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Florence Stratton has been for many years an activist in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and has recently received the Ursula Franklin Award of Excellence from the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW) for her persistent work for peace and justice.…

Lavina Oduor is a Kenyan humanist social activist, co-founder, and current Director of Heart to Heart Smile, a volunteer-led organization whose mission is to prevent disabilities, advocate for the rights of people with disabilities and caregivers, and help create a…

by Genevieve Balance Kupang I. The First Encounter I met you not in Frankfurt, not in Starnberg’s quiet light, but in the humid heart of Manila, where the air was thick with the scent of mimeographed pages and the restless…

Demand for an ‘Independent Safe Food Commission’ Intensifies By Mohammed Kawser Ahamed (Dhaka Bureau) A silent killer is spreading across the plates of 160 million people in Bangladesh. From rice, pulses, and fish to infant formula, toxic chemicals have infiltrated…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) The chairman and the entire commission of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) resigned on 3 March. In accordance with the law, they submitted their resignations with a 30-day notice period and simultaneously went on 30…

By Mynul Hasan Sohel (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan has underscored the importance of developing an integrated master plan for industrialization in the country’s southern region, centered around the vast natural gas reserves in Bhola.…

“If you destroy my country, I will kill you,” and people died. I sat beside the jeepney driver. The signage was MRT Highway, Welcome Rotonda, and Quiapo-España. I placed my bag on my lap. Inside was my copy of Patricia…

“Africa gave the world humanity. The world took almost everything else.” “Africa holds a substantial share of the resources that will sustain the twenty-first-century economy, yet it remains one of the least industrialized and least prosperous regions of the world.…

There is no possible ambiguity. What is happening in Lebanon is not the result of internal weakness or a spontaneous crisis. It is the direct consequence of sustained military pressure, progressive bombardments, and evacuation orders imposed by Israel on sovereign…

We live in times when human beings seem irrelevant, being as they are in the hands of a minority that renounces its own humanity while racing unchecked toward money and power—toward what it believes to be happiness—all the while violently…