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[Spain] Ernesto Maleno: “Transculturality is the reality to which we are called in these times, a loving response to so much violence and disintegration”.

Accepting the new global reality means recognising the increasing disappearance of cultural and even physical barriers. Activists like Ernesto Maleno are championing and working in Spain with the concept of transculturality to promote integration across borders. Ernesto Maleno is a…

Cardinal Zuppi on peace mission to Ukraine and Russia

After a stop in Kiev earlier this month, the mission of Matteo Maria Zuppi, president of CEI (episcopal conference of Italy) and archbishop of Bologna, as the pope’s envoy to “ease tensions” over the war in Ukraine and find possible…

National elections in Greece: Conservatism and the far rightwin

In the second and final national election contest in Greece, the conservative and far-right forces have triumphed. The left suffered a crushing defeat, while abstention exceeded 47%. Only the conservative left, expressed by the KKE, emerged stronger, while MeRA25 was…

Neofascists start hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community in Crete

“We will put an end to this brothel”, say two candidates of the neo-fascist – not only in name but also in practice – Spartans party that recently entered the Greek Parliament. They were parliamentary candidates in Rethymnon and Chania.…

Optical illusion in art

How many times have we not spilled out into a kind of hypnotism when looking at a painting or any other object that creates an optical illusion? That’s what happened to a mother and daughter when they were enjoying a…

Analysis of the Situation and Consequences in the Region, Our House

In recent days, there has been a sharp escalation of conflict in our region, including the spillover of military actions into Russian territory. By Olga Karach We will refrain from reiterating the widely known facts regarding the “liberation” marsh by…

Simultaneous social and personal transformation, historical view of violence, The Counterculture of violence = The Culture of Nonviolence = The Culture of Consciousness

Intervention by Philippe Moal (Observatory of Nonviolence) Good afternoon, everyone, I would like to thank Multimages, the organisers of the Book Festival for Peace and Nonviolence and its participants, as well as the guests with whom I am sharing this…

Trapani court rules: border protection prevails over human rights

At yesterday’s hearing in the case against Iuventa-crew and others, the court of Trapani rejected the two requests previously filed by the defence of Iuventa-crew. Hence, the court blocked the possibility to bring serious contradictions between fundamental rights’ protection and Italian…

Ramstein: Conference on military bases and war

We publish here the words of Antonio Carvallo‘s speech at the 6th International Congress against Military Bases and War, which took place this June 23 and was organized by the International Network against Global Military Bases, founded in 2018. I…

Urgent international support! Conscientious objection also in Belarus

After Ukraine and Russia, Belarus is also recording the first cases of political conscientious objectors refusing to participate in military mobilization for the ongoing war. Dvarashyn Vitali is an objector supported by nonviolent movements and he is facing the prospect…

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