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Urgent appeal to the media to inform about Turkey’s continuing attacks on North-East Syria

Appeal to media representatives. Since October [2023], the Turkish state has been deliberately targeting civilians in the north-eastern region of Syria, in clear violation of international law, in the silence of world public opinion. More recently, during the Christmas period…

Too Much Heat, Past and Present

The ultimate consequences of global warming are difficult to truly understand by the public, policymakers, and by pretty much everybody. In their hearts, they do not want to believe it’ll cause an extinction event. That’s simply too hard to believe,…

A Compelling Theory to Explain a Key Trait of Modern Humans

Paleoanthropologist Curtis Marean has developed a comprehensive explanation based on a synthesis of research and archaeological evidence for what propelled H. sapiens to leave Africa about 70,000 years ago and colonize every part of the world, replacing other existing hominin…

Israel-Palestine: It Is Time For A Reckoning

In my recent article “Why The Two-State Solution Is The Only Viable Option To The Exclusion Of Any Other“, I argued that the two-state solution is the only viable option to bring closure to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Not surprisingly, the…

Why Small Farming Is Essential for Creating a Sustainable Future

With more farmers today than at almost any point in history, humanity’s future will likely be agrarian. We must imagine that world into being. By Chris Smaje Let me start this journey with my feet on my farm. When people…

NYC: No Nukes! Celebrating 3 years of the Nuclear Ban Treaty! Rally and walk to abolish Nuclear Weapons.

Peace Action NYS and Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World present January 22, 2024, Monday, 10:45AM to 1 PM Near the U.N. in front of the Isaiah Wall (43rd Street and First Avenue) and the U.S. Mission to the U.N.…

Milei’s proposal rejected in defence of food sovereignty

Since Monday 15, representatives of various organisations and social sectors have been joining the plenary of deputies debating the mega-bill presented by Milei’s government, “Bases and Points of Departure for the Freedom of Argentines”. Its 664 articles will be substantial…

Reason does not hate

Once upon a time, there was a country where prosecutors were respected and respectable people, and to become attorney general you had to have legal soundness, ethical strength and a résumé (not due to who knows what dreadful things) that…

Activist on trial for defending abortion rights in Andorra acquitted after four years of trial

Vanessa Mendoza Cortés had been accused of defaming the authorities after presenting a report on women’s rights in her country at the UN. Abortion in Andorra is prohibited in all cases, an exceptional situation in the European Union. Stop Violenciès…

Asking President Biden to Sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty

January 22, 2024, marks the third anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). To date, 70 nations have ratified the treaty. NuclearBan.US, on behalf of 120 national, state, and local organizations,…

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