Thousands of Armenians are now fleeing Stepanakert, the capital of the Republic of Artsakh, now controlled by Azerbaijani army forces, seeking refuge in the base of the Russian peacekeeping contingent. By Vilén The inhabitants abandon their homes and cultivated land,…
From the Humanist Health News Network REHUNO Health we set up a place of exchange where we find a new look on daily life based on an experiential and existential psychology (the Psychology of New Humanism), and which gives some…
Observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope have shown that disc galaxies that are less than 6 billion years old are more common than previously thought by researchers based on Hubble data. An international group of astronomers revealed for…
UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis today praised the Group of 77 (G77) plus China for supporting multilateralism. “At a time when multilateralism is tested at every turn, the G77 plus China countries are steadfast in their support for the…
On September 26th 2023, Melissa Parke, the new Executive Director for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons delivered the following statement to the High-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons:…
by: Assaf Levy, BioDB In this article, we will explore the tales of the Eastern Gorilla and the Western Gorilla, forging connections that transcend the ordinary and learning about the extraordinary efforts being made to ensure their continued existence. Have…
The US democratic system touted and sold as a glamorous stage, fails to cover up its long-accumulated serious shortcomings and real problems that have never been solved. Scepticism about American democracy is growing as a silent war takes root. The…
For over 30 years, Artsakh women have survived fierce territorial wars for the right to self-determination. With husbands and sons defending their territory amidst the first Artsakh war, a shift in traditional gender identity began, making women household heads, breadwinners,…
The German government has unveiled its “national strategy” to provide comprehensive assistance and support for common-good-oriented companies. In the future, companies that focus on social and societal goals will find it easier to receive subsidies or loans. Around the world,…
Date: 26 September 2023 Time: 9pm Bangkok Time/10 am New York Time Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ufuCvrz8vGtUTCqOQF5UHjDpBkvM3N-1q A panel discussion to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and celebrate the news that Sri Lanka has become the…
Honoring Haifa Shawkat: Co-Recipient of the 2023 Young Exceptional Woman of Peace (YEWOP) Award, alongside fellow awardee Kasha Sequoia Slavner. by Genevieve Balance Kupang In our ongoing series titled “Pathways to Peace: Celebrating Exceptional Women for Their Peaceful Dedication,”…
The Pro Human Rights Association of Andalusia explains that “the Moroccan government is never there and never expected” and that Mohammed VI is “an absolute monarch who despises his people and only works for his own interests”. APDHA points out…
Simultaneous Mother’s* Rebellion action in more than 26 countries on six continents. When: Saturday 23 September 2023 at 13:30h Where: Plaza de Aluche (in front of the interchange), Madrid. In response to the growing threat that climate chaos poses to…
Brazil extended its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target from 37 to 48 percent by 2025 and from 50 to 53 percent by 2030, the government announced today. The announcement was made by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina…
Recent developments in the study of human prehistory hold clues about our times, our world, and ourselves. By Deborah Barsky and Jan Ritch-Frel We can all agree that most people want to know about their origins spanning from their family…
Kasha Sequoia Slavner: A GenZ Peacemaker Inspiring Global Change by Genevieve Balance Kupang Wishing everyone a meaningful and joyous International Day of Peace on September 21st! In the previous article in this series entitled “Pathways to Peace Honors Extraordinary…
Elkin Palacin wakes up at three in the morning every day. His work is milking the cows and rotating the cattle on the small 20-hectare El Triunfo farm in the rural municipality of Ponedera, in the southern department of Atlántico,…
“Does humanity still have a chance?” I asked here on January 31, 2023 and at the end of the article I referred to the book “Pluriversum – A Lexicon of the Good Life for All”. It will now be published…
Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics recommended to Facebook to suspend and/or remove sellers of liquid mercury and mercury-added products in the Facebook marketplace to prevent exposure to health-damaging mercury and promote a safe social media environment for the public. In…
22 September 2023. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has revealed the proliferation of artificial nail sets marketed for children’s use that come with a banned adhesive containing a restricted chemical ingredient. Despite the prohibition imposed by the Food and…
An intellectual and interactive treat for literary enthusiasts, cultural connoisseurs, and budding writers is waiting to emerge as the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2023 (PLF) will unfold a series of literary activities for three days in the virtual capital of Northeast…
The lucrative cocaine business is booming worldwide, after a contraction due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the interesting positions of some of the countries in the region, Latin America has yet to seriously discuss its drug policy and abandon once…
Dear Robert, We are writing to you to convey the greetings, thanks and support of the activists and sympathizers of the Europe for Peace campaign. We have followed very closely your recent speeches on the occasion of your candidacy for…
Two more countries have taken action to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), bringing the number of signatories to 93 – nearly half of all states in the world – and the number of states parties…
