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Emergency Press Conference: The Danger of Nuclear War Is Real, and Must Be Stopped

Wednesday, June 12, 2024; 1:00—3:00 p.m. ET National Press Club, Washington, D.C.; and on-line via Zoom Speakers: Scott Ritter: former U.N. weapons inspector and U.S. Marine intelligence officer Col. (ret.) Richard H. Black: former head of the U.S. Army’s Criminal…

The Allure of the Lynx: Celebrating International Lynx Day

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB Every year on June 11, wildlife enthusiasts and conservationists around the globe come together to celebrate International Lynx Day. This particular day is dedicated to raising awareness about the elusive and majestic lynx, a wild cat…

Migrating Workers Provide Wealth for the World

Each year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) releases its World Migration Report. Most of these reports are anodyne, pointing to a secular rise in migration during the period of neoliberalism. As states in the poorer parts of the world…

Global People’s Health Movement Calls for a New International Economic, Political, and Social Order

At a recent global gathering, hundreds of health activists committed to uniting the health movement with other progressive social movements. Their aim is to form a broad coalition for radical change to counter the crises of capitalism and imperialism. By…

The first step of the Third March for Peace and Nonviolence will take place in the Aula Magna “Kofi Annan” of UPaz, Costa Rica.

On the 7th of May, representatives of the promotion team in Costa Rica of the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence met at the University for Peace with the Rector of this institution, Dr. Francisco Rojas Aravena, in the…

EcoWaste Coalition Commends EU’s Decision to Further Ban Dental Amalgam Fillings and Mercury-Added Lamps

5 June 2024, Quezon City.  On World Environment Day, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition lauded the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) for taking further action to address the largest remaining intentional use of mercury…

Do the USA and NATO want to subjugate Russia and China?

“There cannot be a just war, because there is no such thing as a just war. War is the temporary loss of judgment” (Juan Bautista Alberdi). Zbigniew Brzezinski, in his book “Between Two Ages: The Role of the United States…

Letter from Humanist International to the UN Secretary General

Letter of the Humanist International to Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations Organization on the occasion of the demand for coherent actions of the UN in the face of the genocide in the Gaza Strip in Palestine.…

As world calls for Gaza ceasefire, Biden falls short

Israel’s eight-month-old air and ground assault on Gaza has sparked unprecedented international outrage. On 24 May, following an emergency hearing in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt its offensive at Rafah.…

What Happened to Our Ape Ancestors?

Millions of years ago, in the Miocene Epoch (23 to 5.3 million years ago), about 100 species of apes roamed Europe, Asia, and Africa. Just a few million years later, this number had drastically declined, presenting fascinating questions for today’s…

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