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I’ve long been of the opinion that our modern, generally secularized Western civilization, despite our collective rejection of the traditional religious forms of human conduits to the sacred/profound realms (priests, rabbis, swamis, etc.) has, without realizing it, redirected a deep…

The opening scene says it all: Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, struts at the port of Ashdod before the international activists recently abducted in international waters. He forces them to sit on the ground, calls them “terrorists” before the…

by George Banez “Wake up!” I heard my late mother say.  I remember not budging.  The faint flashes my half-opened eyes caught appeared more like midnight stars. We, four children and mom, likely went to bed at eight that night because…

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at the port of Ashdod on October 2 as if staging a scene carefully designed for public humiliation. In front of cameras and microphones, he stood before dozens of international activists seated on…

The contemporary world seems trapped in a machinery designed for forgetting. A machinery made of foolish algorithms that reward banality and one-minute trending topics, while rendering invisible the struggles that should shake consciences. The solidarity flotilla that sailed toward Gaza…

“It’s not a sea, it’s a chessboard. On its waters float aircraft carriers, millions of tons of goods, and the promise of an energy bounty. Here the great powers stare at themselves in the mirror of greed and the fear…

“The planet’s fate is no longer decided on isolated battlefields, but in the permanent tension between two giants competing for trade, technology, and power.” The 21st century has no fixed center. It shifts to the rhythm of the rivalry between…

Context for International Readers: Tomás Hirsch is currently campaigning for re-election as a Deputy for District 11 in the Chilean parliamentary elections, scheduled for November 16, 2025. This district encompasses the municipalities (comunas) of Las Condes, Lo Barnechea, La Reina,…

I don’t know if it was planned or just a tremendous historical coincidence that the boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla were intercepted by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) between the night of October 1st and the dawn of this…

In Kisumu, International Peace Day was celebrated with multiple activities. The program began on Saturday the 20th with tree planting at Kasagam Secondary School, followed by friendly football matches between the teams of different divisions (10- to 16-year-old) from Manyatta…