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OEWG – Has your legislator and/or religious leader endorsed the nuclear abolition statement? FEBRUARY 5, 2016 From February 22-26, governments and civil society will meet at the United Nations in Geneva for the first session of a newly-established Open Ended…

The True Nobel Peace Candidates 2016 http://www.nobelwill.org/index.html?tab=7 Letter Feb. 2, 2016 from the Nobel Peace Prize Watch to the Nobel Committee: Dear Kaci Kullmann Five, Thorbjørn Jagland, Berit Reiss-Andersen, Henrik Syse, Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, members of the committee QUALIFIED CANDIDATES –…

Deadline for proposals for the 2016 BIEN Congress extended to Feb. 29 January 29, 2016 Andre Coelho Event, News, News & events The deadline for the call for  proposals for the 16th BIEN Congress has been extended to Monday, February…

February 2016 Programme Forget Jack the Ripper and the London Dungeons, we show you the murky side of the capital’s more recent past.! Occupy London Tours is a free alternative tour company, run by volunteers, who want to throw open…

Disseminating and strengthening wisdoms and skills for a positive future “The Right Livelihood College aims to be five things – a hub, a catalyst, an incubator, a multiplier and an accelerator of links between universities and the work of Right…

“Burma was brimming with anticipation as its legislative hue changed suddenly from green to red on Monday. After decades of effort, the National League for Democracy (NLD) assumed a majority of the Union Parliament, leaving hopes at an all-time high…

Sergei Naryshkin, the Chairman of the Russian Parliament says that the growing tensions in international relations result from Washington’s lack of morals and violations of international law: “The increasing crisis in international relations is rooted in Western nations’ lack of…

  POSITION ON THE CURRENT SITUATION, THE REPRESSION and THE FIGHT OF THE OPPRESSED. We are in a world that develops systems of social oppression and these are ever increasing, producing violence in all its forms. In some places this…

For over 60 years, North and South Korea have been on the verge of war. Earlier this month, North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb which triggered talks over fresh sanctions and punitive measures. On both sides…

Part 4 or 4 Since people around the world are bewildered, I thought it would be helpful to offer one of many possible backgrounds – my own as a Danish-born citizen, peace researcher and observer living in Sweden. Here is the fourth…