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U.S. Meets Milestone in Chemical Weapons Stockpile Destruction

Both U.S. President Joe Biden and, top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the U.S. has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile of chemical weapons, completing a global effort set in 1997 to eliminate all…

Campaign Shocked by US Decision to Transfer Banned Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) is appalled by the United States’ plans to transfer banned cluster munitions to Ukraine, as reported today in the New York Times. The transfer of the weapon, prohibited under the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, follows repeated…

Supreme Court Preserves College Preferences for Wealthy Whites

In its recent ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices squarely came down on the side of race and class-based preferences—for wealthy whites. By Sonali Kolhatkar The United States Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down race as…

“Oras de Peligro”, A Movie Review

The truth deserves to be told for future generations.     by Lui Queano Oras de Peligro, which prominently featured the historical narrative of the four-day peaceful EDSA revolution, was the result of a collaboration between acclaimed director Joel Lamangan…

NUJP North America Marks the First Year of the Fight for Press Freedom

Distance did not become a hindrance for members of the NUJP (National Union of Journalists of the Philippines) North America chapter to soldier on and fight for press freedom on this side of the planet, the group now reaching its…

Passing of Peace Activist and Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg – Reflections on the Security State and the Anti-war Movement

Daniel Ellsberg died on June 16, fighting to the end to warn of the existential threat of nuclear war. The 92-year-old whistleblower left a legacy of peace activism dating to his courageous release of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. Given…

I Used to Be an Animal Lover Conversation Mitchell, Jimmy & Jhon Part III

This is Part III of our multi-dialogue conversation among the contributors to I Used to Be an Animal Lover, edited by D.A. Cairns. Part I contains the conversation of Rhys Hughes, Barbara Reins and Mitchell Toews. In Part II, Boris…

The Ocean Red Zone

Oceans of the world are in a dangerous red zone that exceeds safe limits for marine and terrestrial life because of excessive heat. Several statements by climate scientists show heightened concerns about how this plays out, as 2023 could be…

Free Leonard Peltier, Racing Against Time

A year is always a year, but when you’re almost 79 and you’ve been locked up in a maximum security prison for 47 and a half years, time hangs really heavy. 26th of June was the 48th anniversary of the…

Interview: Who is Lu Evans? Another Voice from Vozes Intergácticas

Last year I submitted my short story, “The Japanese Rice Cooker” to the Brazilian anthology Fator Morus edited by Lu Evans. Since then, I have witnessed Lu’s relentless efforts to publish speculative writers from around the world. She does everything…

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