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Celebrating a milestone: Russia completes the destruction of chemical weapons stockpile
Dr John Hart for SIPRI. On Wednesday the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü of Turkey, congratulated Russia on completing the destruction of its chemical weapons stockpile which originally totalled 39 967…
Schäuble leaves but Schäuble-ism lives on
By Yanis Varoufakis for DiEM25. Wolfgang Schäuble may have left the finance ministry but his policy for turning the eurozone into an iron cage of austerity that is the very antithesis of a democratic federation, lives on. What is remarkable…
Bernie Sanders is most popular politician in the US – and why Jeremy Corbyn will win in Britain
Canadian author and activist addresses Labour Party convention in the UK by Naomi Klein for Common Dreams The following is the full transcript, via the UK’s Labour List, of Naomi Klein’s speech delivered at the Labour Party’s annual convention on…
Pugwash welcomes the completion of chemical weapons destruction by Russia
By Pugwash Conferences on Sciences and World Affairs The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed on 27 September that the verified destruction of those chemical weapons possessed by the Russian Federation has been completed. Pugwash welcomes this…
The System Failed – excerpt from Why Bad Governments Happen to Good People
Every day Donald Trump is in the White House is an indictment of American democracy. By Danny Katch Donald Trump participates in a “Made in America showcase” with cabinet members in July 2017. Shawn T Moore / Department of Labor…
Unprecedented Crisis for Puerto Rico
Letter from Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director at UPROSE Mi Gente, I write this note with a heavy heart in this time of unprecedented crisis for Puerto Rico. At the same time, as Executive Director of Brooklyn’s oldest Latino organization, one…
DiEM’s ‘Greek New Deal’ presented in Patra – Greece’s third-largest city
DiEM25 and its co-founder Yanis Varoufakis were well received in the city of Patra in Western Greece. The “Royal” theatre was packed with people who were keen to hear about DiEM25’s “New Deal for Greece”. In his speech, Yanis noted…
Nuclear warhead delivery to Scotland
Press release from the UK campaign group Nukewatch. A nuclear weapons convoy with four warhead carriers left Burghfield early on Monday September 25th taking the M4 and then the A34 around Oxford. It went onto the M40 and stopped mid-morning…
Ada Colau asks the EU for help to mediate the conflict between the governments of Catalonia and Spain
Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona, sent a letter to 27 mayors of European Union capital cities, explaining the serious situation that Catalonia is going through after the interventions by the Spanish government, understanding that what is happening goes beyond a…
Lessons from North Korea: Global and Total Nuclear Disarmament.
It is difficult to imagine that a terrorist act could happen when I or someone dear to me is moving along a busy street, or visiting a religious or tourist site. It is difficult to imagine the intentional killing of…
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