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Learning to discern in a world intoxicated with information

The word intoxication refers to the ingestion, inhalation or skin contact with tangible products that cause serious physical injury or death. These are harmful chemicals in the form of drugs, poisons, gases, etc. More recently, a variant has been introduced…

The Interactive Exhibition “Peace and Active Nonviolence Now!” in Huancayo

In the framework of the VII International Book Fair of Huancayo (FILH) which opens this May 26th in central Peru, the Centro de Estudios Humanistas Nueva Civilización will present the Interactive Exhibition “Peace and Active Nonviolence Now!” to improve the…

Defending the right to water in Tunisia: between governmental latency and individual initiative

On the 29th of April, the country registered extremely high temperatures standing at 34 degrees Celsius in the capital Tunis, even reaching 38 degrees in the southern parts of the country, a notable surge of 14 degrees more than the…

Questioning the Longterm Efficacy of Wage Organizing

On May 2, 11,500 film and TV writers belonging to the Writers Guild of America went on strike. The Guild, founded in 1933, is the labor union representing thousands of writers who create TV series, film scripts, news programs, and…

Chile, a Left without the people is doomed to fail

Nearly two weeks after the election of the Convention of Conventions, with an overwhelming victory for the Chilean ultra-right, I share six reflections with the aim of contributing to the analysis of the political scenario that is opening up for…

Join this journey toward the Universal Human Nation

The Federation of Humanist Parties (IHP) has launched a three-day worldwide campaign from 19-21 May under the slogan “From Destructive Capitalism to the Universal Human Nation“. The main objective is to denounce capitalism as a prehistoric and inhuman system and…

War and child education

As a sociologist and peace researcher, I am concerned with the connections between child-rearing styles in countries around the world and their peacefulness. I ask the simple question “Can a country become sustainably peaceful if a large proportion of its…

Challenging the status quo as Himba youth in Namibia call for change in traditional norms and culture

As technology develops at a dizzying rate, cultures rooted in traditions that go back centuries are struggling to adapt, with older generations either unimpressed or frightened by the tidal wave of change that threatens them with extinction. Will peoples such…

Divergent views between younger and older Australians risk failure to stop climate change

As the effects of climate change continue to become more apparent through extreme weather phenomena, Australian media bias towards older generations’ opinions is causing friction with younger generations, who are increasingly suffering from climate anxiety. Australia is falling behind the…

A small step forward for human rights as Namibia’s Supreme Court grants recognition to same-sex marriages from overseas

In extraordinary and unexpected news, Namibia’s Supreme Court has granted recognition to same-sex marriages conducted overseas putting in doubt the validity of colonial era sodomy laws that, although unused, remain on the statute books since 1927. “We are a country…

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