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Doubling Down on ‘Too Much Heat’

A recent Arctic News headline d/d October 4, 2024 refers to one of the most significant climate-related studies this year. It describes in detail the worldwide all-encompassing danger of loss of sea ice: Double Blue Ocean Event, 2025? It demands…

America’s Irreplaceable Immigrants

Every day when breakfast is served, Americans come face to face with the impact of immigrant workers without whom breakfast items would be too expensive for everyday consumption and/or if short on time, the nearest drive-through fast-food establishment, cars lined…

Billionaires Emit More Carbon Pollution in 90 Minutes than the Average Person Does in a Lifetime

Fifty of the world’s richest billionaires on average produce more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour and a half than the average person does in their entire lifetime, a new Oxfam report on…

The 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence: The Philippine Experience in Malolos

The 3rd World March in a Community Feeding Program for Indigent School Children “There comes a time When we heard a certain call When the world must come together as one There are people dying Oh, and it’s time to…

Forest Fire Prevention in the Cordillera Administrative Region  for Climate Resilience

by Alaska J. Turaray  The Philippines, an archipelago with a rich biodiversity, is especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Among its regions, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) stands out for its unique geography as the country’s only landlocked…

Thinking of Those Whose Homes Were Turned Into Huts

There is something strange about the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which occurs a few days after Yom Kippur. One is required to leave one’s usual home and move to temporary, flimsy huts exposed to the vagaries of the weather. The…

The 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence: The Philippine Experience

From October 20 to October 23, 2024, the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence was in the Philippines. It was a 4-day passage, going to three cities in different parts of the archipelago to bring its message of peace,…

Nuclear War Games: Finland’s Controversial Role in NATO’s Tactical Exercises

Tämän artikkelin suomenkielinen versio on esittelyvideon alla. This article examines the content of the discussion session on Finland’s nuclear weapons policy organized by the Nuclear Monitoring Group, Freedom to Choose Otherwise Civic Movement and Peace Union of Finland in Helsinki…

What Ideas From the Paleolithic Are Still With Us in the Modern World?

An interview with renowned economic historian Michael Hudson on where our calendar comes from, his collaborations with the late intellectual David Graeber, and the long-lost practice of forgiving debt. By Jan Ritch-Frel Is the order of the modern alphabet connected…

The Philippines to Join the 3rd World March: A Global Call for Peace and Non-Violence

October 20 to 24, 2024. It’s just days away. The Philippine leg of the 3rd World March for Peace and Non-violence, which is now circulating the globe, will take off. After some months of planning and working out activities by…