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Silo – a literary work and a universal thought to be known and recognised

On 23 May 1991, on the occasion of the launch of a collection of his work by Editorial Planeta, Silo gave a conference at the Teatro Gran Palace in Santiago de Chile, explaining some of the features of his literary…

Expecting a more proactive diplomatic role from the international community in resolving the Rohingya crisis

While we have seen some progress towards the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees, most have been nothing more than discussions and theoretical demonstrations assessing what could happen after repatriation. By Harunur Rasid However, such slow progress presents a number of…

India, Bangladesh ‘railway diplomacy’ enhancing brotherly ties, connectivity

In spite of its being the most convenient mode of communication, the railway in this country has never been exposed to its true potential. With its basic infrastructure tracing back more than a hundred years, it has suffered more neglect…

Nonviolent Journalism Discussion with Tony Robinson

This interview is spearheaded by nonviolent journalism students of Pressenza: Mo Mosey an actor and production assistant from Australia; Vhyxcent Cruz a pre-service teacher and writer from the Philippines; and Tesnim Grira an environmental activist and writer from Tunisia. In…

The Crisis (or Crises) of Civilization

Recently the Polish sociologist Krzystof Wielicki has made a case for regarding the democracies of the world as in a civilizational crisis.   Somewhat less recently, Susan Strange of the London School of Economics proposed the idea that in our times…

How Strengthened Global Governance Could Produce a Nuclear-Free World

It should come as no surprise that the world is currently facing an existential nuclear danger.  In fact, it has been caught up in that danger since 1945, when atomic bombs were used to annihilate the populations of Hiroshima and…

The International Community Does Not Accept the G7-Dominated Western Rules, Says China

The international community will not fall in line with the pro-Western rules pushed by the Group of Seven (G7) and not allow the U.S.-led group to dominate world affairs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. “China…

Join this journey toward the Universal Human Nation

The Federation of Humanist Parties (IHP) has launched a three-day worldwide campaign from 19-21 May under the slogan “From Destructive Capitalism to the Universal Human Nation“. The main objective is to denounce capitalism as a prehistoric and inhuman system and…

Schiller Institute: Urgent Appeal by Citizens and Institutions from All Over the World to the (Next) President of the United States!

June 10, 2023 will be the 60th anniversary of the famous American University speech by JFK on what he himself called “the most important topic on earth: world peace.” President Kennedy gave that speech less than a year after the…

“Neutron Bomb” Premiere screening Uranium Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro May 24

Highlighting nuclear and radioactive issues, the “Neutron Bomb” demonstrates how even the most absurd American concept for a nuclear weapon became an international crisis that has taken over the world and reverberates to this day. Battlefield nuclear weapons and NATO…

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