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The Interactive Exhibition “Peace and Active Nonviolence Now!” in Huancayo

In the framework of the VII International Book Fair of Huancayo (FILH) which opens this May 26th in central Peru, the Centro de Estudios Humanistas Nueva Civilización will present the Interactive Exhibition “Peace and Active Nonviolence Now!” to improve the…

War and child education

As a sociologist and peace researcher, I am concerned with the connections between child-rearing styles in countries around the world and their peacefulness. I ask the simple question “Can a country become sustainably peaceful if a large proportion of its…

A cartographic journey through memory

Based on the work collected in the cartography “Bogotá, city of memory”, the exhibition “I resist, therefore I am” offers an overview of the struggles and resistance of the last eighty years of Colombia’s history. Published: El Mundo Obrero The…

Organisations send Letter for Peace and Against Military Spending

Presidents of Latin America, the Caribbean and North America Dear Presidents of Latin America, the Caribbean and North America We, the undersigned organisations and individuals, support the International Campaign Against Military Spending. Therefore, we would like to point out the…

What to do (and what not to do) in the face of the reactionary advance of the far right

The electoral victories of Gustavo Petro, Xiomara Castro, Gabriel Boric, Pedro Castillo, the return of MAS to the Bolivian government and Lula to the Brazilian presidency, together with the electoral victories of Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Alberto Fernández inaugurated…

Global Action calls for halt to funding for East African oil pipeline

Activists from 7 countries are singling out Marsh McLennan for its role in the development of the East African oil pipeline. They allege that the insurance brokerage violates OECD CSR guidelines. Members of the #StopEACOP coalition held a coordinated day…

European reNazism

From the French government of Macron, social provocation has been sought in a strange and irrational way, as if the aim was to obtain images of chaos in Paris. Social movements know very well that chaos is often promoted by…

12 years of 15M

This 14 May will mark the 12th anniversary of the 15 May that gave rise to the Indignados movement. At 12 o’clock in the morning, a demonstration will begin in the Gran Vía metro station (Madrid), which will pass through…

Presentations of the Nonviolent Journalism Book in the U.S.

During the last few days, Pressenza presented its new book on Nonviolent Journalism in the United States. This book aims to reflect the first twelve years of collective effort run by volunteers from the fields of journalism and communication. Talk…

Thou shalt not kill. Or how? – Occasional polemical remarks on the 5th commandment

“The masses are never bellicose unless they are poisoned by propaganda.” Albert Einstein “It is murder. They always kill the son of a mother.” Juergen Todenhoefer It’s a Christian commandment. And it seemed non-negotiable to me when I started thinking…

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