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A Nonviolent Strategy to Defeat a US Military Invasion of Venezuela
To the People of Venezuela Recently I wrote an article explaining how you could defeat, using nonviolent strategy, the US coup attempt that is taking place in your country. See ‘A Nonviolent Strategy to Defeat the US… »
One Earth: Why the World Needs Indigenous Communities to Steward Their Lands
By Manipadma Jena “Showing them a picture-book crow, I intone ‘kaak’ in Bengali, the State language. While others repeat in chorus, the tribal Santhali first-graders respond with a blank look. They know the crow only as ‘koyo’. They’ll happily roll out glass marbles to count… »
For James Cromwell, the Fight Against Fossil Fuels Is No Act
Actor James Cromwell was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the hit movie “Babe,” and throughout his career for numerous Emmys. But on a cold December day in 2015, the drama he participated in was no act. Cromwell and five others were arrested in upstate Wawayanda, New… »
Life on Earth is Dying
On the day that you read this article, 200 species of life on Earth (plants, birds, animals, fish, amphibians, insects, reptiles) will cease to exist. Tomorrow, another 200 species will vanish forever. The human onslaught to destroy life on Earth… »
Did Chile recover its democracy?
Anne Kass As many US citizens as possible should travel to, read about or otherwise educate themselves about Chile. It is a country that was decimated by a right-wing, neo-liberal “government” albeit not an elected government. Pinochet took control via an overt military coup (to be… »
Water, Water Everywhere but Too Much or Too Little
Human Wrongs Watch By Francesco Farnè* ROME, 1 January 2016 (IPS) – “Water is at the core of the Lima-Paris Action Agenda (LPAA), but it is true that for a long time water and oceans issues have… »
French Firm Attacks Ugandan Tax Using ISDS
Human Wrongs Watch By Edward Ronald Segyawa and Frank Mulder* KAMPALA, 25 December 2015 (IPS) – The heavily criticized legal mechanism, known as ISDS, is an important tool for… »
UN Forum on The Culture of Peace to Include the Role of Media
Read the headlines on any given day, and it’s easy to assume that people are driven by conflict and greed. But are we getting the whole—or even the true—story? Michael Nagler, a noted peace scholar and award-winning author, will discuss this question and other media issues before the… »
Role of Rural Women, Key for Required Economic, Environmental and Social Changes
Human Wrongs Watch This week, UN Women marks three UN observances that reflect women’s key role in development, beginning with International Day for Rural Women on 15 October, World Food Day on 16 October and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October.* Rural women, the majority of… »
When buying cheap turns out expensive
Three, two, one, zero… The sales are now on. Offers, discounts, % off… fill the shop windows of the high streets and the shopping centres. It is the time to buy and to buy cheaply. But… Is what we’re buying really so cheap? What is being hidden behind the clothing… »
Film: The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons
2nd World March for Peace and Nonviolence
Milagro Sala
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
