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Ceasefire in Gaza now!

The death toll continues to rise in Gaza as Israel imposes collective punishment on the 2.4 million Palestinians trapped in the occupied enclave, which has been described as the world’s largest open-air prison. Palestinians in Gaza have lived under a…

War engineering and Hamas as a black mirror of Israeli society

After the so far unsuccessful initial project to corner, hang and destroy Russia (turning it into the next Ukraine) and after the final transformation of Western Europe into a colony, the US government, for decades now controlled by transnational corporations,…

Constitution: total victory for the right

“I never thought I would be defending Pinochet’s Constitution”, said recently María Pardo, constitutional councillor of Convergencia Social (La Segunda; 18-10-2023), that is, one of the top leaders of the Frente Amplio! And a few days ago, the centre-left philosopher…

Ukraine and Palestine: one and the same?

The following text is based on a possible reaction to two very different situations: Russia’s special military operation and the Israeli army’s invasion of Gaza. This reaction leads to the easy denunciation of “two unprovoked invasions”. We intend to criticize…

We Need to Disarm the Discourse on China

From racist tweets to rising hate crimes, the media’s anti-China propaganda has created a climate of aggression. Two weeks ago, a man drove a car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, yelling “Where’s the CCP?” Arab Americans have been…

Poor God and Allah

In the Middle East war, every death on one side or the other, every heart-rending scene, every indefensible shooting becomes justification and ammunition for the extremes that sustain that horrible thing called fanaticism. There are too many wise men (learned…

In war there are no winners

The testimony and message of an Israeli woman DEA is an Italian-Israeli citizen who has just fled Israel with her family. She has lived in Israel for twenty years. She wanted to give us her testimony and her appeal. Here…

Crisis in Gaza: US (and other Western countries) are ‘inhumanitarian’

On the twelfth day of Israel’s offensive against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian crisis has reached extremely serious levels in terms of intensity and the number of human beings involved. Palestinian casualties under the incessant Israeli…

Tackling inequality, education and participation

A human rights expert says that taking into account the participation of people and communities, States must generate public policies that allow access to resources and basic rights such as health, education, food, and housing. Liliana Valiña also talks in…

An eye for an eye, a civilisational step backwards

Holy books contain theological principles and play a crucial role in the transmission of faith. The Bible in Christianity, the Koran in Islam, the Torah in Judaism are texts that are taught from the cradle, becoming absolute, undeniable and exclusive…

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