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What Ideas From the Paleolithic Are Still With Us in the Modern World?

An interview with renowned economic historian Michael Hudson on where our calendar comes from, his collaborations with the late intellectual David Graeber, and the long-lost practice of forgiving debt. By Jan Ritch-Frel Is the order of the modern alphabet connected…

The Philippines to Join the 3rd World March: A Global Call for Peace and Non-Violence

October 20 to 24, 2024. It’s just days away. The Philippine leg of the 3rd World March for Peace and Non-violence, which is now circulating the globe, will take off. After some months of planning and working out activities by…

“Operation Aurora”: A Blueprint for Forced Removal and Concentration Camps!

Statement from Tsuru for Solidarit, a volunteer-run nonviolent direct action group of Japanese Americans dedicated to closing the camps. Never Again Is Now! Donald Trump recently proposed a new immigration agenda, if elected, called “Operation Aurora” which is modeled after…

ICAN statement to the 79th session of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly

Statement by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) to the 79th session of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly Delivered by Seth Shelden, General Counsel and United Nations Liaison, ICAN 16 October 2024 Excellencies, distinguished delegates,…

Baguio Central University Doctoral Students Commemorate Teacher’s Day Celebration 2024

by: Josefa P. Dampilag, Christine S. Luyosen, and Fe Togmey The Graduate School Doctorate Students of Baguio Central University, alongside their esteemed Professors—Dr. Francis Cesar Bringas (8th from left, seated), Dr. Genevieve Kupang (9th from left, seated), Dr. Loida Mangangey…

Recognising Asomiya as a Classical Language

Now it’s official– Assamese (Asomiya) is a classical language. The Union Cabinet on 3 October 2024 approved to confer Classical Language status to the Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Bengali (Bangla), and Assamese languages. The classical languages serve as a custodian of…

Mapping the Solidarity Economy

The worker-owned collective ChiCommons helps Chicago residents find local mutual aid-based organizations. By Damon Orion In July 2024, the Council Office of Financial Analysis (COFA) reportedthat Chicago, Illinois, was witnessing a struggling job market, a decrease in multifamily housing starts,…

Scientists Successfully Breed Adult Corals to Improve Heat Tolerance

Coral reefs throughout the world have suffered immensely from global heating due to human-caused climate change. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — the largest coral reef system in the world — has experienced four mass bleaching events in seven years, leading to die-offs in up to half of…

Russia-Africa: Developing Media Partnership

In a recent media briefing, Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, criticized the United States for its support of educational programs, media and NGOs in Africa. Zakharova argued that these efforts are part of a broader attempt by…

Air Force Academy Grad Deconstructs a Military Mindset

Somewhere around the age of 20, I sat in a large auditorium at the United States Air Force Academy with a thousand other cadets and cheered at footage of real drone strikes on real people, laughing along with everyone else as we…

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