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Who Would Benefit from Russia Going to War with Ukraine?

29 January 2022 (openDemocracy)* — As the Ukraine crisis evolves, the military machinery on both sides gears up for combat, with Russia moving troops and equipment towards Ukraine and NATO sending reinforcements to Eastern Europe. Each side persists with its propaganda,…

Poverty: ignominy of humanity

In order to overcome poverty, it is necessary for all humanists in the world to unite. Since the origin of the humanist parties inspired by the current of thought of New Humanism or Universalist Humanism, also known as the Humanist…

Maskirovka has them crazy

As the scenario of the umpteenth “imminent” Russian invasion of Ukraine crumbles, the BBC’s Moscow correspondent Steve Rosemberg complains that the Russians won’t open up their game. He says: “Have you ever tried to put together a jigsaw puzzle with…

Moral Traps

Discrimination against women is not a tradition, but a political instrument. The Dictionary of the Spanish Language, in its version updated to 2021, defines honour – among other meanings – as “Good opinion earned by honesty and modesty in women”.…

Overcoming obstacles towards a World Citizens’ Parliament

Global challenges and pathologies (climate change, the destruction of the shared biosphere, poverty and unequal distribution of wealth, profit-orientation, authoritarianism, gender inequality, racism, and more) require worldwide networking and solutions, which, however, must not only be enforced at the global…

Why It’s Time to Take the Russian-Led Military Alliance Seriously

The intervention by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Kazakhstan marks a change for multinational security both regionally and around the world. By John P. Ruehl The Russian-led military alliance, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), created headlines in…

Pressenza and indigenous peoples

According to the latest UN data, there are 476 million indigenous people in the world, in 90 countries on 5 continents. Although they are very diverse peoples, we are going to highlight some common points that seem important to us.…

All the wars on the planet

As of January 26th, an Italian project becomes international. It describes the world’s conflicts with an eye to those who are looking for a way out. Trento – 34 are the wars currently declared in the world; dozens the low-intensity…

Patent-free “Corbevax”: a possible turning point for vaccination in poorer countries

Two US researchers have developed the Corona vaccine “Corbevax”, which has been approved in India since December. It is effective and cheap to produce. What makes it so special: the researchers have not applied for a patent. So “Corbevax” is…

Cuba pledges “life-saving package” of Covid-19 vaccine support for the Global South at Progressive International press conference

The Cuban government announced advanced plans to supply 200 million doses of domestically produced Covid-19 vaccine to the Global South, which the head of the Progressive International delegation in the Caribbean country described as a “lifesaver”. by Progressive International The…

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