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There is no legal reason why Spain should not sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
NATO member countries have no legal impediment to signing the TPNW. Signing it or not is purely a political matter. If Spain signs it, it would be a revolutionary step that would c…
Piketty's proposal to remake Europe
By Howard Richards In the midst of more than one crisis, a stellar group of left-leaning intellectuals led by Thomas Piketty has written a proposal to remake Europe. It includes…
Both houses of Swiss Parliament call on government to join the Nuclear Ban Treaty immediately
In a 24 to 15 vote (with 2 abstentions), the Council of States of the Swiss Federal Assembly has joined the National Council today in calling on the Swiss government to sign the Tr…
In Defense of the Human Individual
While it is now very late in the life cycle of homo sapiens, with extinction now due to consign us to Earth’s fossil record – see ‘Will humans be extinct by 2026?’ – I wo…
Latin America: Conference on the Protection of Civilians from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
By Pamela Velásquez. On December 5 and 6, the Regional Conference on the Protection of Civilians from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas was held in Santiago, Chil…
Barcelona approves allocating 30% of new flats to subsidized housing
Last Wednesday, the Government of Catalonia, through the Barcelona Urban Development Subcommittee, finally approved a modification to Barcelona's Metropolitan General Plan that obl…
Anti-fascism march in London
Today, Sunday 9th of December, protesters in London mobilised in opposition to a growing and increasingly vocal fascist movement in the UK, something mirrored across Europe and the…
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‘Morally Unacceptable’: Final Deal Out of COP24 Sorely Lacking in Urgency and Action, Climate Campaigners Say
“The weak outcome of this COP runs contrary to stark warnings of the IPCC report and growing demand for action…
Of Cockroaches and Humans
By Roberto Savio* Rita Levi-Montalcini, the Italian Nobel laureate honoured for her work in neurobiology, once gave a splendid…
At the U.N. Climate Summit, Youth Leads the Way
Close to 15,000 people have descended on Katowice, in the heart of Poland’s coal country, for the annual U.N. climate…
Solidarity with migrants isn’t ‘terrorism’ – the Stansted 15 case shames the UK
GRACIE BRADLEY 11 December 2018 for openDemocracy We should cherish dissenters trying to stop human…
Overtime Act sparks series of intense anti-Orbán protests in Hungary
Today will see the third consecutive day of anti-government protests in Budapest. People are expressing their anger on the street over…
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