To encourage Congress to authorize the largest defense budget ever, the Pentagon just released its annual report on China, which dangerously misrepresents the country’s defense strategy. Such deliberate lies about China to drum up justification for more US war...
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A constitutional itinerary now tied up in knots
After a hundred days of a shameful parliamentary spectacle, the political class has agreed on a new institutional route in search of a Constitution. This comes after the complete failure of the first attempt in which the citizenry overwhelmingly rejected what was...
Book launch: Defending the territory
On Tuesday 13 December, the third title in the Defender collection was launched, Defender el territorio, published by the organisation Somos Defensores and the project Hacemos Memoria of the University of Antioquia. The text presents eight stories written by...
“We have to go much further than what the agreement says”: Tomás Hirsch
The deputy and president of Acción Humanista declared that “nothing prevents the holding of town meetings, assemblies, debates, mechanisms to gather proposals and opinions” from the social world and the citizenry for the drafting of a new Constitution. He also argued...
Italian government to intervene in trial of Iuventa rescuers as plaintiff
Decisive steps were taken today in the trial of the crew members of the civil rescue ship Iuventa, who face up to 20 years in prison for “aiding and abetting unauthorized immigration” and whose ship has been impounded in the port of Trapani for 5 years. Both the...
Nuclear fusion and confusion
By Angelo Baracca and Giorgio Ferrari. An international press campaign is currently underway celebrating the results of work carried out in the United States in the field of controlled nuclear fusion; a dream (a promise) pursued since the early days of nuclear...
International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity celebrate COP15 deal on nature, and welcome the opportunity of working together
Following two weeks of often tense negotiations of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), in Montreal, Canada, the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) praised the text for its “strong language on respect for the rights of...
German Peace Activist Under Criminal Investigation for Speaking Against War
Berlin antiwar activist Heinrich Buecker is facing a fine or up to three years in prison for making a public speech against Germany’s support for the war in Ukraine. Here is a video on Youtube of the speech in German. A transcript translated to English and provided by...
It all comes down to this?
POEM After years and years go by You may perhaps If the gods of fortune do please Have A Steady job, an occupation (a daily drip of income to cover the ever-increasing expenses) A Family, kids (to fuss over, nervously hoping they will turn out well) A Roof over...
The Meat Industry Has Created a False Dichotomy That Pits People Against Animals
Factory farms are harmful to animals, the environment, local communities, and public health. We need a more logical and just food system. By Vicky Bond It’s a common narrative that factory farming—despite animal cruelty, environmental destruction, and human health...
New Era of China-Saudi Ties Riles Iran
The pomp and ceremony of the recent visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Saudi Arabia has drawn comparison with the banality and frigid atmosphere surrounding the U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to the kingdom in July. However, the main difference is that the...
No day but today: January welcomes the International Zero Waste Month
Zero Waste advocates call for systems change Lifting the fog of the past that is 2020 and the seemingly unprecedented effect of government lockdowns and people staying inside their homes, experts have noticed a slight improvement in our air quality. At the start of...