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Veterans For Peace Support ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’! Active-Duty Military and National Guard Can Refuse Illegal Orders to Fight Illegal Wars

Veterans For Peace supports the members of Congress who produced the Don’t Give Up the Ship video to affirm and make clear the right and responsibility of all military servicemembers to refuse illegal orders.  We are appalled at the president of the…

In the Company of Trees, Strangers, and an Ex-Con

by George Banez ”Oh, you weren’t even born yet the second time I went to jail,” said Tatang as he lounged on a wooden platform raised two feet above the dirt floor of the “cottage.” Made of bamboo, the cottage was…

Earthquake Shakes Bangladesh

by Sheikh Arif (Dhaka Bureau) It was a Friday morning. The clock showed 10:38 AM. Since it was the weekly holiday, many working people were still asleep. Some were having breakfast, while others were at the market. Suddenly, a tremor.…

Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025 Concludes; 3rd PLF Awards Conferred on Dewri and Tamuli

Guwahati:  The curtain came down for the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025 on 16 November, as two Assamese writers were felicitated in the valedictory ceremony at  Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the prehistoric city of Guwahati with the gracious presence of  PLF…

Book Review: Public Diplomacy and Peacekeeping Journalism

After years of intense and meticulous preparation, a group of authors, experts, and researchers from Moscow State University (MGU) has set an ambitious goal to launch a new book entitled “Public Diplomacy and Peacekeeping Journalism in the Emerging Multipolar World”…

Who Is Ready to Die for Trump’s Gaza Plan? So Far, Nobody

On November 17th, 2025, the UN Security Council passed a resolution to endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza, including a transitional government headed by Trump himself and an International Stabilization Force (ISF) that is expected, among other tasks, to disarm Hamas, a task…

Resolution on nuclear disarmament rejected in the Italian Parliament.

The Chamber rejects resolution on nuclear disarmament: regret expressed by Rete Pace Disarmo and lack of transparency regarding Italy’s involvement in ‘nuclear sharing’ The Italian Peace and Disarmament Network expresses its deep regret at the rejection by the Foreign Affairs…

Analyzing All 28 Points Of The Leaked Russian-Ukrainian Peace Deal Framework

The overarching theme connecting the substance and timing of this agreement is therefore the US’ eagerness to resolve the Russian-US dimension of the New Cold War in order to prioritize the Sino-US dimension thereof as the next phase of its…

Everyone who Loves Bharat is a Hindu: RSS Sarsanghchalak

Guwahati: Everyone who loves Bharat (widely known as India) and takes pride in identifying as Bharatiya is a Hindu, irrespective of his/her personal modes of worship, said Dr Mohan Bhagwat, Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Addressing a gathering of…

Bangladesh Returns to the Caretaker Government

By Sheikh Arif (Dhaka Bureau)  Bangladesh has once again returned to the caretaker government system during the national election period. On Thursday (November 20), the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh announced the verdict, reinstating the caretaker government…

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