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China calls for maximum restraint and prevention of massive humanitarian crisis in Ukraine

The Chinese Embassy in the United States said it was unaware of Russia’s alleged request for military assistance. Embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu issued a statement saying that China is deeply concerned about the crisis in Ukraine. He reiterated that China…

Time to reinvent our guiding words

Our guiding words, those powerful words that guide us, direct us, motivate us, matter a lot. Spoken words are not ethereal entities that are blown away by the wind, and even words imagined without being spoken have profound effects on…

The White-West: A Cultural Dictatorship of Money

Every day of late, we seem to hear a warning that goes something like this: “Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the very real fact that authoritarian forces are on the rise and that democracy is under attack across…

Declaration for a world without wars and violence

We all recognize the escalating violence that plagues our planet. It is not something new. Violence has always been there because it is inherent in the system we live in.  At times we are shaken by the spectacle of war,…

International Debate on the notion of Nation-State: Canary Islands and Kabylia

LIVE SHOW: March 26, 2022 at 12p.m (NY Time) FACEBOOK – YOUTUBE Topics: THE NATION-STATE IN CURRENT POLITICS AND GEOPOLITICS. REGIME OF AUTHORITY, IDEOLOGY, AND REPRESSION Moderators: Rabah Arkam Human rights activist, defender of Kabyle identity and contributor with Pressenza…

Shoot at the Chilean Constitutional Convention

Is the resignation, without a corresponding replacement, of the members of the Constitutional Convention to be considered a new aggression to those that the Constitutional Convention constantly receives? PRELIMINARY The Constitutional Convention is, without a doubt, ‘the’ problem of the…

Health risks from open pit mining

The legacy of mining in San Antonio Oeste: Current health risks, due to contamination effects of open-pit mining. We interviewed Patricia Llonch, member of the Multisectoral Commission for the lead problem in San Antonio Oeste, located in the coastal town…

From a class at the University to the Congress. The history of the Rights of Nature in Mar Menor

We approached her by email with a question: How can the University contribute to the green movement beyond placing recycling bins in its facilities? And she answered us with a practical case: the ILP (Popular Legislative Initiative) that is now…

Ukraine: Noam Chomsky’s outlook

Noam Chomsky interviewed by C.J. Polychroniou for Truthout Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took much of the world by surprise. It is an unprovoked and unjustified attack that will go down in history as one of the major war crimes of…

Consequences of chemical weapons still felt by victims 34 years after the attack on Halabja, Northern Iraq

The 16th of March 2022 marks the 34th anniversary of the despicable attack on Halabja by the forces of Saddam Hussain on the Kurdish population of Northern Iraq. The population was targeted with what experts later concluded to be “a…

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