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MEERTalk with Robert Hunziker– Denial to Disaster: The Consequences of Denying Climate Science

On Oct 16, 2025, MEERTalk had an online talk with Robert Hunziker where he opened with a short analysis subtitled, America Has Lost Its Soul, referencing the current attack on science, partly in the context of the French Revolution. As…

Global Sumud Flotilla: Maximum Alert. Urgent Message from Stefano Bertoldi, Commander of the Zefiro Sailing Boat

Tonight, we received this dramatic video from Stefano Bertoldi, our collaborator and commander of one of the boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Below is the transcript of his appeal, with a request for maximum dissemination. I am Stefano Bertoldi,…

Melissa Parke: “Ratification of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will set Greece on the right side of history”

Members of the ICAN and the Greek Anti-Nuclear Alliance invited ICAN Executive Director Melissa Parke to Athens. Melissa Parke, with her rich CV as Australia’s Minister for Internal Development and as a UN expert in Kosovo, Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, and…

The power of future thinking – including thinking about UN reforms

Professor Zhang WeiWei, Fudan University, and Jan Oberg. It was indeed an honour and a joy to have this conversation about the global future with one of the most respected, outspoken and productive Chinese social science scholars, Professor Zhang Weiwei. It…

The World Is His Yurt: Dimash and the Architecture of Cultural Dialogue in a Polarized World

(In Kazakh culture, the yurt is the traditional nomadic dwelling: a portable circular structure symbolizing home, hospitality, and community.) “Music alone cannot change the world, but it can change people, and people can change the world.” —Dimash Qudaibergen We live…

A flash mob for Gaza bounces from Milan to Berlin – Video

Several flash mobs have been held in Milan to denounce the genocide in Palestine, but one in particular has not only been repeated many times but has also been held by citizens in other Italian cities. The organizers were very…

Southern cooperation, myth and redemption

Between October 12, 1492, and the end of the second millennium, Western expansionism had a major influence on the global community. European empires, which originated in countries poor in raw materials, developed a system for finding natural resources elsewhere that…

G. Varoufakis in the European Parliament: “How Europe fell into the arms of warmongering, and what we must do”

On Tuesday, June 10 2025, I addressed a meeting at the European Parliament, an event organised by The Left and M5S Europa, on the theme of “The Economic Conditions for Peace”, alongside Jeffrey Sachs and Giuseppe Conte. My talk can be watched and…

Colombia’s two-day strike calls for labor reform

In Colombia, the second day of a 48-hour national strike called for by President Gustavo Petro has been underway. Petro wanted a public show of support for a referendum to overhaul Colombia’s labor laws. CGTN Correspondent Michelle Begue.

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