With the aim of picking up the pace towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set for 2030, the SDG Summit was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 18 and 19 September, in parallel with the high-level…
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxfg_1BReVY/ After the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was displaced by violence on September 11, 1973, and replaced by the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, the junta began to imprison, torture and murder the people whom they suspected of…
The United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York today brings together what UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the “first movers and doers” of the climate crisis with the goal of speeding up action on climate change by governments, local authorities, business and finance…
Happy International Day of Peace! I invite you to celebrate peace with us this weekend for World BEYOND War’s annual global conference, #NoWar2023: Nonviolent Resistance to Militarism, happening virtually this Friday, September 22- Sunday, September 24. Reserve your spot by registering here. This…
Peace among nations has never been more urgent. We are living in a multipolar world; plagued with conflicts, human rights violations, and the permanent threat of nuclear confrontation. Today is a day to glimpse that human beings can decide their…
Imagine talking about peace when according to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, the world is just one misunderstanding, just one miscalculation, away from global catastrophe, due to the ongoing war in Europe! While the Security Board…
The defense team informed that the first hearing in the trial of Ukrainian nonviolent pacifist Yurii Sheliazhenko that was to take place yesterday, 20 September, has been postponed to 3 October. The Public Prosecutor did not appear at the hearing,…
The 2023 US Peace Prize has been awarded to National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) “For National Efforts to Stop U.S. Military Influence on Young People, Saving Lives Here and Abroad.” The US Peace Prize was presented on September 19, 2023, at the Peace Resource…
Here are 3 ways you can take action for basic income this week: 1. Attend Income Movement’s Quarterly State of the Movement Meeting This Thursday 9/21 at 10am PT / 1pm ET, join us for an exciting conversation — Melody…
Aerolíneas Argentinas made its first flight with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) covering the Madrid-Buenos Aires route, with an aircraft that arrived early this morning at Ezeiza International Airport. Flight AR1135 is the company’s initial test with this type of fuel,…
What is a Death Café? I asked myself that question in March 2020, in the middle of my confinement. And a very special person, whom I now have the honour to call a friend, Glynis German, gave me the response.…
The situation that has affected Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eritrea for 30 years certainly deserves greater media coverage. The Eritrean government has in fact undertaken, unfortunately for decades now, the sad practice of imprisoning many faithful, including women and elderly people,…
This 16 September 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the murder of Chilean singer-songwriter, composer, poet, and theatre director Víctor Jara. It was no “mistake” or “excess” in the midst of the repressive chaos after the coup. Those who know…
Fifty years after the coup d’état of September 1973, beyond the just tributes paid in Chile and around the world to Salvador Allende, we all had the opportunity to observe the tension that this national and global anniversary always produces…
As much as any other town in the U.S., my town, Charlottesville, has failed in recent years when it comes to opposing wars. We used to be a leader, passing early resolutions through our city council — inspiring others —…
On 27 September, the new book on the normative foundations and financing of basic income will be on sale. Written by Jordi Arcarons, Julen Bollain, Daniel Raventós and Lluís Torrens. We anticipate the issues addressed in the new production: Taxes,…
“… it is almost certain that one fine day a man of titanic soul will be born here – titans are the children of the mountains – who will write sovereign verses and will properly be the Ande that versifies.”…
Information collected by Peace Action New York State TAKE ACTION: #PROTECTION4OLGAFollowing the denial of political asylum by the Lithuanian authorities for the Belarusian peace builder and human rights defender Olga Karatch (Volha Karach), the international campaign#protection4olga has just been launched…
This image belongs to an educational, religious center, in Armenian territories. It is not just any center, it is the first school of the written Armenian language, created by Mesrob Mashtots. In which year did this happen? At 405! Yes,…
In the days leading up to the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1973 military coup d’état in Chile, the United States officially announced the declassification of documents that had been kept secret for five decades: see RFI’s 9/09/2023.…
The participants in the Group of 77 plus China Summit, which begins Friday in Havana, have drawn up several proposals for action, according to Rodolfo Benítez, director general of Multilateral Affairs and International Law at the Cuban Foreign Ministry. Benítez…
Zulu culture: “A look from the stars”. The Centre for Humanist Studies of the Americas (CEHA), with headquarters in Mendoza and activities in Colombia, Panama, Canary Islands, Dominican Republic and Dubai, among other regions, will hold its third Conference on…
On this day of President Biden speaking at the UN in NYC, sent a personal letter below to the Russian and US Missions (and White House, etc) Feeling the support of thousands, millions. United States of America Mission to the…
December 2019, while France is going through one of its greatest social crises, the Gilets Jaunes are on the streets, ready to do anything for their demands and getting dangerously close to power, a new disease is making its appearance…
As VP and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte and the Department of Education (DepEd) brace the country for an enhanced basic education program dubbed MATATAG, environmental group BAN Toxics urges the government to “include and seriously consider environmental education as a…
