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NATO’s entry into the Ukrainian war?
The war in Ukraine would have meant a return to the Cold War between Russia and the USA and a return to the Doctrine of Containment, the foundations of which were laid out by George F. Kennan in his essay…
Silo and the coming revolutions
On 4 May 1969, Silo – the literary pseudonym of the humanist thinker Mario Luis Rodríguez Cobos – gave his first public speech. The dictatorial regime of Juan Carlos Onganía had removed him from the large urban conglomerates and the…
The end of the Cold War or the birth of today’s world
From the common house to the new iron curtain By Gilberto Lopes It is December 2014 and a year ago the Maidan protests forced a change of government in Ukraine. Mikhail Gorbachev, the then 83-year-old president of the Soviet Union…
After a Slow Start, Plastics Treaty Talks Gain New Momentum at INC-4
1 May 2024, Ottawa, Canada/Manila, Philippines. The Plastics Treaty’s fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) closed early yesterday morning, for the first time with a draft text outlining pathways toward a global agreement. In a positive development, the draft text includes…
Canada must suspend arms trade with Israel
As Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza, which has resulted in a devastating number of civilian deaths, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE),…
One thousand academics sign an open letter to the President of Columbia University in solidarity with student protest for Gaza
The open letter was started by a group of Indian academics, many of them active in prestigious universities around the world, including Suvrat Raju, a scientist in the field of quantum mechanics and black holes, and in just a few…
The Grumpiest Cat on Earth: Celebrating the Pallas Cat
by: Assaf Levy, BioDB International Pallas’s Cat Day, celebrated every April 23, holds significant importance for several reasons, each contributing to the conservation and awareness of this unique and relatively unknown species. By dedicating a day to celebrate this…
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
The nonviolence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, we were briefed about what we might encounter on this voyage. “We have to be…
No evidence yet of Israel’s claims against UNWRA: Colonna report
Israeli authorities have provided no proof yet following their three-month-old claim that a dozen UN staff colluded with Hamas in the 7 October attacks in Israel, according to the final report of an independent review of the UN relief agency…
New Data: Plastic Production Must Be Cut by 12% to 17% Per Year to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
Global Leaders to Meet This Month to Negotiate Production Cuts in Plastics Treaty Berkeley, CA, USA– In advance of the fourth round of United Nations negotiations for an international plastics treaty in Ottawa April 23-29, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories (LBNL)…
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