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Femicides and impunity do not stop in Chilean patriarchal society.

To date, in Chile there are 11 completed femicides and 72 attempted femicides, according to data from the National Service for Women and Gender Equality, in a statistic that does not stop and that is advancing dramatically. This escalation of…

Six videos on the Human Being

The channel “Good ideas you may not know” has launched a new series of six videos dedicated to the Human Being. It talks about how human beings are defined, how they feel, what happens to social beings if they are…

Solidarity in action: Patricia Non and the Community Pantry movement in the Philippines

Amidst the grim state of the pandemic in the Philippines last April 2021 came a ray of shining light in the form of Ana Patricia Non who started one of the most powerful movements of volunteerism in the country. At…

“AG-Yaman:” In Gratitude to the Founding Associate of GINHAWA Guru-Giya Leah Tolentino on Her 60th Birthday Part 2

by Genevieve Balance Kupang   “Teaching others is best done with subtlety, explaining in such a way  that the mind opens because the heart has understood.”  -Dadi Janki Here is the continuation of “AG-Yaman” (Thank You): Celebrating a milestone of…

Asia-Pacific Humanists Celebrate 54 Years of the Humanist Movement and Silo’s Message

May 4 1969 marks the historic day when Silo gave his first public talk at Punta De Vacas, Argentina, and started the launch of public activities based on the doctrine of Universal Humanism. His talk, entitled The Healing of Suffering,…

Paradigmatic challenges to overcome the climate crisis

The 9th Symposium of the World Centre for Humanist Studies “Crisis and Overcoming: crossing the Frontiers of Thinking” has come to an end and the feeling is one of profound gratitude to those who made it possible with their presentations,…

Chile: Elements to Contemplate in a New Humanist Constitution

As Universalist Humanists, we aspire to a Universal Human Nation. Understanding that it is a long process to get there, we will be advancing in proposing a New Humanist Constitution for any territory (inspired by the process carried out and…

Transcending the frontiers of thinking: What the 9th International Symposium of the World Centre for Humanist Studies left behind

The ninth International Symposium of the World Centre for Humanist Studies, one of the five organisations of the Humanist Movement, a movement founded by the writer and activist Mario Luis Rodríguez Cobos, better known by his pseudonym Silo, took place…

On Silo’s famous harangue of May 4, 1969

When I received the message with a link to the audio (1) that reproduces Silo’s voice pronouncing the harangue, my mind went back to that moment to recall the facts of such an important event. Which I relate below. Around…

Beloved Earth

It was a long time ago. I still have the sense of wonder [that I felt] when a sensational news story wafted through the media press: “The Earth is alive.” Or, “Our Earth, a living thing.” It was as if…

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