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France: Mass protests against higher retirement age

France’s President Emmanuel Macron wants to raise the retirement age by two years. However, 72 percent of French people are against the pension reform—and the trend is rising. Since mid-January, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets…

Global Carnival: a new worldwide mobilization for Assange

The details of the new worldwide initiative for Julian Assange’s freedom are being defined: in support of the demonstration in London organised by Dont Extradite Assange for 11 February, all the groups, committees, political and social formations calling for the…

No patent on ‘Alzheimer Apes’

There must be no economic incentives for animal experiments. Testbiotech, Institute for Independent Impact Assessment in Biotechnology, has already successfully appealed several times in similar cases at the EPO in the past. A patent covering genetically engineered ‘Alzheimer apes’ has…

Newly Obtained Documents Detail U.S. Government Officials’ Racist Views of Black Migrants

ICE officials treated deportation as sport U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and dismissed reports of abuse, internal documents obtained by advocacy and activist groups through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)…

Peru – No way out of the crisis

On Saturday, February 4, thousands of demonstrators gathered in the centre of Lima for the so-called March of the Cones, which brought together demonstrators from the south of the country and demonstrators from the suburbs of the city of Lima.…

Lantern Festival, culmination of Chinese New Year traditions

The Chinese end their New Year celebrations today with the Lantern Festival, where light is the protagonist thanks to the first full moon and the lanterns displayed in every corner of the country. The final event of the season falls…

Potentially habitable Earth-sized exoplanet found

Astronomers discover a rocky exoplanet about the mass of Earth, suitable for searching for signs of life. A group of astronomers, led by Diana Kossakowski of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany, in a paper published in the…

Democracy held hostage

It should come as no surprise that several world gauges of public opinion agree that millions of citizens are disappointed with democracy and its ability to truly serve the interests of their nations. Politicians and parties called upon to run…

The inner look and the re-emergence of spirit, intentionality and nature

In this paper, we will try to show how, in those moments of re-encounter with the spiritual, the intentional and the living, the human consciousness operates in a different way than historically usual. By David Sámano I would first like…

What is China’s actual human rights record in the global context?

The Western version of human rights has long dominated the global discourse, an inevitable outcome powered by pervasive cultural exports and hefty economic clout. But as developed nations champion rights issues while savaging less advanced countries on such pretexts, they…

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