The presidential ballot in Colombia, with almost 100 percent of the polling stations counted according to the National Electoral Council, ended on Sunday 19 June with the victory of the progressive candidate Gustavo Petro for the Historical Pact, who received… Andrés...
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No one could deny Wikileaks reports, but the prisoner is Assange
The indecency of power and the manipulation of the collective imagination add up to the ignominious decision of UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, who authorised the extradition to the US of Australian whistleblower Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, accused by… Aram...
Appeal to the Inhabitants of the Earth War Is a Crime. Peace With Bare Hands
On Sunday 19 June we gathered in Sezano (VR) at the Monastery of the Common Good to affirm the need and urgency to ban war, all wars, and build peace without yes or no buts. To the powerful world leaders… Agora des habitants de la Terre
Summit of the Americas Flops While Workers Summit Exposes Cracks in the Imperial Façade
Valentín, the man next to us in line as we made our way across the international border, asked what we had been doing in Tijuana. We had been at the Workers Summit of the Americas, organized as an alternative to… Pressenza New York
JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange: The UK approved Julian’s extradition
Friday’s announcement that the UK government approved Julian’s extradition was perhaps an expected formality, but many of you no doubt felt as we did that the news was extremely disappointing – particularly as so many press freedom organisations, including us,…...
24 Hour Peace Wave: No to Militarization – Yes to Cooperation
June 25 – 26, 2022 – 24hourpeacewave.org Start: Saturday, June 25, 2022 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) End: Sunday, June 26, 2022 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) We’re a global movement and a… World Beyond...
Next January 6 Hearing: How Trump and Allies Pushed States to Overturn Results
One day after Arizona’s 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump’s supporters, including armed protesters, converged on Maricopa County’s ballot counting center. That morning, a local congressman, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-AZ, had amplified Trump’s stolen election claims. He...
Three countries ratify nuclear weapon ban treaty on eve of historic Vienna meeting
As the international community gathers in Vienna for the first meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), three more countries have ratified the landmark United Nations agreement, bringing the total number of parties…...
We’re Here To Become As Conscious As Possible
If there is a purpose of human life, as near as I can tell from these severely limited sense organs and this very limited brain, it’s to become as conscious as possible. If you were given a video game to… Caitlin Johnstone
A Glimpse of the Chin State and Beyond: One Year after the Military Coup in Myanmar
PART TWO: MYANMAR AFTER THE COUP By PEN Post-Coup Political Crisis The civil war and military rule have negatively impacted the public health system and socio-economic development. Hospitals and other health care facilities have been occupied, raided, and shot…...
A Dialogue with Edicio dela Torre: On Democratization
As founder and president of the Education for Life Foundation, Edicio dela Torre synthesizes and applies Paulo Freire’s dialogical and problem-posing approaches, N.F.S. Grundtvig’s folk school, and Filipino psychology and traditions towards grassroots empowerment for...
Civil Society Groups Find Hazardous Chemicals BPA/BPS in Thermal Paper Receipts
20 June 2022, Davao City/Quezon City. Three civil society groups today urged the government and business sectors to protect workers and the general public from the adverse effects of exposure to endocrine-disrupting and cancer-linked chemicals present in thermal...