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by Mohammad Nazrul Islam The area reverberated with the chanting of slogans before any speeches were made. When someone came on the megaphone to shout a slogan, the rest of the crowd harmonized. Saturday, hundreds of thousands of students, parents,…

To end U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, cold, hard calculations about war spending versus domestic programs could have greater resonance in an election year. By Sonali Kolhatkar What will it take to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza? That’s…

A Tipping Point Has Been Reached In Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its “Special Military Operation”, has reached a tipping point. It is now being acknowledged, even by many Western mainstream news outlets, that Ukraine is in a dire and…

4 August 2024, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group urged the public not to buy and apply a lipgloss product following a public health warning issued by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). In an advisory posted on its website…

“The new regulation for mercury by the European Union (EU) is a significant development in the global effort to reduce and eliminate mercury pollution. It highlights the importance of international and regional cooperation in addressing the human health and environmental…

In 2024, disarmament-minded people like you in 21 states and DC  have stepped up to the plate to organize 63 local or virtual Hiroshima – Nagasaki events that are still ahead of us at this point.  You may want to…

Almost 200,000 emails have been sent to the UN missions of a couple of dozen nations reading “I urge your country to move to convene an emergency session of the UN General Assembly and use Uniting For Peace (Resolution 377) to impose…

Every bit of U.S. government espoused fear-mongering and warmongering rhetoric, policies, and practices, perplexingly designed as a form of deterrence, bears scrutiny. Containing a rising China has been a primary focus in what has resulted in the downward vortex of…

The Baloch National Movement’s Netherlands chapter held its third general body elections named in honor of Shaheed Fida Ahmed, in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. The elections were attended by the chairman of the Baloch National Movement, Dr…

Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. fully supports the recent resolution (Provincial Resolution No. 2024-164) by the Quezon Province Sangguniang Panlalawigan, rejecting the controversial Kaliwa Dam project. The Kaliwa Dam project has been fraught with issues from its inception, primarily due to…