Mastodon

Humanism and Spirituality

What to do when societies become powerless in the face of the absurd?

For at least twenty years, the majority of the world’s population has lived in a state of growing anxiety in the face of the obvious inability of world leaders to agree on the immediate adoption of radical, although well-known and…

Towards the formation of a Permanent World Forum: Interview with Antonio Carvallo three decades after the First International Humanist Forum in Moscow.

Exactly three decades ago the First International Humanist Forum took place in Moscow. The event, which took place on 7 and 8 October 1993 in the Moscow Academy of Administration, was attended by various members of the Russian Academy of…

Mental health and happiness

What do we mean when we discuss mental health? The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines it as: “A state of wellbeing in which each individual fulfils his or her potential, can cope with the stresses of life, can work productively…

Chile: Nonviolent Journalism Workshop in the Cerrillos Municipality

It is the first in-person workshop on Nonviolent Journalism. By: Ricardo Rojas With great enthusiasm, the Nonviolent Journalism Workshop developed by the International News Agency Pressenza began to take place in the Public Bookshop of the Cerrillos community. The workshop…

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: violence solves nothing!

It may be trivial for some but in this dramatic and confusing moment of military escalation and propaganda I believe it is important to reiterate a simple concept: Nothing can be solved with violence! This is not just my statement…

The energy of giving and the energy of receiving

From the Humanist Health News Network REHUNO Health we set up a place of exchange where we find a new look on daily life based on an experiential and existential psychology (the Psychology of New Humanism), and which gives some…

The end of human pre-history is near

Active Nonviolence is the force that will transform the world On 15 June 2007, a UN resolution established 2 October every year as the International Day of Nonviolence, in recognition of Mahatma Gandhi, who contributed to the world with a…

On nuclear weapons on the world day of nonviolence

October 2nd marks the World Day of Nonviolence, the anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian Independence movement. For Gandhi, it was a question of not submitting to the subjugation that led to the suffering…

A reconciliation to advance unitive acts

“If we seek sincere reconciliation with ourselves and with those who have hurt us intensely, it is because we want a profound transformation of our life. A transformation that removes it from the resentment in which, ultimately, no one is…

Nonviolent October begins in Ecuador

12 years ago, a group of humanists in Quito, Ecuador articulated as Espacio No Violento (Nonviolent Space) took the decision to convene organisations to make visible the nonviolent initiatives they had been implementing; thus, a first public, open and inclusive…

1 6 7 8 9 10 88