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Towards a New World Social Forum

Next January the World Social Forum will turn 20 years old. Its appearance in 2001, summoning the various social movements, activists and intellectuals to confront the prevailing neoliberalism, was a worldwide event. From there, there were many mass meetings in different countries,…

Why Should the Health Personnel Attend to Us?

Why should they continue to struggle every day and risk their lives for a miserable wage and unbearable ingratitude? Why should they continue to care for us, if we not only do not care for ourselves, but we infect others…

Nuclear nations have handled COVID-19 the worst

By Tilman Ruff The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that massive arsenals are useless in a pandemic. The countries that have spent obscene sums on nuclear weapons have failed to provide the most basic of protective equipment against the coronavirus, putting their…

“We don’t want to be exploited, nor marginalized”: indigenous Warao seek autonomy

Many families prefer to live outside the public shelter available, even if unemployed, and in precarious conditions Catarina Barbosa Like all other indigenous nations, the Warao have guaranteed rights established through a series of legal norms. These documents affirm that…

The U.S. Is Determined to Make Julian Assange Pay for Exposing the Cruelty of Its War on Iraq

By Vijay Prashad On September 7, 2020, Julian Assange will leave his cell in Belmarsh Prison in London and attend a hearing that will determine his fate. After a long period of isolation, he was finally able to meet his partner—Stella…

Yuyo and the Hasidic – Peacebuilding Fund for Palestinians and Israelis

By Jhon Sánchez In 2010, one block away from the L train in Brooklyn, I always found my favorite falafel place. The owner was a Palestinian man, nicknamed Yuyo. What I remember the most from Yuyo was his hands. They…

WENOMPA! DANGER! Machines in Operation

The expansion of the oil industry is leaving its mark on today’s landscape. A photo report from the Amazon region in Ecuador. By Carolina Zambrano (text and photography) The Waorani are one of the indigenous peoples who live in the…

Before or After the Singularity

Scientific theories developed by independent and non-networked groups came to the following conclusion: Something will happen around the world that will change human history in a special way. While the predictions may not match exact dates, they all have one…

Build Back Better Again – for Peace

We want to open a discussion on what ‘build back better’ means for peace and to develop support from the international peace movement for a very important discussion of worldwide transition. By Reiner Braun Thoughts for a better world. “Peace…

Gaza Extends Lockdown, India Reports Record Daily Numbers as Global Covid-19 Cases Top 25 Million

The number of reported COVID-19 cases across the globe has surpassed 25 million. More than 840,000 people have died. On Sunday India reported nearly 79,000 new cases — the highest single day tally for any country in the world. Authorities…

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