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The Nuclear Energy Trap

Nuclear reactors are directly in the line of fire of global warming. In fact, nuclear reactors cannot survive global warming. But that’s only the start of serious issues with the world’s newly found love affair with nuclear energy. This article…

Massive teachers’ march across Chile

At 7 a.m. this morning, the Teachers’ Association began a 24-hour national strike for education. Carlos Díaz, president of the teachers’ union, said at the time that they are demonstrating “for concrete responses to the teachers’ petition” and are demanding…

We abandon all weapons. The unique prayer of many voices from the Temple calling for peace

Last Sunday, July 2, 2023, the annual Peace ceremony was held at the Pagoda in Comiso, Sicily, of the Japanese Buddhist order of Nipponzan Myohoji monks and nuns. The temple and pagoda is a unique monumental complex in Italy and…

Is the end of Western financial dominance in Africa on the horizon or will the history of Libya repeat itself?

Countries across Africa recently took a major step towards economic independence from the West by launching an insurance system that will allow them to conduct inter-state trade without the involvement of the US dollar or other Western currencies. This could…

Ukraine war and collateral damage

Since the start of the war with Russia, the Ukrainian military has fired an average of 9,000 cannon shells a day – nearly half a million so far, enough to have depleted the stockpiles of the United States and many…

Azerbaijan: recognition of alternative civil service for conscientious objectors urgently needed

A thin red line unites different countries that do not want to recognize the right to alternative civil service for those who, for ethical or religious reasons, refuse to perform military service. After mentioning the “strange case of South Korea,”…

War is a disaster, let’s give Peace a chance

At the end of the world pandemic period, a long period in which the populations, particularly the popular sectors, suffered all kinds of deprivations, pain and losses seemed to have come to an end in Latin American countries. This social…

Women’s World Cup 2023: New impetus towards the unstoppable emancipation of women

The ninth edition of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand kicked off on 20 July in Auckland with the home side’s historic one-nil win over Norway. Under the official slogan “Greatness without limits”, thirty-two teams from five…

Mitigation sovereignty or sovereign mitigation in the face of climate change?

Latin America is called to dialogue at the European Union’s table on the implementation of renewable energies as a strategy to mitigate climate change. At the summit with the European Union on 17-18 July, CELAC member governments made clear their…

The Catalan and Basque differential in politics

Yesterday’s general elections were held in Spain; as usual, the population voted in a similar way all over Spain except in Catalonia and the Basque Country. While in Spain as a whole the most-voted party was the PP with 33%,…

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