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12 November 2023, Quezon City.  The sale of skin-lightening cosmetics contaminated with mercury in Quezon City has not stopped despite the promulgation five years ago of a historic ordinance banning such poisonous cosmetics. Based on the market monitoring conducted by…

Sorsogon City, Philippines—Abuyog National High School proudly celebrates the success of its inaugural event, the 1st Mobile Photowalk held on November 10, 2023. Titled ‘Litratista sa Eskwela’ (School Photographer), this groundbreaking initiative aimed to inspire creativity and critical thinking, uniting…

Remarks on November 11, 2023, at Veterans For Peace event in Iowa City, Iowa   Ukraine needs an armistice. Palestine needs an armistice. Nagorno-Karabakh needs an armistice. Syria, Sudan, Nigeria, and so many countries need an armistice. The U.S. public…

Mesravot is a network of activists and refusenik (conscientious objectors who refuse to serve in the Israeli army because of its occupation policies). We talk with one of its activists, Ella Keidar, 17 years old, who lives in Tel Aviv.…

Watchdog Group Discovers Three More Aerosol Paints Sold Online with Lead up to 94,900 ppm   10 November 2023, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has deplored the continuing use of online shopping platforms as a channel to…

The unacceptable must be fought by all means On 9 November [2023] at 11 am in The Hague, a denunciation for genocide and other crimes (art.15.1) concerning Palestine in particular will be presented to the International Criminal Court. The underlying…

15 US congress members and one senator writing to Joe Biden and lobbying him to drop extradition attempts against Julian. In America’s fragmented political landscape, this letter brings together everyone from republican and fierce Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene, libertarian…

Remarks at Cambridge, Mass., November 6, 2023 If we think of the U.S. arming of genocidal colonial violence in Israel as an anachronistic throwback, we’re not wrong, but there’s something we’re missing. If we want to understand why a bill…

This morning the leading members of the “High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel” (an extra-parliamentary umbrella organization that represents Arab citizens in Israel at national level) were illegally arrested. Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Israel’s…

Voted out: 187 of the 193 member states of the United Nations are calling for an end to the US blockade against Cuba. The USA and its ally Israel are completely isolated. With an overwhelming majority of 187 votes in…