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Costa Rica: “The banana strike, a sign of class identity”.

90 years after the historic protest against “Mamita Yunai” in Costa Rica On July 16, the National Commission for the Commemoration of the National Day of Banana Workers held a forum as part of the agenda of initiatives for the…

Inside the struggle to stop the ‘social cleansing’ of Paris for the Olympics

Aid groups and migrants are mobilizing to provide social services and block the eviction of the most vulnerable people in Paris ahead of the Olympics. With the approach of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, organizers and aid groups are working…

Thousands mobilize in Washington DC in a historic day of action to protest Netanyahu’s visit

On July 24, tens of thousands of people from across the United States mobilized to Washington, DC to take part in a protest calling for the arrest of war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The prime minister arrived this…

ADB has a chance to get the “do no harm” principle right with stronger safeguards policy

The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is currently reviewing the draft of a proposed Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), which outlines new operational policies to better address environmental and social risks in ADB projects. This proposed…

Quota Reform Movement in Bangladesh: From Violence to Peace

Bangladesh witnessed an unprecedented anarchy and suffocating situation for more than a week centered on the quota reform movement. In the last four decades, such an anarchic situation has never arisen in the country. A special group, under the guise…

EcoWaste Coalition Postpones “Walang Plastikan” Concert, Holds Disaster Relief Efforts Instead

26 July 2024, Quezon City.  Due to the onslaught of the typhoon Carina-enhanced torrential rains which submerged vast communities in the National Capital Region and other areas, the EcoWaste Coalition postponed the “Walang Plastikan” concert-for-a-cause scheduled today in Pasig City.…

UN Rights Chief Asks for Probe into Rights Violation in Bangladesh

Guwahati: As Bangladesh has slowly returned to normalcy after deadly unrest for many days, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an impartial probe into alleged human rights violations across the South Asian nation. He also called…

BRICS Youth Summit in Ulyanovsk: a space for debate and innovation

From Monday, July 22 to July 26, the Russian city of Ulyanovsk is hosting the BRICS Youth Summit, an event that brings together young leaders and entrepreneurs from the member countries of the BRICS group. This summit offers a platform…

Nothing points to an opposition victory in Venezuela next Sunday, except for dubious polls

Ten candidates, backed by 38 parties, are running in this year’s presidential elections in Venezuela [next Sunday, July 28]. However, there is consensus that the race is centered on just two: President Nicolás Maduro and the main opposition bloc, the…

Is Kamala Harris the black swan of Donald Trump?

After Biden’s forced resignation from the Democratic race, Donald Trump would have woken up with an unexpected black swan that seriously threatens his triumphant return to the White House after the November elections, The new shining star of the Democratic…

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