Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against...
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Lament Of A Lifelong Liberal Democrat
1976 When I was in the third grade my class was given an assignment. We were each asked to write a letter of support to the presidential candidate of our choice. The two main candidates that were running for president at the time were Republican Gerald Ford and...
Hindu ecology, the interconnectedness in the All One. Interview with Gloria Germani – Part II
Below is the second part of the interview on Hindu ecology with Gloria Germani, an ecophilosopher who has always been engaged in dialogue between West and East, a student of philosopher Serge Latouche, Swedish ecologist Helena Norberg Hodge, and Titian Terzani, of...
The Monroe Doctrine Is Thriving and Must Be Undone
A poorly maintained tradition begun with the Monroe Doctrine was that of supporting Latin American democracies. This was the popular tradition that sprinkled the U.S. landscape with monuments to Simón Bolívar, a man once treated in the United States as a revolutionary...
Argentina And Brazil To Cut Reliance On U.S. Dollar And Create Common Currency
Citing officials, the Financial Times said on Sunday: Brazil and Argentina plan to create a common currency. By Countercurrents Collective According to the newspaper, this move could finally create the world’s second-largest currency bloc with roughly 5% of global...
Conserving the one-horned rhinoceros: Assam’s way
Incidents of poaching related to rhinoceros in various forest reserves of Assam in northeast India have decreased drastically. Brutal laws against the poachers, strengthening of ground staff inside the protected forest areas, and increasing public awareness in the...
Mendiola Massacre: A Journalist’s Account – Part 3
Never forget By Perfecto Caparas That evening after the massacre, Mat and I boarded a passenger jeepney and went to the office of a newspaper that published Mat’s photo in its front page the following morning. His photo captured one of the rarest scenes of the event,...
Humanist attitudes in the peoples of Mexico and the world
In this paper we will understand by people, the “different forms of historical communities (tribe, nation, etc.) (Silo, 2002:587) that emerge for “traditionalist motivations” (Poirier, 1992:8). By David Sámano In January 1994, the “Humanist Cultural Days” were held in...
Lies, Damn Lies, and Climate Change
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is getting carried away. Literally. She joined thousands in the village of Lützerath, Germany, to oppose the expansion of an open-pit lignite mine, one of the dirtiest forms of coal. Police in riot gear hauled her away as the...
Civil disobedience to nuclear weapons, a long road ahead
22 January marks the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), ratified by 59 countries, including Spain, which, as is well known, does not have nuclear weapons. By Ovidio Bustillo García, Enrique...
Right & Left to Join in D.C. Protest: “Not one more penny for war in Ukraine.”
February 19, New Anti-Interventionist Coalition to March to White House from Washington Monument. By John V. Walsh On February 19, Washington, DC, will witness a protest against the war in Ukraine that marks a sharp departure from past demonstrations. The lead demand...
The nonsense of the new year
I’ve started the year 2023 listening a lot, reading almost as much and writing a little less. But publishing nothing. Because the outlook was not right for it. So much to talk about, so much to listen to, so much to say and not knowing how or why. By Iñaki Chaves...