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Today, the occupying forces withdrew from the house of Sultana Jaya. Sultana, excited, called her family and friends so that they could come and visit her. At last! The blockade was over. False alarm, the policemen guarding the door had…

Last month, in January 2022, Veteran’s for Peace launched their own Nuclear Posture Review, pre-empting the US government’s own review which is due later this year. Last weekend, an on-line event was held to present the findings of the alternative…

Russia does not want to invade Ukraine Both Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, and its Foreign Secretary, Sergey Laverov, have repeatedly stated that Russia does not intend to invade Ukraine. Logic also tells us that if they had wished to do…

It was 3 a.m. on February 4, 1976, when I was awakened by the first violent tremor. Something told me it wasn’t one of those tremors that pass without consequence; the sensation suddenly cleared my head. My 7-year-old daughter was…

No one knows for sure what the scope and real aims of the current threat of war in Ukraine are. Nor do we know whether it will end in mere idle threats, a show of force on either side, or…

Medical professionals call for diplomacy to avert a humanitarian disaster Doctors and other health professionals in Europe take their responsibility for preventive action to save lives very seriously. The pandemic has shown how much effort they are prepared to put…

PROSE POEM     Little one. I named you, Aletheia. You know why? Because that’s the name the early Greeks first gave to signify the search truth, sincerity and wisdom. Philosophy’s authentic name, Aletheia. Sophia is a lovely name as…

POEM     by Agnes Prieto   From what distant time or place What spaces In my heart And in my soul A door awaited.   Silver time locks the door Hides the answer, Memory blocked Obscure Diffused.   Yet…

Activists and defence team agree to start the process to apply for amnesty. Tough statement from UNHCHR. With a two to one split verdict, the Tocoa Sentencing Court found six of the eight Guapinol water and life defenders guilty. José…

Time and time again, humanity witnesses expectantly a threatening bid for war between countries for territory, resources, power and so on. The United States, in its eagerness to expand and consolidate its empire, in partnership with the countries that make…