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Our Government is facilitating mass slaughter. The two political parties running for President are complicit. The Catholic monk Thomas Merton’s writings on US militarism were censored and often forbidden. He resorted to sending his work privately, much unknown until after…

From a young age, Nara was the guardian of the history of the Serra community, just as, in another time, her great-grandfather Antonio was the guardian of the warehouse. Between these two times, the world experienced a transition from material…

The 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s United Nations (UN) membership is a significant milestone that highlights the country’s progress and contributions on the global stage since its independence in 1971. Bangladesh became a member of the UN on September 17, 1974,…

After several years of mounting fierce criticisms over the operations and performance of the International Monetary Fund [IMF] and consistently advocating for its structural reforms, Russia has reversed its position to get back into and strengthen its position with this…

Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza has produced increasing calls for an immediate ceasefire, while a pro-Israel, U.S.-based group has waged an increasing war on democracy with little public scrutiny and no end in sight. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee…

By Maxine Lowy Only six meters separated the two curbs of Dioszegi Street near downtown Miskolc, a city in northeastern Hungary. But in April 1944, one month after the German invasion of that country, it was a nearly insurmountable distance…

Bangladesh will not have to wait for years, as it happens in countries where popular people’s revolutions have ousted autocratic regimes and military dictators. The election in Bangladesh is expected sometime in the winter of 2025. In a rare press…

With symptoms that include the endangerment of a safe and healthy future, it’s time we kick the habit of military dependency. By Frida Berrigan This article was originally published by TomDispatch. My name is Frida and my community is military dependent. (I…

Ron Bettag of the Schiller Institute joins us to discuss the International Coalition of Peace and the new paradigm for peace. The Schiller Institute for decades has been advocating for people through global development through mutual cooperation. They have envisioned…

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 1053 banning all plastic bags at grocery stores in the state beginning in 2026. In 2014, California passed a ban on plastic shopping bags, but a loophole allowed shoppers to still be able to purchase bags made…