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Conference of Pacific island nations for a just transition away from fossil fuels
Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu, is hosting this week the 2nd Ministerial Conference of the Pacific on Ways to a Global Just Transition away from Fossil Fuels. The conclave, organised by the governments of Vanuatu and Tuvalu, is being attended…
Something unknown is fast approaching
It has long been said: “The world is on the brink of great change” and indeed there have been great changes. As historical time speeds up, the more vertiginous. By Javier Belda Today we dream of adding to the statement:…
Never Again: Human Rights Groups & Japanese Americans Warn Biden Against Jailing Migrant Families
This week nearly 400 human rights groups urged the Biden administration not to revive the controversial practice of migrant family detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Biden ended family detention when he took office two years ago but is now…
The U.S. and UK’s Submarine Deal Crosses Nuclear Red Lines with Australia
The recent Australia, U.S., and UK $368 billion deal on buying nuclear submarines has been termed by Paul Keating, a former Australian prime minister, as the “worst deal in all history.” It commits Australia to buy conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines that will…
Buddhist monastic shares their journey of forging a healthy relationship between their queerness and their faith
“My faith has helped me with my queerness and my queerness helps me in making my faith inclusive” by Tashi Choedup From the time I was a child, it was my faith that kept me grounded, and that gradually gave…
The day an Oscar-winner stood up against war
Five days later after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the 75th Academy Awards ceremony took place at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. On that day, filmmaker Michael Moore was honoured with the golden statuette together with Michael Donovan for…
Brazil – five years without Marielle Franco
On 14 March 2018, Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councillor, human rights defender and particularly for the rights of black women and sexual diversities, was assassinated. After five years, there are no responses, no perpetrators, no justice. As an…
“[The guard] was young, probably about the same age as my detention.” On the birthday of Ilhan Sami Çomak
For twenty-nine years, a poet has his birthday in prison. Ilhan Sami Çomak, who was incarcerated in 1994, had an open visitation on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. His attorney brought messages from people around the world to the…
China mediates restoration of diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia
After seven years of dispute and estrangement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, it was officially announced that the two nations have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations. The deal was made possible thanks to Chinese sponsorship, which facilitated the signing last…
Meeting with Stella Moris Assange in Athens
On the occasion of the screening of the documentary “Ithaca – the battle to free Julian Assange” as part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the special screening organized in Athens by Meta – Center for a Post-Capitalist Culture,…
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