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Stigmatize and prohibit: New UN talks on nuclear weapons start today

When North Korea tested a nuclear weapon in January, condemnation from all around the world flowed within minutes. A week later, the United States carried out a mock nuclear weapons test of a new type of “more usable” warhead in…

‘One must be blind not to realize that Russia is defending Europe in Syria’

 The threat to European interests in the Middle East comes not from Russia, but from Turkey and Saudi Arabia, says French Middle East expert Roland Lombardi. Ankara in particular has a great deal to lose, and in its desperation might…

VIDEO: Noam Chomsky on Corporate Media and Activism

In this interview, which was recorded on February 17, 2016, in an event hosted by acTVism Munich called “Germany’s role in the European Union and International Affairs: Post War History, Present and Possible futures“, Prof. Noam Chomsky talks about the…

Tata Lopera on Face 2 Face

On this show we discussed with Tata Lopera. Tata is a Colombian actress who tell us her story and her experiences about playing on the theater play “The Winter of April”. We talked also about human trafficking, immigration and Tata…

(Liberated) Afghanistan Re-Commits to Ending Children Recruitment in Security Forces

Human Wrongs Watch 19 February 2016 – Following a mission to Afghanistan, the United Nations envoy dealing with children and armed conflict issues, has welcomed the Government’s recommitment to fully implementing its plan to end and prevent the recruitment and…

Islam’s approach to gender justice

 Abdulhalim Abu Shaqqa: By him men will understand the real nature of Islam’s approach to gender justice (Kaleem Koya) By Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik e.V. In the following I would like to introduce you to a teacher, translator, and editor from…

Hong Kong: Guo Du – TRANSITION

There is a little know world subsuming Hong Kong as Financial Centre, this is one of the characters taken from the territories lesser frequented byways… GUO DU-James Tam’s Blog * 过渡 - 谭炳昌的博客 Guo Du — TRANSITION in Chinese —…

How many Hospitals can we have instead of a nuclear codpiece?

Thank you Mathew Norman from The Independent for the perfect allegory of this ridiculous expensive and unaffordable, immoral and useless piece of nuclear stupidity. It has nothing to do with defence (it cannot do anything about the UK’s present enemies)…

Taiwan: what’s cookin’ – introducing Taiwan Insider

TAIWAN INSIDER Vol. 3 No. 6 Regional tensions increase following the purported deployment by China of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea; Taiwan will not accept a Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling on the South…

Belgium: Stop the next Chernobyl

Belgium: Stop the next Chernobyl — days to act!  To the Implementation Committee of the UN ESPOO Convention, the Belgian Government, and to all concerned Governments in the European Union: As concerned citizens, we call on you to take all…

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