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Taking advantage of the COPS Climate change conference in Paris, the World Future Council published an important new resource “The Climate-Nuclear Nexus” (PDF format). Jurgen Sheffran, is the report’s lead author along with John Burroughs, Anna Leidreiter, Rob Van Riet…

The march was initiated by People’s Climate Movement NY, a coalition organization of climate, environmental, labor, faith and social and racial justice organizations in NYC and in coordination with other actions around the world initiated by 350.org. In NYC more…

by Stuart A. Goldman The NSU Museum Ft. Lauderdale, claims to be the first exhibition exploring avant-garde art influence on the look and content of early network television. Actually, part of the exhibit was on display earlier this year at…

Defeating Terrorism – Theirs and Ours By NicolasDavies – WarIsACrime.org From:   http://warisacrime.org/content/defeating-terrorism-theirs-and-ours “…at the very moment the number one nation has perfected the science of killing, it has become an impractical instrument of political domination.” – Richard Barnet, Roots of…

Contradictions in the Whirlwind: The Refugees Crisis, Paris Attacks, Wars without End  By Gary Corseri   “Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” – T. S. Elliot Whitman wrote in “Leaves of Grass”: “Do I contradict myself?  Very well, then, I contradict…

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan In the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, there has been a crushing backlash against refugees from the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. A cartoon has been circulating on…

Oscar winning filmmaker Michael Moore presented his new film, “Where to Invade Next” (trailer) on Thursday, November 12th at DOC NYC 2015 Film Festival. Where to Invade Next is a provocative and inspiring documentary that explores how the U.S. government…

Canada will take 25,000 Syrian refugees In recent months, International Humanist Network members were shocked by the scale of the refugee crisis and by the slow answer of governments to provide assistance to refugees. According to the UNHCR (UN Refugee…

Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz warns about the dangers of the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “We know we’re going to need regulations to restrict the emissions of carbon,” Stiglitz said. “But under these provisions, corporations can…

A Review of Vagabond Song: Neo-Haibun from the Peregrine Journals, by Marc Beaudin. Elk River Books, Livingston, Montana, 2015. 251 pages. Reviewed by Gary Corseri “I learn by going where I have to go.”—Theodore Roethke “A tourist doesn’t know where…