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South Asia’s Lost Wisdom in an Age of Manufactured Hostility

South Asia, a region that once illuminated the world with its philosophy of balance, humility, and coexistence, today stands clouded by hostility and suspicion. The birthplace of some of humanity’s deepest moral and spiritual teachings has become a battleground of…

Politics Should Have Retirement, Like All Other Professions

By G M Forhadul Mozumder (Dhaka Bureau) The issue of age limits and retirement in politics is extremely important. In many countries around the world, there are age requirements for taking on political responsibility. This not only maintains the quality…

REstART: Harnessing Art to Foster Restorative Justice and Reconciliation

During the first week of December in Belgium, the festival « REstART – The Art of Justice, Dialogue and Repair », organised by the network European Forum for Restorative Justice, stands out as a powerful, participatory international event where art…

Breaking News: Discrimination Is Still Alive and Well

It hasn’t vanished — it has simply evolved, adapted, and embedded itself into every corner of modern life. When former U.S. President Trump—the Discriminator-in-Chief—goes into a frenzy about Somali immigrants and calls them “garbage,” many treat it as a personal…

FOREST FIELD NOTES: Alive Because Someone Cared

by George Banez The five-course lunch typical of Chinese restaurant fare in Manila foreshadowed the meals I scraped by the next ten days. My sister treated me to a send-off lunch before dropping me off at the airport that day. I…

“INSIDERS” and “OUTSIDERS”

In a conversation with Yannis Varoufakis in 2014, disgraced Jeffrey Epstein associate and former president of Harvard University Larry Summers described the political landscape as consisting of “insiders” and “outsiders.” He explained that outsiders prioritize their freedom to speak their…

Call to Action: Protect Immigrant New Yorkers — Support the NYC Trust Act (Intro 214)

New York City has laws meant to shield immigrant communities from racial profiling, illegal information-sharing, and abusive transfers to ICE. But NYPD and DOC have repeatedly violated these protections — and right now, there is no way for New Yorkers…

Tunisia: union responds to repression by calling a general strike

Following a wave of arrests that saw some of the regime’s main opponents jailed on charges of “conspiring against state security,” Tunisia’s main union, the Union Générale des Travailleurs Tunisiens (UGTT), has called a general strike for January 21. Faced…

Not in our name! Meeting in Milan with Rabbi Dovid Feldman

On Wednesday, December 3rd, an interesting meeting was held at the State University of Milan with Rabbi Dovid Feldman of New York, who was passing through Milan after participating in the pro-Palestine demonstration in Genoa on Friday, November 28th, and…

Tunisia: another political opponent arrested

Ahmed Néjib Chebbi was arrested today, Thursday, December 4, in Tunis after being sentenced to 12 years in prison in a sham trial in which he was accused of “conspiring against state security.” Chebbi, who is 81, is one of…

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