International
Nonviolence Charter: Progress Report 12 (April 2018)
By Robert J. Burrowes, Anita McKone & Anahata Giri – TRANSCEND Media Service Dear fellow signatories of the Nonviolence Charter, How are you all? And welcome to our most recent signatories and organizations! This is the latest six-monthly report on progress…
A Piece of World Peace History In-The-Making
By Jan Oberg Please watch the video below carefully. You’ll see what could – could, and most likely will – become a piece of world peace history. Note the body language of the two leaders – warm smiles and long…
Germany’s Refusal to Join the Latest US-Led Missile Strikes on Syria
“The major left party concluded that the US-led missile strikes violated international law”. by Ann Garrison Originally posted on Black Agenda Report, April 25, 2018 Germany did not join the US, UK, and France in the latest missile strikes in…
Arrest, Deportation of Sister Patricia Fox and International Support Groups Worries Social Development and Advocacy Networks
The Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI), a social development and advocacy network pushing for peace and development, expresses concern over the series of arrests aimed at limiting the engagement of international partners and solidarity groups with the Filipino community. April…
Albert Einstein: Israel Freedom Party closely akin to Nazi-Fascism
by Ramzi Baroud First published on Counterpunch, 25/4/2018 Albert Einstein, along with other Jewish luminaries, including Hannah Arendt, published a letter in the New York Times on December 4, 1948. That was only a few months after Israel had…
109 ex-US generals against Gina Haspel’s nomination
“We did not accept the ‘just following orders’ justification after World War II, and we should not accept it now”. . First published on Russia Today, 25 Apr, 2018. . As many as 109 retired US generals and admirals urged…
Fox in the Henhouse: Why Interest Rates Are Rising
The Federal Reserve calls itself independent, but it is independent only of government. It marches to the drums of the banks that are its private owners. To prevent another Great Recession or Great Depression, Congress needs to amend the Federal…
NPT 2018: Focus on what really matters
Another round of preparatory meetings ahead of the 2020 NPT Review Conference kicks off in Geneva tomorrow, Monday 23rd April. The people at Reaching Critical Will are, as always, providing excellent coverage throughout. We republish their first editorial here for…
Film director, Lucio de Candia and ‘Images as a tool for change’
Italian film director, Lucio de Candia, won the International Active Nonviolence Film Festival (FICNOVA) prize for Balkan Blues in 2016, and taking advantage of his participation in the 2018 European Humanist Forum in Madrid, we asked him about the role…
The World Development Report produced by the World Bank almost completely ignores workers’ rights
12 April by Peter Bakvis for the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt The World Bank decided last year to devote the 2019 edition of its flagship annual policy review publication, the World Development Report, to the theme of…
Book catalogue
Training in Nonviolent Journalism
Documentary Catalogue
Every Sunday