By Thalif Deen A historic new international treaty, described as “a monumental win for the protection of the world’s oceans”, will be open for signature by member states beginning September 20 during the high-level meeting of world political leaders at…
The Multiconvergence of Global Networks (MRG) is resuming the dynamic of meetings that we proposed last March. We are going to host the next meeting, whose theme is of the utmost urgency and of global reach: the Climate Emergency, which…
In celebrating its 12th editions, the 2023 Seoul International Writers’ Festival was held from September 9-13, 2023 on Nodeulseom, an artificial island on the Han River in Seoul. Held under the theme of “Crossing the Bridge of Language”, it was…
With estimates of more than 700,000 cases per year worldwide, suicide is a major public health problem with far-reaching social, emotional, and economic consequences. Each suicide profoundly affects many more people. “An increasing rate of suicide in the Philippines has…
In the face of unparalleled environmental challenges, the pivotal role of today’s youth in preserving our planet has never been more vital. Throughout the month of August 2023, the Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc (PMPI) and the Rights of Nature PH…
Salute and Congratulate this Year’s Remarkable Awardees by Genevieve Balance Kupang In a world where conflict often overshadows harmony, the pursuit of peace stands as…
Biden broke his promise to lead us off fossil fuels. Instead of championing climate justice as he said he would, he’s expanded oil and gas drilling, production, and export. Tens of thousands marched in New York to demand that Biden…
The Peruvian Congress has approved a bill that gives the executive power to legislate on security issues. Among the 50 bills that would be approved is Bill No. 5632/2023, which seeks to criminalise the work of journalists who report on…
The political and social transition of a nation from a dictatorship to a democratic regime implies assuming the existence of a divided country that carries within itself a past that continues to be present for a large number of people,…
The commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the coup d’état has made me relive that date and what came after. Emotions came to the surface again: sadness, fear, impotence, indignation and frustration. It is difficult to share emotions with others,…
A conversation with Pastor Alape, former guerrilla mayoral candidate for the Comunes Party. By Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Laura Devia López On May 4, 2023, during the International Summit on Nonviolence held in Antioquia, Colombia, a handshake shocked those who…
The documentary “The Years We Have Been Nowhere” will be released in theaters on September 27 [2023], a film on today’s deportations to give voice to all the families who are separated and sent back to their countries of origin…
Are we or are we not going through a historical phase of growing dangers for the survival of mankind? Dangers of both an environmental and war nature? It continues today, in disputes between individuals, ethnicities, peoples, nations, and geopolitical and…
Perhaps no term used recurrently in the public space was so outraged that it was not only emptied of content but lost all meaning to refer to reality. Today people want to confuse democracy with the right to vote, one…
We publish here the words of the Mayor of Valparaíso, Jorge Sharp, at the ceremony held on 11 September to posthumously declare President Allende an illustrious citizen of the city: “This September 11, 2023, 50 years after the coup d’état,…
How is it possible that “they” (said elite) have so much power over us, that they are able to make us believe in a reality that is simply an exercise of strategies on a chessboard, where what is at stake…
G20 members must go beyond reiterating their condemnation of the threats of the use of nuclear weapons The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) calls on G20 members to go beyond reiterating the condemnation of nuclear threats already formulated…
We lived in Mac Iver Street, along which, at great speed and with equal noise, tanks, tanks, trucks with army soldiers and carabineros of the ” creeping general ” Mendoza were running. Named after President Salvador Allende for joining in…
October 2nd is the International Day of Nonviolence (declared by the UN General Assembly). The date was chosen because it is the anniversary of the birth of Gandhi, the inspiration for peace, justice and freedom movements all over the world.…
An international group of researchers and data scientists are creating a comprehensive database of the world’s archaeological knowledge—and changing our understanding of humans’ prehistoric heritage. By Eric Laursen Archaeology isn’t what it was in Indiana Jones’s heyday. The traditional image…
With nearly four months still to go in 2023, the U.S. has already set a record for the most natural disasters that have cost $1 billion or more in a single year. By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Since 1980, there have…
Jungfraujoch’s foreboding temperatures this September at the top of the world in Switzerland at 2.25 miles altitude alarmed glaciologists. If anybody has lingering doubts about global warming’s strength of power to directly impact Earth’s ecosystems, think again. Antarctica, at the…
16 September 2023, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition sought the help of environmental authorities to halt the dangerous use of mercury purportedly to dispel the effects of black magic such as “kulam” or “barang.” The group’s appeal…
Fossil fuels harm our health, our families, and our lives. It’s never been more clear than in recent months, with wildfire smoke and heatwaves choking us, that fossil fuels are driving the climate crisis. And, as a member of the…
… the one in Chile, the US-orchestrated disaster that opened some Western eyes to US foreign policy. What we should have understood back then – but most of us didn’t – was that many countries, including my own, have both…
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