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Itamar Greenberg was released  after spending 197 days in prison—the longest imprisonment for an objector in two decades. The Israeli army determined he had displayed “bad behavior.” He first refused to serve in August 2024 and was subsequently sentenced to…

Trump’s corollary to the Monroe Doctrine – “speak loudly AND carry a big stick” – has not been applied full force on Venezuela…as of yet. Instead the new administration appears to be testing a more nuanced approach. In his first…

What’s being tabled right now is pretty much what was proposed in a briefing from early January. The Financial Times (FT) reported over the weekend that “Putin ally pushes deal to restart Nord Stream 2 with US backing” in reference…

Households and Other Waste Generators Urged to Apply Best Practices in Ecological Solid Waste Management 3 March 2025, Quezon City. As parts of the country experience scorching temperatures amid the observance of Fire Prevention Month, the waste and pollution watchdog…

March 2nd. Ethiopians celebrated Adwa’s victory over the colonial Italy invasion in 1896 and Koreans commemorated the March 1st,1919 Movement, the Korean Declaration of Independence from Japanese occupation. Both stories are similar: anti-colonization, an ultimate Trumpy of sovereignty over a…

In North America, citizens are so free that they can, if they wish, completely ignore geopolitical reality. Among the freedoms they are offered is the freedom to ignore the importance of these issues, a freedom that the authorities willingly maintain,…

Watchdog Group Presses Concerted Action to Protect Women’s Health and Environment from Mercury Poisoning 2 March 2025, Quezon City.  As National Women’s Month is observed, the EcoWaste Coalition, an advocate for a zero waste and toxics-free society, has turned the…

Kiss of Death: Beware of Unregistered and Unnotified Lipsticks Tainted with Toxic Chemicals In celebration of Women’s Month, toxics watchdog group BAN Toxics has raised concerns over the proliferation of unregistered and unnotified beauty products, particularly lipsticks, being sold in…

Friday 28 February marked two years since the terrible collision between a passenger train, mainly carrying students, and a commercial train, both belonging to Hellenic Train. The tragedy occurred shortly after Larissa at the height of the Tempi valley. The…

A conversation with two veterans of American wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan – about their work with “We Are Not Your Soldiers” – informing high school and college students about the morally unpleasant truths of the US military. In 2008 the anti-war…