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Iraq. Syria. Here we go again

An article of quotes? That would mean all that can be said has already been said How about…? Voltaire “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” George Santayana “Those who fail to learn from the…

How one Latin American peace group has persevered over 40 years

Published on Waging Nonviolence By Stephan Brües Blas Garcia Noriega, a small man who wears glasses, is thoughtful and vivid, especially when he talks about his activities with Servicio Paz y Justicia, or SERPAJ. Founded 40 years ago in Medellin,…

2nd of October: A World without Violence is Possible

Only a couple of weeks have gone by since the virtual campaign for the 2nd of October, #nonviolenceday, started and it’s already spreading around the planet.  The campaign was created with the aim of increasing awareness of nonviolent ways to…

#Nonviolenceday at the Park of Study and Reflection La Belle Idée

Friends from different countries of Europe met at the Park of Study and Reflection La Belle Idée, near Paris, last week end. We wanted to express our support for the Campaign Oct 2nd, Nonviolence Day, to celebrate together another world…

Margarita Laso joins World Day for Nonviolence

Q: Margarita, what are you currently preparing for your artistic activity? M: On October 17, we will have a concert at the Teatro Sucre. It will be a passionate repertoire, where the main issue is absence, parting, and death. It’s…

Interview to Georgina Hassan, Argentinean singer and songwriter who has joined the campaign for October 2 #diadelanoviolencia #nonviolenceday

Buenos Aires, September 8, 2014 1. Georgina, we know you’re working on a new album / book called Calculus. Can you tell us a little about how did this third album of your career came about? Tornasol began brewing when…

Tackling the Climate Catastrophe Strategically

If you like to ask or beg your oppressor to go easy on you, then you do not need to read this article. And if you like to do what makes you feel good at the time, irrespective of its…

Defeat Terrorism: Humanise the Earth on O2

There will always be people with extreme ideas. But for those extreme ideas to prosper, grow, and become wars, kidnappings, beheadings and torture they have to fall on fertile ground. That fertile ground is provided by the system in which…

World Hunger Falls, But Number of Undernourished Remains ‘Unacceptably High’ – UN

  Human Wrongs Watch More than 800 million people – or one in every nine on the planet – suffer from hunger, but a new joint UN agency report released on 16 September 2014stated that the Millennium Development Goal of halving…

‘Say No to War and Media Propaganda’, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate

  Human Wrongs Watch By Mairead Corrigan Maguire*, Nobel Peace Laureate, September 2014, TRANSCEND Media Service – While US/UK/NATO are pushing for war with Russia, it behoves people and their governments around the world to take a clear stand for peace and against violence…

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