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Report from New York City: No More War! No More Nukes! No More Militarism!

Over the past few days, I took part in a number of antiwar events with the wonderful antiwar community of New York City. One event, pictured above, was a performance of a play by Jack Gilroy and zool Zulkowitz, performed…

NYC: No Nukes! No Way! Nowhere! Gathering

Nuclear abolition activists are coming to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations. Wednesday, April 29, 2026 from 9 AM to 10 AM EDT A gathering in front of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations…

Attacks on Media and Journalists: Strangling the Freedom of Expression

by Jag Mohan Thaken UNESCO Director-General, Khaled El-Enany, on April 8, 2026, while condemning the killing of journalist Juan David Gámez in Mexico, said, “I condemn the killing of Juan David Gámez and call for a thorough investigation into his…

Strong UN warning that puts Kast in the dock over possible pardons for human rights violators

The United Nations system warned Chile about the international illegality of pardoning state agents convicted of human rights violations. Far from being a technical debate, the proposal opens an ethical, legal, and human fracture that repositions political power in front…

African Union Consolidates Relations With United Nations 

(Moscow Bureau) – In its declaration after the two-day extensive deliberations, African leaders, under the auspices of the African Union, renewed their collective pledge to strengthen strategic partnership with United Nations and also prioritize multilateralism on the global agenda. The…

Francesca Albanese responds to France’s false accusation of anti-Semitism

On the very day that the documentary Disunited Nations was screened in 122 Italian cinemas, attracting 10,000 viewers, French Foreign Minister Barrot called for Francesca Albanese’s resignation, accusing her of anti-Semitism for a statement that does not appear in the…

Our blindness to whiteness

During the COVID pandemic, I published a book titled The White-West: A Look in the Mirror. At the time, I did not imagine that only a few years later the dynamics I described would become so stark, so violent, and…

When the UN is set on fire: the demolition of UNRWA as a moral and legal rupture of the international order

The demolition and subsequent burning of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem, carried out by Israeli authorities on 20 January 2026, do not constitute an…

U.S. Power Grab in Venezuela

Trump’s New Year Resolutions – Invade, Imperialise, Impunity by Rachael Mellor The ongoing conflict between the USA and Venezuela escalated on January 3rd, 2026, after the U.S. military carried out ‘Operation Absolute Resolve‘, resulting in the abduction of Venezuelan president…

Myanmar Continues Business Ties With Neighbours

The global community may denounce the ongoing three-phase elections in Myanmar (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh) as a probable way to transform the Southeast Asian country into a multi-party democracy, but the military rulers continue enhancing business ties with…

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