.” The EcoWaste Coalition and the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health – Center for Research and Innovation...
Statement by H.E. Mr. Amir Saeid Iravani Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Before the United Nations Security Council Emergency Meeting
We thank Anthony Donovan for providing Pressenza in NYC with the transcript of the statement delivered today, June 22, 2025, by Iran’s Ambassador to the U.N. during the Security Council Emergency Meeting. Thank you, Madam President, for your valuable efforts in...
In the mist of the Iran crisis Cuban president calls for the elimination of all nuclear weapons
Last week, Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, called today for the total elimination of nuclear weapons as the only guarantee for peace. In his address to the 10th session, the head...
Gaza and the Undoing of Zionism
A historian reviews new books by Peter Beinart, Avi Shlaim and Pankaj Mishra on the project that animates Israel’s violence During a sabbatical I spent in West Jerusalem in the late 1980s, my 7-year-old daughter was enrolled in an Israeli school. One day, she came...