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Regional Meeting “For the right to a just and sovereign digital future” has ended

Last Friday (14), the Regional Meeting “For the right to a just and sovereign digital future”, which took place over the course of two days in the Casa Patria Grande “President Néstor Carlos Kirchner”, came to an end in the…

Red-Tagging of NUJP Secretary General a Grievous Act against Press Freedom

As brazen as the next expected act, the secretary general of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) was red-tagged in a recently aired program via Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI). Ronalyn Olea, NUJP secretary general and managing…

Surging Methane

A mysterious uptick in atmospheric methane (CH4) was first detected 15 years ago. Of major concern, CH4 is a potent greenhouse gas that’s ~80 times greater than CO2. It’s like a turbo-charged booster heating up the planet. It is a…

Environmental Racism Is Poisoning America’s Waters

Thousands of people in U.S. cities have been left without access to clean water. Communities say institutional racism is to blame. By Natalia Marques The United Nations General Assembly recognized “the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation…

EU border agency Frontex accused of covering up human rights violations in Greece – the allegations explained

A classified report by EU anti-fraud office Olaf has accused Frontex, the EU border agency, of covering up human rights violations in Greece. The report was made public by German media. It comes after a months-long investigation into allegations that Greek border officials…

Over 220 Organizations Across the World Sign Letter Demanding an End to the United States F35 Fighter Jet Program

Ben Cohen, Roger Waters join organizations from Europe to South America in calling for President Biden and the U.S. Congress to cancel the manufacturing and training of the F-35 fighter jet. In a time of economic uncertainty, climate crisis, and…

CPC opens 20th national congress

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened Sunday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping, on behalf of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC, delivered a work report to the…

Community organizing: Elderly and street children advocates

by Edward M. Gerlock Edward M. Gerlock storifies below the principles, dynamics, and power of community organizing as a sequel to his Priestly solidarity with poor farmers, “Father, did you not realize that to oppose the banana companies is subversion!”, and American priest…

New paradigm for education

Much is said about the need for a substantive change in the education of children and young people. So much so that today there is a need for a paradigm shift, which is defined as: “A theory or set of…

ICAN’s United Liaison Seth Shelden delivered the following statement to the 77th session of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly:

Distinguished delegates, As this Committee meets here in New York, the world faces what is widely agreed to be the highest risk of use of nuclear weapons in decades. Russia has invaded Ukraine and threatened to use nuclear weapons against…

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