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(DIRE) Bologna, 25 May [2023]. – “It is time for mediation, nuclear disarmament, and positive peace”. After the conference that a few weeks ago re-launched the request for a Ministry of Peace in Bologna – in view of 2 June…

In Gallarate, in the province of Varese, nonviolent activists displayed banners that read “There is nothing to celebrate.” Such banners read, “100 years of bombing and slaughter,” “No to war propaganda,” and “No to the militarization of schools.” In fact,…

On Wednesday, 24 May 2023, the University and College Union (UCU) took the streets, again. The reason: pension cuts, working conditions and repetitive attacks on university staff pay. This round of strikes comes after months of negotiations with UCEA, and…

Six hundred million cubic metres of desalinated water per year were promised when it was decided to cancel the Ebro water transfer, but only five per cent of that amount has been provided. By Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa. Despite massive institutional support…

We are witnessing one of the worst drought crises we have ever experienced and even if the rains come, the situation will get worse and worse and the water war between communities, farmers, livestock farmers and populations in general, will…

We publish here the words of Rafael de la Rubia at the “March Perugia Assisi 2023”: On 21 June 2022, we announced the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence at the 1st meeting, in Vienna, of the countries that…

Introduction Fifteen months ago, I began writing a series of articles about what was taking place in Ukraine and what was likely to take place in the future there if a peace settlement was not reached. I’m sorry to say…

In Greece, national elections were held on Sunday, May 21, under the proportional representation system introduced in 2016. 60.92% of the electorate participated in the elections, which resulted in an abstention rate of about 39%, slightly lower than the previous…

The Humanist Party is standing in the municipal and regional elections on 28 May to say that “there is no surplus of people, there is a surplus of violence”. Its proposals, set out in the Municipal Humanist Plan, aim for…

Looking around me, I observe people inside their oppressive thoughts, inside cars, walking in the city in a hurry towards inexcusable places. I stop and think of a great spiritual guide, who watches from the peaks of the Himalayas. By…