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The Courage to Stand Together: A Path to Humanization

There are few opportunities to illustrate that some people are working with a different mindset—not following the usual divisions like Israel vs. Palestine, and Left vs. Right — that are dragging our world into unnecessary tensions, insecurity, and violence. Standing…

Young people in Bangladesh bring peaceful change

By Shamsul Basunia During the days in mid June of 2024, College and University students in Bangladesh began to awaken having their rightful position instead of existing discrimination in learning, earning even speaking freely. Political hegemony inflamed this discrimination many…

The World Humanist Forum announces and invites you to its next Open Assembly

The next open Assembly of the World Humanist Forum will be held virtually on Saturday, April 5. Deliberations will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Argentina/Chile/Brazil, with the start time corresponding to 7:00 a.m. in Mexico/Central America and 9:00 a.m. in…

RSS Calls for Global Solidarity with Bangladesh’s Hindu Community

Guwahati: The Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha 2025 (ABPS) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday expressed its serious concern on the unabated and planned violence, injustice, and oppression faced by the Hindu and other religious minority communities at the…

“Not in My Name” – A Call to the Jewish Communities of Europe

Being part of a “community” is a primordial human instinct. Within a community, one can find warmth and a sense of security in shared values and familiar principles. It is a comforting space, a promised land where hopes, fears, challenges,…

Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize

Donald Trump’s first term as president saw some of the largest mass protests seen in the U.S. in over 50 years, from the 2017 Women’s March to the 2020 protests after George Floyd’s murder. By Brittney Price Things feel different this…

18-year-old Trans Conscientious Objector Ella Keidar Greenberg Refuses Military Service in Protest of Occupation and War in Gaza

On Wedensday, March 19 at 10:00, in Tel Hashomer enlistment camp, Ella Keidar Greenberg, an 18-year-old Israeli conscientious objector, will publicly declare her refusal to enlist in the Israeli military. She will be accompanied by a demonstration organized by Mesarvot…

Ukrainian Quakers support Zelinsky, a Seventh-Day Adventist

Can someone be imprisoned because he does not want to participate in a war? Can someone be imprisoned because he refuses to participate in the murder of other human beings? Yes, one can. According to the Ternopil Court of Appeals…

Peace and Nonviolence Introduces Themselves to an Extremist Dictator

By Vhyxcent Andlen Cruz A long overdue call for justice is now in action. Former Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, by the Philippine authorities enacted upon the arrest warrant released by the International Criminal…

It is the time of PEACE with COMPASSION

This is Ursula von der Leyen’s speech, March 11, 2025, Strasbourg https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_739 I played with changing some key words… still not satisfied, do you want to try it? Which words would you use? What is the Europe you dream about?…

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