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“We cannot let compromise, or cosmetic, nuclear solutions crafted in or for the US distract the world community”
By Greg Mello of the Los Alamos Study Group. On the eve of the August meeting of the 2016 Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) in Geneva. We very much hope that the siren songs advocating meaningless “alternatives” to banning nuclear weapons…
New UK nuclear power station: “expensive, dangerous, and must be scrapped”
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has called on the government to scrap the Hinkley Point C nuclear deal as French energy giant EDF are expected to say it will finance the deal later today. Kate Hudson, CND general secretary, said:…
Approaching new mental horizons by studying dreams
This september a dreams workshop will be held in different parts of Europe. The aim of which is to approach an inner reality which, although always present in everyday life, mostly escapes us. In our civilisation and in this moment…
WASH-the IRC newsletter of water use and availability
FOCUS ON AFRICA Achieving Water Security and Sanitation Goals Africa hosted three major water and sanitation events over the past two months. The theme of the biggest event, Africa Water Week (AWW), was on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals on…
NEPAL: Ajit Mijar’s death – not suicide, but murder
A fact-finding team of the Dalit Civil Society has concluded that Ajit Mijar, found dead at Kumpur – 3 in Dhading District, did not die as a result of suicide. His was, rather, a staged murder. They have made this…
People in Cleveland, Ohio gathered for three days to demand peace, social justice and non-violent solutions
From July 15th to 17th the People’s Justice and Peace Convention 2016 took place in Cleveland, Ohio. We spoke with Greg Coleridge, Director of the Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee, and one of the organizers of the Convention, whose…
The Psychology of Ideology and Religion
Two of the drivers of world affairs that manifest in the daily decisions that affect our lives are ideology and religion. Ideology is the term widely used to describe the underlying set of values, myths, ideas, attitudes, beliefs and…
A Third Industrial Development Decade for the ‘Poorest Region in the World’ – Africa
Human Wrongs Watch Underlining the need for the sustainable industrialization of Africa, the United Nations General Assembly on 25 July 2016 unanimously adopted a resolution proclaiming the period 2016-2025 as the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa. By the terms…
IRENA congratulates first round-the-world solar flight
The following is a statement from IRENA Director-General Adnan Z. Amin on the completion of the first circumnavigation of the globe by the Solar Impulse solar-powered airplane today in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: “I am delighted to congratulate Solar…
Russia maintains proposals of security Cooperation with NATO
Moscow, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) The Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov has reaffirmed Russia”s willingness to restore the mechanisms of cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on issues of global security, but in conditions of equity. The Deputy…
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