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China reiterates its commitment to a negotiated solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Beijing, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) China today reiterated its call to the international community to contribute to finding a negotiated solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and insisted that the parties involved should refrain from further exacerbating the situation. According to…

Biden in Kyiv does not seek peace – $460 million more in military aid.

A year after the Russian invasion, and with no end to the war in sight, voices speaking of defeating and expelling Putin’s troops alternate with those advocating that Kiev accept losses of territory in exchange for a cessation of hostility.…

VISION & GRIT: Exceptional Zero Waste Women in the Asia Pacific Region (3rd in a series)

Jyoti Mhapsekar: A Life of Service to Marginalized Women Since 1975, Jyoti Mhapsekar has been working to uplift the lives of marginalized women, empowering them through education, healthcare, and environmental programs.  by Eric Michael Santos Jyoti Mhapsekar is one apple that…

China is willing to work with the international community to prevent escalation in Ukraine

Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi says China is willing to work together with the international community to prevent further deterioration of the situation in Ukraine and will persistently strive for peace. Wang Yi made the remarks during his meeting with…

International organisations call for actions at the Ukrainian and Russian embassies to protest against the forced mobilisation and to support conscientious objectors and deserters

In the framework of the #ObjectWarCampaign (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine: Protection and asylum for deserters and conscientious objectors to military service), the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), War Resisters’ International (WRI), the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO), and Connection e.V. (Germany), call for actions at the Ukrainian and Russian embassies…

Nations’ Governments Need Unarmed Defense Plans

It’s quite a high hurdle to appeal to a country that’s been militarily invaded — after decades of military defense (and offense) preparations and the accompanying cultural indoctrination in the supposed necessity of military defense — to appeal to said…

Pax Christi: Statement on the First Anniversary of the War in Ukraine

“Let us look at all those civilians whose killing was considered ‘collateral damage.’ Let us ask the victims themselves. Let us think of the refugees and displaced… the mothers who lost their children, and the boys and girls maimed or…

VISION & GRIT: Exceptional Zero Waste Women In the Asia Pacific Region (2nd in the series)

Jane Bremmer: At the forefront of environmental justice by Johanna Poblete When Jane Bremmer and her partner Lee bought a weatherboard cottage in the outer suburban area of Perth called Bellevue, they had plans to build a ceramics business from home.…

Talk by Chris Hedges at Rage Against The War Machine rally in Washington, D.C

Idolatry is the primal sin from which all other sins derive. Idols tempt us to become God. They  demand the sacrifice of others in the mad quest for wealth, fame or power. But the idol always ends by requiring self-sacrifice,…

David Swanson’s Remarks: Rage Against More Than a War, Rage Against the War Machine

By David Swanson, Remarks on Feb. 19th at Lincoln Memorial as part of https://rageagainstwar.com , Washington D.C., February 20, 2023 I want to say THANK YOU to everyone here today and especially to those of you who have been here to oppose…

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