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An Open Secret: When the infliction of Pain was State Policy in Chile

By Maxine Lowy “Surely you exaggerate. How can it be that bad?” 1 In response to Chilean judges’ ostensible disbelief that torture had become routine after September 11, 1973, the day that has left the nation scarred 50 years later,…

Agroecology in Palestine: a story of nonviolent resistance in Burin

“The land is dignity and we fight for our dignity,” says Ghassan, 33 years old, graduated in English Philology, farmer by choice in Burin, 12 kilometers south of Nablus, the largest agricultural area in the region and one of the…

[Poetry] CHILE, 50 YEARS IN CHAINS

Do you remember when tenderness nested in our hearts? Do you remember the times when we marveled at the garden full of fireflies, that flowing river, the warm sand on our feet and the flower of a thousand petals? Do…

No extradition of war refugees to Ukraine

The image of Ukrainians going to war enthusiastically or selflessly and self-sacrificingly for their country is becoming more and more cracked. By Peter Vlatten The numbers from press releases on the morning of September 6th (including NTV September 6th, 2023)…

Japan’s Insane Immoral Illegal Radioactive Dumping

Japan cannot possibly outlive the atrocity of dumping radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. In fact, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is an example of how nuclear meltdowns negatively impact the entire world, as its toxic wastewater travels across the…

Wild and Wonderful: The Red Panda’s Untold Story

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB   Picture this: A creature, small yet striking, wrapped in russet fur so vivid it could ignite the darkest of forests with its fiery charm. Its eyes, framed by a mask of darkness, hold a centuries-old…

6th Harmony Peace Pilgrimage In Pune, India to Walk to Ten Religious Sites

A Harmony Peace Pilgrimage across various places of worship in the Pune Camp area will be held as part of an ongoing series of Harmony Peace Pilgrimages, as part of celebrations in preparation for ‘The International Day of World Peace’…

Brazil’s biggest anti-slavery operation rescues 532 people

The people were in slave-like situations in 131 municipalities in 23 Brazilian states. Rio de Janeiro. At least 532 people were rescued in Brazil from slave-like conditions in the country’s largest-ever operation against slave labour, officials said on Tuesday (5…

The Pentagon is the Elephant In the Climate Activist Room

With nearly 10,000 people expected to take to the streets of New York City on September 17 for the March to End Fossil Fuels, the climate justice movement seems more organized than ever. But, there’s a big elephant in the…

Third Malón of La Paz and the political power of women in Abya Yala

September 5th is International Indigenous Women’s Day, established in 1983, during the II Meeting of Organisations and Movements of America in Tiahuanacu, vindicating in the figure of Bartolina Sisa the struggle of indigenous women against all types of oppression. Bartolina…

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