“Diyos ko, ‘wag Mo ‘kong pabayaan. Maglilingkod pa ‘ko sa sambayanan!” (My God, don’t forsake me. I will still be serving the people!) Not even for a nanosecond did gunfire stop. As gunfire roared—while faced down on the pavement by the wall of Corona Book Supply—I...
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New US nuclear weapons on European soil: a violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Since last December, the United States has begun to replace its nuclear weapons on European soil with more modern ones. It is replacing the B61-3, B61-4 and B61-7 thermonuclear bombs with the B61-12, which has become the main US and NATO air-launched nuclear weapon....
France: great success for the first day of mobilisation against pension reform
In France, more than one million people demonstrated, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior. The next meeting is scheduled in the next few days, on Tuesday 31 January 2023. In Paris, on Thursday 19 January, the demonstration going from “Place de la...
Free Julian Assange: The Belmarsh Tribunal at The National Press Club Washington DC
On January 20th The National Press Club in Washington DC hosted an event with expert testimony from politicians, human rights lawyers, journalists and whistle-blowers about the assault on press freedom and the ongoing United States prosecution of award-winning...
Impunity: The Tie That Binds Two Administrations
Three weeks into 2023, we raise deep concerns over recent events pointing to disturbing patterns of impunity clearly tying the present presidential administration to the one just passed… Dismissal of criminal charges seeking justice. Just yesterday, January 17, the...
Warning Out on Toxic Cadmium and Lead in Lucky Charms and Amulets
Group tells manufacturers to label their products and provide hazard warnings 18 January 2023, Quezon City. As the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition cautioned luck seekers from purchasing charms and amulets containing...
Photos: New York City event to mark the second anniversary of the nuclear ban treaty
Rally in front of the New York Public Library at noon followed by a march to the U.S. Mission at 799 United Nations Plaza to deliver the message that the United States must join the Treaty. A coalition of antinuclear groups celebrated the second anniversary of the...
Open Letter to Pope Francis From Political and Social Leaders: Support Call for Immediate Peace Negotiations
His Holiness, Pope Francis Apostolic Palace 00120 Vatican City Your Holiness, Greetings from the grouping of Political and Social Leaders of the World to Stop the Danger of Nuclear War, initiated by the Schiller Institute in Germany. We have met on three occasions to...
TPNW second anniversary of EIF – Letter to Biden
Groups across the US will be holding vigils, takes and demonstrations this coming weekend to mark the second anniversary of entry into force on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). In Washington, DC we will be hanging in a letter to President...
Mendiola Massacre: A Journalist’s Account – Part 1
This is the hitherto untold story of the fallen frontliners during the Mendiola Massacre. By Perfecto Caparas Thirty-six years ago. Watching about 10 meters from where they stood, I personally witnessed the massacre of demonstrators at the foot of Mendiola Bridge.[1]...
We bring to the present the future we dream of
When we talk about future images that will significantly change the precarious situation of the majorities, we are talking about having the political will to go in that direction. In that context, when we review what is being done by the current executive, we do so...
Hindu ecology, the interconnectedness in the All One. Interview with Gloria Germani – Part I
Ganesh, god of wisdom Climate collapse is part of a much larger environmental and social turmoil, which requires us to reflect on the values and direction taken by our Western industrial civilization. Hindu ecology, older than Buddhist and Jain ecology, can help give...