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The New Manhattan Project: A Concert for Nuclear Abolition – Nuclear Ban Week NY

Join Youth Arts New York/Hibakusha Stories, ICAN and NYCAN for the inaugural event of  Nuclear Ban Week NY The New Manhattan Project: A Concert for Nuclear Abolition Monday, November 27, 7:30 p.m. The Japan Society, 333 East 47th St., New York, NY…

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, PEC Calls for a Commission of Enquiry

Geneva, Gaza, Dhaka, 2 November: The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) deplores the high number of journalists killed in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, which is…

Escrito con Tiza/‘Written with chalk’ publishes “Mensajes” by Fabián Rivas

An album book that deals with death, aimed at the youngest children. Death is a difficult subject to talk about with children. We often avoid it and even deny it by using euphemisms such as saying that the deceased person…

Preserve humanity, respect international law, ceasefire now! IPPNW open letter to UN Secretary-General Guterres

Following the vote in the UN General Assembly yesterday and the intensification of the bombing of Gaza, the Co-Presidents of the medical peace organisation IPPNW, Dr. Carlos Umana, Dr. Kati Juva and David Onazi, have written to António Guterres. In…

Green Groups: Some Spray Paints Sold in Davao City Contain Toxic Lead

26 October 2023, Davao City/Quezon City. Environmental health groups, Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS), and the EcoWaste Coalition have deplored the illegal sale of some paint products with high lead content in Davao City, Philippines. Based on the sampling…

Appeal for a ceasefire and for the release of all civilian prisoners held by Hamas and the Islamic Jihad

The horrors of the war in Gaza have exceeded all limits and the main victims are the innocent civilian populations, Israelis and Palestinians. Over 1,400 Israelis and 5,000 Palestinians have died and thousands more are injured or missing. Let us…

Four years after the Social Outbreak, violence, robbery and manipulation, the old way of governing

Origins of the failed institutionality in Chile Chile is an “incomplete democracy” due to the authoritarian enclaves inherited from the dictatorship and not overcome by subsequent “democratic” governments. During the civil-military dictatorship, significant public companies at the national level were…

EcoWaste Coalition’s Plea: Make Halloween Plastic- and Toxics-Free

23 October 2023, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition, a non-government organization (NGO) working for a zero waste and toxics-free society, appealed to organizers of trick-or-treat events to make Halloween a healthy and safe experience for children, as well as the…

International Conference “Financial Sovereignty” to take place in São Paulo

Registration is now open for the International Conference “Financial Sovereignty: Debt, Plunder and Resistance”, which will take place in the city centre of São Paulo, Brazil, on 23, 24 and 25 October. The main objective of the meeting is to…

Artificial intelligence has impact and revolutionises social development

Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an enabler of futures poses crucial challenges in the ambit of research and the formation of professionals. In an ever-changing world, universities are gearing up to prepare future generations for jobs and leadership roles that do…

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