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Commissioning of the newest and final new Ollis-class Staten Island Ferry that will begin carrying passengers across the harbor later this year. The Dorothy Day is the third Staten Island Ferry boat ever to be named after a specific woman,…

For the 30th consecutive United Nations vote, the US again lost. A landslide margin of 185 to 2 condemned its blockade of Cuba on November 3. Only the apartheid state of Israel voted with the US, while Brazil and Ukraine…

The Laicrimpo National Movement is a space for meeting and exchange of knowledge that works on community health and not on illness. In dialogue between doctors, peasants, indigenous people and residents of working-class neighbourhoods, they recover the benefits of plants…

Dateline: November 7-18, 2022, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Dignitaries from every country will be meeting to discuss climate change at COP27. Based upon early confirmations, 90 heads of state will attend, lending an aura of importance. By Robert Hunziker “Climate change…

After more than two weeks of waiting and 21 requests to the relevant authorities 179 people rescued from distress at sea on board the civil rescue ship Humanity 1 are still waiting for a place of safety. Due to a…

They propose the creation of a Single Information Office in the Ombudsman’s Office, for comprehensive attention to families, and a DNA bank connected to Interpol. They describe this intervention as “absolutely necessary” to avoid the suffering of thousands of migrants…

Representatives of major U.S. peace organizations announced today that more than 1,000 Americans who opposed the U.S. wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have signed a statement expressing solidarity and support with Russians who are opposing the Ukraine War both…

On Friday, October 7th, with some of the fellow promoters of the 24 hours for Assange, we attended the Wired Next Fest 2022, hosted for the occasion by the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan. Obviously, without taking anything away from…

Ralph Nader, the legendary consumer rights activist and former Green Party US presidential candidate, has urged Democrats to “crush the Republican Party in 2022”. Nader believes that the authoritarianism embraced by the Republican Party poses an existential challenge to American…

On national television, the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, announced the pension reform to be introduced by his government, detailing that the project includes a mixed system, individual accounts and the end of the PFAs. The president began by…