Javier Tolcachier

September 16 marks the 15th anniversary of the physical departure from this plane of existence of Mario Luis Rodríguez Cobos, better known as Silo. Hundreds of thousands of people learned his teachings and contributed to the enormous and significant project…

In contrast to the hypocrisy and inaction of many governments, the peoples of the world have reacted unanimously by denouncing the ongoing genocide against the population of Gaza. Every day, scenes of atrocity unfold in this narrow strip of land…

From August 15 to 22, a regional seminar will be held in Eldoret, Kenya to contribute to the training and strengthening of humanist action in East African communities.  The initiative, launched by humanist activists from Kenya and Iceland, will bring…

With the participation of activists and members of organizations from 55 countries, the Third Assembly of the World Humanist Forum was held this Saturday (19) . Following introductions by Rose Neema from Kenya and Remigio Chilaule from Mozambique, Julius Valdimarsson…

Is it possible to overcome capitalism, to advance towards social justice and equal rights and opportunities without democratising communication? The answer is categorical: No, it is not possible. Media concentration produces wealth concentration. The evidence is abundant. When the media…

Exactly thirty-one years have passed since the first World Humanist Forum. The event, which took place in Moscow on October 7 and 8, 1993 at the Moscow Academy of Administration, was attended by renowned academics of the Russian Academy of…

On August 31, 2006, at the Book Fair in the Argentine city of Rosario, Silo presented his work Apuntes de Psicología (Psychology Notes). The material, as the author comments its composition, “is a compilation of four notes taken on dates…

Continuing the series that began in May, on 7 July the second World Humanist Forum discussion took place under the title “Is colonialism a thing of the past? With the participation of people and collectives from different continents, the aim…

On 4 May 1969, Silo – the literary pseudonym of the humanist thinker Mario Luis Rodríguez Cobos – gave his first public speech. The dictatorial regime of Juan Carlos Onganía had removed him from the large urban conglomerates and the…

On the occasion of the 76th commemoration of the Nakba, the First World Conference against Apartheid in Palestine will be held in Gauteng, South Africa, from 10 to 12 May, under the slogan “Towards a global front against Israeli genocide…