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ζω: zo̱… I Live ! Interactive documentary in Greece

This project was born from a curiosity about Greece. Soon the idea of making an interactive documentary became clear, giving voice to those women and men who organize themselves to find solutions to the needs of daily life. It is…

Cyprus: the Roma, standing for what they are!

Interview with Ms. Chryso Pelekani, Special Scientist, Ph.D candidate   University of Cyprus pelekani.chryso@ucy.ac.cy   Dear Chryso, please tell us where and when were you born? I was born in 1980 and I was raised in Limassol, Cyprus.   Where…

Tsipras resigns “reclaiming” popular sovereignty

A few hours ago the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, handed his resignation to the President of Greece. Just before doing so he gave a 15 minute message to the population that was also broadcast by many press agencies around…

Greek PM Tsipras resigns, calls snap election

Prime Minister Tsipras has announced early elections in an effort to quell rebellion within his party. Many left-wing lawmakers are disappointed with what they see as Tsipras’ surrender to creditors’ demands. Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted his resignation and…

UK labour leadership contest: Jeremy Corbyn the only candidate to bring hope

On one point I agree with his opponents: Jeremy Corbyn has little chance of winning the 2020 general election. But the same applies to the other three candidates. Either Labour must win back the seats it once held in Scotland…

Grexit should be sooner rather than later

The context of the European Union As Humanists we aspire to a future in which all the peoples of the world integrate within a Universal Human Nation. In this sense we differentiate this process of integration that we call planetarisation…

Greek debt and West-Russia-China-Japan

The game is dirty and has lasted 70 years. It came with the idea of development as imitating, but not catching up, with the West, for all states, including the deluge of states due to decolonization. The formula for big…

A reflection by post-cold war vet

VFP Convention 2015: A Reflection by Post-Cold War Vet By Michael Bassett I am grateful to Veterans For Peace (VFP) for the life-changing experience they gave me at the VFP 30th Annual Convention recently held in San Diego, CA., and…

The battle between neoliberal and democratic values

A delegation of Humanists was recently invited to Greece in order to give two presentations at the TEDx event in Anogeia on the island of Crete, they also participated in meetings with members of the Greek national and local government. …

Mikhail Gorbachev: US Military ‘Insurmountable Obstacle to Nuclear-Free World’

 Mikhail Gorbachev: US Military an ‘Insurmountable Obstacle to a Nuclear-Free World’ Interview conducted by Joachim Mohr and Matthias Schepp and made available on Spegel; here a brief introductory passage and the link. “Reagan acted out of honest conviction and genuinely rejected…

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