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Calling on the Maharlika Investment Corporation to Withdraw its Support for Destructive Large-scale Mining Projects

The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) challenges the Maharlika Investment Corporation’s (MIC) blatant and incomprehensible move to fund a loan agreement favoring a gold and copper mining project in Kalinga province. The MIC was created through R.A 11954 or the…

February 28th: The 24 Hour Economic Black Day

For too long, we have been led to believe that power belongs to governments, corporations, and the wealthy elite. But the truth is, power has always belonged to the people, it’s just been stolen from us, manipulated, and locked behind…

Canadian Author and Activist Yves Engler Arrested in Montreal

Canadian author, activist, and political commentator Yves Engler was arrested on Thursday in Montreal for criticizing Israel and allegedly harassing a pro-Israeli influencer. Engler, known for his outspoken stance on Canadian foreign policy and comparisons to Noam Chomsky, co-founded the…

This Tattoo Could Land You in Guantanamo

Imagine being forced to leave everything behind, your home, your family, your dreams, because US sanctions have devastated your country’s economy, making day-to-day living increasingly unbearable. You endure a treacherous journey, risking everything for a chance at stability and to…

A Forum on “Manifesting Power in Class and Gender Struggle: From Insurrectas to Feministas, and then back again”

Marking the 118th years of service of La Proteccion de La Infancia Inc. February 22, 2025. This month, La Proteccion de la Infancia, Inc. (LPI) marks its 118th year as the Philippines’ longest-serving registered non-profit corporation. La Proteccion began in…

4th anniversary of the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) – Choose life!

By Evelyn Tischer On January 22, 2025, the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, TPNW, celebrated its fourth birthday. Unfortunately, a few days later, the Doomsday Clock was set one second closer to midnight. At 89 seconds to midnight, it…

Emancipation and self-determination grow in Africa, despite imperial terrorism

On Saturday 15 February 2025, the first official presentation of the new and 40th book by the French-Cameroonian pan-Africanist writer Franklin Nyamsi entitled ‘Imperial-Terrorism’ took place in Bamako (Mali).
https://shorturl.at/t2unE The event took place in the presence of a large audience…

Proposed Bill Threatens Peace and Human Rights NGOs in Israel

We publish a Press Release from Combatants for Peace that is reaching out with deep concern over a dangerous new legislative development that threatens this organization as well as other peace and human rights organizations in Israel. The Israeli government’s…

Defending the Palestinian resistance has become a crime in the UK

Today, in that renowned citadel of freedom of expression and freedom of the press that was once the UK, if you profess your support for the Palestinian resistance you can be arrested and imprisoned, your mobile phone and PC confiscated…

The Persistence of Memory in Negationist Times. 50 years after a pilot terror plan in Tucumán, Argentina

(This is the first in a series of articles planned for this year that will explore possible links between Chile and Operativo Independencia.) By Maxine Lowy Fifty years after the introduction of the first systematic plan of extermination in Argentina,…

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