The current crisis in the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (CSJN) is a historic opportunity to revitalise and expand the Federal Pact. By Miguel Julio Rodríguez Villafañe The Preamble of the National Constitution of 1853/60 established, as one of its fundamental...
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A brief history of Esperanto, the 135-year-old language of peace hated by Hitler and Stalin alike
Joshua Holzer Assistant Professor of Political Science, Westminster College In the late 1800s, the city of Białystok – which was once Polish, then Prussian, then Russian, and is today again part of Poland – was a hub of diversity, with large numbers of Poles, Germans,...
Russia and the European Union Continue Transition to Wartime Economies
Russia and the West have signaled their intent to commit to a long-term confrontation over Ukraine. While Russia has clearly felt the effect of sanctions, the EU remains vulnerable to Russian attempts to use energy to divide member states. By John P. Ruehl Having...
Pelosi is the Symbol of a Dying Perspective
On August 2nd, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest-level U.S. official to visit Taiwan since 1997, against all warnings from China and and from American officials, who said it could lead to more aggressive military posturing. The objective of the visit was...
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Challenge Germany and Canada
Today the Montreal Chamber of Commerce presented the conference “Together and the Challenges of Our Times” with Canada’s Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock from Germany to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the war’s...
To Reduce Inflation, Control Corporate Profits
Everyone’s concerned about inflation these days. But politicians are blaming government benefits instead of rising inequality and corporate profits. By Sonali Kolhatkar “Inflation” is the new buzzword of the year. It is the reason for the Federal Reserve’s interest...
Peace activists rally at UN for nuclear disarmament
As delegates gathered for the 2nd day of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, at the UN in New York Peace activists rallied for nuclear disarmament across the Street by the “Isaiah Wall.” By Brendan Fay We rallied and sang anthems for peace and against war...
Sit-in outside of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Yesterday, during the early sessions of the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), a number of U.S.-based civil society organizations gathered for a sit-in outside of the U.S. Mission to the United...
24 hour for Assange
Pressenza is promoting, together with numerous entities, a 24-hour global marathon for Julian Assange’s freedom. ————– Julian Assange is the man, the journalist, who dared to expose U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq and the criminals responsible. Julian...
A conversation about Leo Romeo Valentino’s my heartbreaking jibberjabber/ Part 2
We continue with our conversation with Leo Romeo Valentino about his collection of poetry titled, my heartbreaking jibberjabber. In part I of the interview, Leo Rome Valentino says, regarding his life as a poet, “I don’t think poets are made. I don’t think I was made...
NYC: Anti-Nuclear Protest at U.S. Mission to United Nations
Photos by David Andersson Today, on day two of the four-week 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, several hundred people marched to the US Mission from the Isaiah Wall across the street from the United Nations, passing by the Wall’s quote from the Prophet...
Honoring the life of James Lovelock, founder of the Gaia theory
As a tribute to James Lovelock, British scientist, ecological mastermind and founder of the Gaia theory, which has significantly influenced, among other things, modern climatology, we publish the following essay by Fred Hageneder. Lovelock was a remarkable chemist,...