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Lula’s historic speech in Paris

On 23 June 2023, at the invitation of President Macron, an international summit for a “New Global Financial Pact” was held in Paris with the aim of obtaining more financial support for the poorest countries and the countries of the…

Portugal – activities for peace and nonviolence

Responding to the call of the collective “Europe for Peace“, which can be read here, a group of humanist activists promoted a rally for peace and nonviolence in the centre of the city of Porto, in Portugal, during the afternoon…

Hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Portugal against inflation and teachers’ salaries

More than 150,000 demonstrators took to the streets in Portugal, especially public-school teachers and many supportive citizens, to march through the centre of the capital city of Lisbon on Saturday to protest against skyrocketing inflation and the low salaries that…

A Guide for Peace in Ukraine: A Humanist and Nonviolent Proposal

The Centre for Humanist Studies “Exemplary Actions”, the Portuguese branch of the World Centre for Humanist Studies, an organism of the Humanist Movement, is disseminating a non-violent proposal for the restoration of peace in Ukraine, inviting citizens and non-governmental organisations…

[South American March for Peace and Nonviolence] Great Symbolic March

On September 16, in the city of Bogotá, and beginning the journey through the continent of the first South American March for Peace and Nonviolence, a gigantic symbolic march took place, with the participation of organisations and educational institutions. The…

The threat of nuclear accident has never been so great

Waiting for Portugal To guarantee “a prohibition on production, acquisition, use, transport and threat of nuclear weapons” through a legally binding legal instrument is more urgent than ever. Jean Marie Collin, expert in questions of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament called…