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Europe Has Yet to Address Colonial Legacies

140 Years After Key European Colonial Conference, Ongoing Impacts Require Urgent Action European governments have yet to reckon with and meaningfully address the ongoing impacts of their colonial legacies affecting people of African descent on the African continent and in…

What Are Republics, Exactly? It’s a Good Time to Learn

Republican ideals have evolved over millennia, shaping governance across the globe. Modern republics continue to adapt, but face challenges in upholding their foundational principles. By John P. Ruehl The 2024 U.S. presidential election was framed as a crucial test for…

COP29 HyCOPrisy: EU using climate talks to greenwash Azerbaijan’s ‘sustainable’ gas

With the UN climate talks in full swing in Baku, new research by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) exposes the EU’s climate hyCOPrisy, using COP29 to greenwash Azerbaijan’s gas as more climate friendly so it can justify doubling imports and still claim to…

Ending the Wars, Saving Democracy: David Swanson’s Vision After Winning the Real Nobel Peace Prize

David Swanson, the Executive Director of World Beyond War and campaign coordinator of RootsAction.org, was awarded the Real Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 in a touching ceremony held on November 10, 2024, in Oslo. I had the pleasure of sitting…

The Military-Industrial Complex Is Fueling Climate Catastrophe — Let’s Demand Accountability at COP

As we write, New York City is an unsettling 70 degrees in November. Meanwhile, a cohort of war profiteers, their pockets lined by the very industries destroying our climate, are flying to COP, the annual U.N. climate summit hosted by…

COP29 CEO Caught Agreeing to Facilitate Oil and Gas Deals During Climate Summit

Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations COP29 Climate Change Conference Elnur Soltanov has been recorded by Global Witness apparently agreeing to help facilitate fossil fuel industry deals at the summit, reported The Guardian. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes A member of the campaign organization posed as a fake oil…

Nami Island and Gapyeong Rail Bike Park: Exploring South Korea’s Natural Beauty

By Karl Matthieu Rillera and Genevieve B. Kupang Embracing Cultural Exchange: A Journey to Nami Island and Gapyeong Rail Bike Park On September 22, 2024, a group of administrators from Baguio Central University set out on an unforgettable exploration of…

Remarks upon acceptance of Real Nobel Peace Prize

David Swanson accepting the first annual Real Nobel Peace Prize, awarded by the Lay Down Your Arms Foundation. It’s wonderful to be here with many of you whose work I’ve known but whom I’ve rarely if ever been with in…

International and Korean Cyclists Visit Historic Battlegrounds and Honor UN Forces Korean War Memorials in Gangwon Province

What resonates in people’s minds when visiting battlegrounds and war memorials? It might depend on each person’s perception, however, as humanity, a collective species on the planet, what binds us is a deep desire for peace and nonviolence, living together,…

Africa’s Food Security: Promotion of Millet Consumption and Cultivation

The year 2023 was the year Millet was declared by none other body than the world-renowned United Nations as the Crop of the Year. Apart from its nutritional values, scientists have discovered that millet doesn’t only reverse diabetes (type II)…

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