This summer has been about detention and deportation as much as it’s been about resistance. As the Trump administration is encouraging immigrants across the country to “self-deport,” ICE arrests skyrocketed across the country. Perhaps the most emblematic of this has...
Same old song every year. The EU wants total digital control and sells it to us as child protection. The only new thing is that this time, the UK jumped ahead and has already introduced mandatory ID checks. And although the country is no longer bound by EU rules,...
Many feel desperation and anger that the genocide of the Palestinians is not being stopped. How can the US, Germany and others continue to pour funds and weapons into Israel despite decisions in the UN’s highest bodies indicating complicity in accordance with the...
Devastating widespread flooding and flash floods are becoming normal. Try spinning a globe and stop at any continent, other than Antarctica, blindfolded, point a finger, spot a flood. There’s nothing fake about the global warming leviathan absorbing more moisture in a...
Japan has one combined distinctive goal on the African agenda – investment, trade, and development. This was indicated explicitly in most of the speeches and presentations at the three-day development summit, from August 20-22, attended by African leaders and...
An imagined community Ukraine is an Eastern European territory that was originally part of the western part of the Russian Empire and the eastern portion of the Polish Kingdom in the mid-17th century (the division according to the 1667 Peace Treaty of Andrusovo). That...
The US State Department’s latest Human Rights Report condemns Venezuela for serious abuses. Weaponizing human rights, accusations are selectively applied to serve a destabilization campaign. In this article, a mirror is held up to Uncle Sam to see how well “America...
Pressenza and the Humanist Movement have always recognized the United Nations as a historic step toward the humanization of the world. In November 2025, the UN will mark its 80th anniversary—a milestone that invites us to reflect on its achievements, its limitations,...
The Actual Death Toll: 1.7 Million Ukrainian Soldiers Are Dead As the horrifying (real) numbers of dead and wounded Ukrainian soldiers begin to trickle into the exoteric circles of the Western media-sphere, it’s becoming even more clear how skewed, often to the point...
The 25th August 2017 was the witness of the tragic Rohingya refugees from their homeland. The huge influx of about 1 million Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh was talk of the town then, across the World Community. The shift in global priorities over time is evident in...
The historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat will lead a flotilla of Bay Area boats around Alcatraz on Wednesday afternoon. The boats will be decorated with banners calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, for an end to the U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza, and...
In contemporary Europe and the world, challenges threatening democracy, human rights, and social justice are intensifying. Among them are the rise of nationalism, restrictions on minority rights, and religious freedoms. These trends undermine the principles of...