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Promote first ever PSA for UBI

Fund for Humanity has led the creation of this amazing ad / PSA. Starting today, Jan. 14th at 3pm ET and for the next six weeks, the PSA will launch on air on websites like CNN, Wall Street Journal, and…

Song for the dearly departed, Adrian Jones

Elegy and eulogy by critic and curator Marian Pastor Roces for an artist He entitled an exhibition “Songs for the dearly departed:” his elegiac installation for the long-deceased composer and proto-ethnomusicologist Percy Grainger. For it, he made an overlarge concrete…

In Historic House Vote, Only 10 Republicans Join Democrats to Impeach Trump for Inciting Insurrection

“If Congress had a shred of decency, this impeachment would be unanimous.” By Jessica Corbett With only a week left in office, President Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first U.S. president in history to be impeached for a second time when…

How a Lawbreaking International Coalition Failed to Overthrow Venezuela’s Government

By Vijay Prashad and Carlos Ron On January 5, 2021, the newly elected National Assembly took its seats in Venezuela’s capital. That day the Lima Group released a statement most of its members signed saying that they did not recognize…

An Exhausted Planet Limps Into 2021

Early this new year, the Alliance of World Scientists (13,700 strong) delivered a biting report, not mincing words: “Scientists now find that catastrophic climate change could render a significant portion of the Earth uninhabitable consequent to continued high emissions, self-reinforcing…

About time: who makes time?

To clear up any potential confusion, this text does not intend to discuss or portray in any way the seasons. We could say that the natural differences named seasons were baptised by human beings. What was natural has now been…

North-South Korean Art Diplomacy For Peace  and Non-violence 

Here we go! La la la… we are at the historical moment of our time on the planet. It is an interesting time, soon…  January 22nd, 2021 heralds a new day as a turning point for world peace that will be…

The Trump Administration’s Parting Outrage Against Cuba

By Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores On January 11, in his final days before leaving office, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added one parting blow to the series of bludgeons his administration has inflicted on Cuba for four years: putting…

Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor 2020 launched

As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons approaches entry into force, the updated version of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor report is published. Eyes on Europe as treaty banning nuclear weapons enters into force Europe stands out as…

Review: As Coronavirus Rise Past Three million, Africa Still Hopes for Vaccine

By Kester Kenn Klomegah With its large population and fragile health systems, Africa has recorded more than three million Covid-19 cases, still less deadly as compared to other regions in the world, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control…

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