The global chessboard of geopolitics and the interests of the world’s economic power is making us more and more prone to a world war if we do not avoid it. On such a chessboard, political leaders instead of uniting to try to establish peace between warring nations,...
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A year of war is too much! Peace initiatives in Europe and the U.S.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022; a violation of the UN Charter and international law that calls for immediate justice. Therefore on this anniversary, after months of shared actions for peace, Europe for Peace calls for mobilizations in...
Pedagogical Encounter On the road to a humanising school management and pedagogical practice
Machala is a coastal city in the south of Ecuador, where an unusual educational event began today: “Pedagogical Encounter on the Road to a humanising school management and pedagogical practice”. Uncommon, not only because of its title, but also because of its hopeful...
The Arctic’s Iceless Upheaval
Anybody who closely follows global warming knows that the Arctic has been clobbered 2-3 times beyond the impact on the planet. And knowledgeable sources also know that what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. After all, for millennia Arctic ice...
Can Europe Survive This Moment?
A new-old ghost is hovering over Europe—war. The most violent continent in the world in terms of the number of deaths caused by warfare during the last 100 years (not to go back any further and include the deaths suffered by Europe during religious wars and the deaths...
“I’m going to Washington to contribute to a political project that we have been waiting for years”, Fernando García Naddaf
We interviewed the new Press and Cultural Attaché of the Chilean Embassy in the United States, Fernando García Naddaf, activist of Acción Humanista, teacher, Pressenza collaborator and great friend. Pressenza: Tell us Fernando about your new appointment? Fernando...
In the face of rising warmongering, there is no room for waiting or despondency.
While the world seems to be heading towards a sharp economic slowdown, close to recessionary indicators, the arms industry is not slowing down its growth. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, global military spending set a new record of...
Irina Karamanos: the institutional unanchoring of the role of First Lady (Part 1)
We talked to Irina Karamanos about the purpose that led her to deconstruct the institutional anchoring of the role of First Lady. We also anticipate the reflections that will take place at the International Feminist Meeting, to be held in Madrid at the end of...
Saturday 11 February: dozens of events for the Global Carnival for Assange
Preparations are in full swing for the events that will animate the squares of many cities on Saturday 11 February. The Night Carnival for Assange launched in London by the Don’t Extradite Assange has been joined by many similar initiatives to demand Julian Assange’s...
ARD’s Fact Finder, genetic engineering and Vandana Shiva
Those who buy “organic” do so in order to obtain food and products that are free of genetic engineering and pesticides and that have also been produced in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable way. The organic market has grown enormously in recent decades...
Rage Against the War Machine on February 19
On February 19 in Washington D.C., a major rally and march will bring forth the following demands. Sister events listed on the rageagainstwar.com website at rageagainstwar.com/rallies are being planned in Montpelier, Sacramento, Fresno, Ann Arbor, Los Angeles, Tacoma,...
A universal spirit manifests itself as material and spiritual aid to Turkey and the Aleppo region (Syria)
Two large earthquakes of magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 on the Richter scale led to dozens of aftershocks: it is one of the most violent earthquakes in more than 100 years that struck Monday, February 6 in the region of Gaziantep in Turkey and affected neighboring Syria...