In Ukraine, on 16 January 2023, Ivano-Frankivsk Appeal Court rejected the appeal of 46- year-old Christian Vitaly Alekseenko against his conviction for refusing call up to the military on conscientious grounds. “I told the court I agree that I have broken the law of...
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Fighting terrorism adds to Lula’s challenges in Brazil
Suppressing the terrorism of the extreme right is the new task that adds to the numerous challenges facing the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after the invasion of the headquarters of the three branches of government in Brazil on 8 January. The...
NYC Mayor Warns Asylum Seekers “There Is No More Room in New York”
New York Mayor Eric Adams traveled to the border city of El Paso, Texas, Sunday and said New York City has no more room to house additional asylum seekers. Mayor Eric Adams: “There’s a conversation among those who are asylum and migrants — asylum seekers and migrants...
Owners of life
Between living beings there is a moral boundary that delimits the rights of one over the other. The idea that life belongs to us comes from way back, from a primitive ideology fanatically centred on man as the absolute owner of everything that surrounds him. For this...
Bolivia: hell on earth or balkanisation in the name of God
In 2005, Bolivia underwent a profound shift in its political power relations. The MAS-IPSP, created by a broad group of popular organisations, won the elections in a resounding manner. In the face of this, the profoundly racist Bolivian oligarchy, particularly those...
Africa, a history to rediscover. 20 – What if Ubuntu saved humanity?
According to ancient Kamite (African) philosophies, man must by his actions maintain the balance of the cosmos in all senses. This balance is observed in nature, in the sky, but especially in the body in its astral, mental and physical dimensions. For the ancient...
March in El Salvador commemorates the 31st anniversary of the Chapultepec Peace Accords
31 years after the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords, hundreds of Salvadorans took to the streets to commemorate the date. Far from being a mere act of remembrance, those mobilised expressed their firm rejection of the Regime of Exception as part of the...
Oscar Pérez Cortez: “In Centro Arte Alameda they saved my life”.
On Friday 20 December 2019, Oscar Pérez Cortez left his home at 15:00 hrs on his way to the centre of Santiago, he was going to demonstrate against animal cruelty, one of the many slogans on which the Chilean Social Outbreak was based. Around 19:00 hrs, the 20 year...
97 Marea Blanca Madrileña: not a step backwards in the defence of Public Health Care
With the slogan, “2023 and Public Health without Solution, this Sunday 15th of January, the 97 Marea Blanca (97th White Tide) took place, called by the Mesa en Defensa de la Sanidad Pública de Madrid (MESAP)-Marea Blanca to denounce the serious problems that are being...
“Roses to Missions 3” Rally and March in New York City to Mark Second Anniversary of Nuclear Ban Treaty During a Time of Escalating Crisis
On Friday, January 20, 2023, a coalition of antinuclear groups will celebrate the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW or the Ban Treaty). The Treaty that entered into force two years ago established a...
The New York Poor People’s Campaign: Fusion Power for All People
New York is the most unequal state in the nation and yet we know our government officials – those elected by us to represent us—ignore realities most New Yorkers are experiencing. And worse yet, they try to convince us that what we are experiencing, what our...
Czech Republic, Next president to be elected by ballot
The vote count for the first ballot for the direct election of the president of the Czech Republic, the third since 2013, has just been completed. As expected, none of the candidates reached the necessary threshold of 50% of the vote to win the first round. The two...