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Universal Basic Income: economic solidarity, and cultural change

In the context of the 24th Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), which is taking place in Brazil, the Humanist Network for Universal and Unconditional Basic Income organised a panel discussion on 28 August entitled ‘Universality of basic…

Antarctica on Alert!

Over the past year, several studies about highly dangerous signals of Antarctica on the edge of major abrupt change have appeared in scholarly publications. These studies in premier publications expose rapid changes, e.g. (1) discovery of the western Antarctic Peninsula…

A Map of Our Sins, Written in Water

A fine, misty rain pattered against the windowpane, a soft, relentless rhythm that did nothing to soothe the gloom settling in my chest. Each distant rumble of thunder felt like an echo of the dread tightening in my stomach. My…

The epilogue of Gaza City: The demolition

The last 48 hours in Gaza City have been marked by a series of relentless bombings that have destroyed the last habitable neighborhoods in the city. After declaring the city a “dangerous combat zone,” the Israeli army has launched a…

On 29 August, the International Day against Nuclear Tests, WILPF calls for the end of nuclear weapons

The International Day against Nuclear Tests Is the Time to Stop the Bomb Ray Acheson In 1945, the United States built and detonated the first nuclear weapon in the deserts of New Mexico. The fallout from that explosion spread to…

The Unyielding Logic of Water: How Human Intervention Fuels a Crisis?

Water is governed by a fundamental and unyielding principle: it flows downward. From its origins in the melting ice of glaciers, it follows the relentless pull of gravity, carving its way through continents until it merges with the sea. This…

Nonviolent Civil Defense in the Face of Militarization

Europe’s rampant turbo-militarization is fueled in part by an assumption that it is time to question. This assumption is widespread, both in military circles and in popular culture at large, as well as among many activist circles. The assumption is…

Jewish Endorsements for Mamdani and the Shifting Moral Compass of New York Politics

The contest for New York City’s mayoralty has always been more than a horse race—it is a referendum on values. With recent endorsements of Zohran Mamdani by prominent Jewish leaders such as Ruth Messinger, Jerry Nadler, and even the once-unlikely…

Iran’s Planned Railway To The Black Sea Will Be Dependent On Azerbaijan

A popular Telegram channel falsely claimed that this is a “checkmate to US/Zangezur plans” and even shared a map showing a different route than what was confirmed in order to mislead their audience. Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan told…

Born to Prevent Wars, It Ended Up Certifying Massacres

In 1945, when the bombs were still smoking over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the nations of the world swore “never again.” Never again world wars, never again genocides, never again indifference in the face of barbarism. The promise was solemn. The…

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