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Galería Casa Boceto announces Mother’s Day panorama

Next Saturday, May 13, between 4.30 p.m. and 9 p.m., Galería Casa Boceto will hold a Mother’s Day celebration at Galvarino Gallardo #1628, Providencia (just steps from Metro Manuel Montt). Each mother attending will receive chocolates, an aromatherapy gift, and…

Chile. Pedro Lemebel’s work will not continue to be printed or distributed: Planeta publisher stops printing presses due to the writer’s family’s litigation.

We had exclusive access to the broadcast corresponding to 7 May 2023 of the only radio programme on sexual diversity and HIV, Siempre Viva en Vivo on Radio Universidad de Chile, produced and hosted by the activist and social communicator…

Paying tribute to the victims of genocide in Namibia

Every year, descendants of the Nama-Ovaherero tribes gather at Swakopmund Memorial Park Cemetery in Namibia during the month of March to pay tribute to their ancestors who were victims of the genocide that took place from 1904-1908. Swakopmund, a town…

Thou shalt not kill. Or how? – Occasional polemical remarks on the 5th commandment

“The masses are never bellicose unless they are poisoned by propaganda.” Albert Einstein “It is murder. They always kill the son of a mother.” Juergen Todenhoefer It’s a Christian commandment. And it seemed non-negotiable to me when I started thinking…

Is nursing a noble profession?

The 12th of May is internationally commemorated as Nursing Day, due to the birth of the so-called mother of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. It is worth mentioning that many of these professionals do not always coincide with the date and…

The brain develops in social interaction

For now, and surely for a long time to come, social interaction will be irreplaceable. If robotics and artificial intelligence make us think it might be possible, the human brain is so complex that we are still far from it.…

Gandhi between degrowth, nonviolence and deep ecology. Interview with Gloria Germani – Part I

Mahatma Gandhi’s thought and political action are part of the movement for the revival of Hinduism that took place in India from the last years of the nineteenth century until the first half of the twentieth century, following the strong…

The 37th edition of Tunis International Book Fair: Not That Fair.

The 37th Edition of the book fair is particularly special this year for several reasons. For one, it was organized by Zahia Jouirou, an academic, researcher, and head of the Tunis Translation Institute and the first woman to ever lead…

Protest groups call for workers’ rights amidst labor day celebration

On the celebration of Labor Day last May 1st, several progressive groups such as GABRIELA, Kilusang Mayo Uno, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, Nagkaisa! Labor Coalition, and more, marched along the streets of Metro Manila with their respective…

A day in the lives of communities living in rural Namibia

In our Nonviolent Journalism course, 2023, we set participants the task of producing a photostory on a topic of their choosing. Rosemary’s story, below, is a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in rural Namibia. Living in the rural…

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