International

With its diplomatic push to end the Ukraine war, China has made an important contribution to a peaceful solution to the bloody conflict between Kiev and Moscow. In doing so, however, the People’s Republic has triggered very different reactions internationally:…

Human beings throughout their history, from the time they settled down as sedentary and had their first lands and animals, began to feel fear of losing those properties. They felt the need to protect them, they armed themselves and created…

Tomás Hirsch, humanist Deputy Hirsch of the Chilean National Congress, supports the Europe for Peace call for 2 April. “As president of Humanist Action and Humanist Deputy in the Chilean Congress, I support and join the call for the 2nd…

Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated UN member countries for finalizing a text to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, calling it a “breakthrough” after nearly two decades of talks. #HighSeasTreaty #BBNJ…

In its latest annual report, the global body dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, also said that women’s participation has never been as diverse as it is in many countries today. The findings are based on data from the 47 countries that…

In 2007, we requested Chomsky to sign the Europe for Peace declaration and to support the campaign to prevent the construction of the US Space Shield in the Czech Republic, a project strongly opposed by the vast majority of the…

When a cartoonist was recently denounced and canceled for racist remarks, Jon Schwarz pointed out that his resentment at black people for not being grateful for what white people do for them echoed similar resentment over the years for the ingratitude of…

By D.A. Cairns When you go to the zoo there is a pleasure in observing animals in natural settings, albeit simulated ones. It’s nice to see them doing their thing, acting without inhibition, feeling at home, and behaving as though…

We know that the possible evolution of the conflict in Ukraine depends on the involvement of the whole of society in terms of economic and human resources. There is talk of compulsory military conscription in many European and some Eastern…

Intellectuals do not have a monopoly on culture, on values, or on truth, much less on the meanings attributed to any one of these “domains of the spirit,” as they used to be termed. But intellectuals should also not shrink…