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Paris Attacks: “An act of war” – and other unfortunate phrases
Watching the terrible events unfolding during and after the Paris terrorist attacks, I have a helpless sense of deja vu. It reminds me of the movie, Groundhog Day, only much more deadly and depressing. It feels like we have been here…
Day of protest against British bombing of Syria: Saturday 28 November
Protests will take place around the country against the imminent threat of bombing of Syria by British forces this Saturday. This is in response to the proposed vote in Parliament by David Cameron which is likely to take place within…
UK Government announces increase in nuclear weapon spending
The British government has announced a further hike in the cost of replacing Trident in its Strategic Defence and Security Review published today. The cost of replacing the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons submarines is set to rise to £41 billion…
Students and professors in Albania mobilise to promote nuclear weapon ban
On November 19, 2015 at Aleksandër Moisiu University in Durrës, Albania 100 students of political sciences and law participated in an event organised for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) to raise awareness of the dangers posed by…
Ukraine nuclear power plants ‘dangerously’ without power as towers feeding energy to Crimea blown up
In an eerie reminder of a possible nuclear catastrophe, a senior Ukrainian energy official revealed that the attack on transmission towers that cut off the delivery of electricity from Ukraine to Crimea also created an emergency situation at nuclear power…
Paris, refugees, wars: contradictions in the whirlwind
Contradictions in the Whirlwind: The Refugees Crisis, Paris Attacks, Wars without End By Gary Corseri “Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” – T. S. Elliot Whitman wrote in “Leaves of Grass”: “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict…
Beyond Words… as the tricolour flies from Kiwi goal posts
We must engender and perpetuate the spirit of care, love, joy and kindness and never give in even to the most harrowing incidents. That poignant, powerful message emanated from the bottom of the world in an astonishingly moving and ever…
Northern Ireland still faces urgent challenges nearly 20 years after Peace Accord – UN Expert
20 November 2015 – While much has been achieved in Northern Ireland in the nearly 20 years since a peace accord ended decades of fighting between British forces and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the different communities, urgent issues…
This Thanksgiving, no place for refugees at the American table
By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan In the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, there has been a crushing backlash against refugees from the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. A cartoon has been circulating on…
Argentineans are voting for a new President
Buenos Aires, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The polling stations opened normally today and 32,64,323 Argentineans are voting in a day full of expectation to elect a new president after an intense, prolonged and strenuous campaign. Since 08:00 o’clock, local time,…
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