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International organisations call for actions at the Ukrainian and Russian embassies to protest against the forced mobilisation and to support conscientious objectors and deserters

In the framework of the #ObjectWarCampaign (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine: Protection and asylum for deserters and conscientious objectors to military service), the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), War Resisters’ International (WRI), the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO), and Connection e.V. (Germany), call for actions at the Ukrainian and Russian embassies…

Nations’ Governments Need Unarmed Defense Plans

It’s quite a high hurdle to appeal to a country that’s been militarily invaded — after decades of military defense (and offense) preparations and the accompanying cultural indoctrination in the supposed necessity of military defense — to appeal to said…

Pax Christi: Statement on the First Anniversary of the War in Ukraine

“Let us look at all those civilians whose killing was considered ‘collateral damage.’ Let us ask the victims themselves. Let us think of the refugees and displaced… the mothers who lost their children, and the boys and girls maimed or…

Conversation on social justice

At its 62nd session in November 2007, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 20 February as the World Day of Social Justice. Today, 18 February, we preview its analysis and discussion with our guests. The UN Secretary General who, in…

The boundaries of ambiguities

The crime of sexual harassment is one of the most underhand and perverse forms of aggression. These days, Spain is debating the modification of the Law of Integral Guarantee of Sexual Freedom, known as the “only yes is yes” law,…

NASA reveals images of “extremely elongated” asteroid

The object passed close to Earth and its surface appears pitch black. NASA’s Goldstone radar used to investigate objects in the solar system, captured in detail one of the most elongated asteroids ever photographed, the US space agency said on…

Scientists warn – “Glacier at the end of the world” is melting

Antarctica’s so-called “glacier at the end of the world” is melting. A group of scientists warned that Antarctica’s so-called “glacier at the end of the world” is unexpectedly melting rapidly. In two studies published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the…

Philippines Celebrates ‘Pandaigdigang Araw ng Wikang Kinagisnan,’ Highlighting Multilingualism

by Vhyxcent Andlen P. Cruz and Ma. Patricia Delos Reyes The Polytechnic University of the Philippines San Juan Campus (PUPSJ) through BSED EN 2-1 Class is wishing all nations a meaningful and delightful International Mother Language Day (IMLD) being celebrated…

The Special Interest Groups (SIGs): Highlights of the 2023 WCCI Philippine Chapter National Convention, Part 2

by Genevieve Balance Kupang and Nico Candelario “Our commitment to carry out the resolutions agreed upon during the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) meetings make our WCCI organization thrive. Let us continue to truly make the SIGs the lifeblood of WCCI.”…

Dismantling “development”, by Ted Trainer

Millions of people are simply abandoning the conventional capitalist model of development, turning away to build their own collective, self-sufficient, non-market, frugal forms of development in accordance with cultural traditions. By Ted Trainer* For over two hundred years it has…

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