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In first person: Why indigenous peoples can contribute to saving the planet

On environmental and biodiversity issues, the influence of indigenous peoples is more important than ever at the international level, says a member of the Karen indigenous people of Myanmar. “In indigenous cultures, we look at a woman’s cooking. If she…

Learning through trial and error

On 20 April 2023, SpaceX launched the largest rocket ever built. The Starship space vehicle, designed to take people to Mars in the future, took off and after four minutes exploded without a crew on board. The great aerospace challenge…

What can “the invisibles” do to make wars stop?

It is said that in a war everyone loses, but that is not true at all. There are those who make huge profits from the death and suffering of other human beings, of men, women and children like us. By…

On the duty of nonviolence

There was a moment at the beginning of the invasion in Ukraine, when the population spontaneously resorted to numerous little-told actions of nonviolent civil resistance – talking to Russian soldiers, changing or removing road signs to confuse the military, demonstrating…

The Real Reason Disney Is Defying DeSantis

A corporation does not have morals—it has a bottom line. Disney’s lawsuit against Florida is more about being able to reap profits while underpaying workers than it is about protecting LGBTQ communities. By Sonali Kolhatkar Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis is…

On Ukrainian Nazism, or Why a New Nuremberg is Necessary – Part 3

The famous Ukrainian political, leader of the party «Platform of Opposition: for Life» in a long article makes a comparative analysis between Zelensky´s government today in Ukraine and Hitler´s regime. Here we offer a shortened 3 parts series. By Viktor Medvedchuk…

Voting not to vote

PREAMBLE The election on 7 May will not be an unimportant event. On the contrary, it will have special significance for the events that will unfold after that date. On the political scene, it will have consequences for both the…

RFK Jr Takes Strong Antiwar, Anti-Empire Stance in Presidential Run.

A candidacy not to be ignored when it comes to peace. John V. Walsh Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr., near the very beginning of his April 19 announcement to run for President in the Democratic Party spoke these words: “Fifty-five years…

The impossible experience of other people’s pain

I have noticed the angry reaction of many people to the invitation that Fundación Futuro (linked to Sebastián Piñera’s family) made to an event offering to go wine tasting at Viña Concha y Toro and then go on to visit…

Hector Pojomovsky

Your surname was Russian, your Russian Jewish ancestors migrated and you were born in Argentina. Maybe it was your classmates in primary or secondary school in Mendoza who nicknamed you “el Pojo”. It wouldn’t be strange, but that’s how I…

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