A people’s court here today condemned the United States for war crimes committed in the name of the fight against terrorism, and demanded the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The symbolic hearing was organised by Progressive International a week…

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Faced with the worrying trend of the recovery of the problem of hunger in the world we asked some questions to Valeria Emmi of CESVI (see bio at the bottom of the interview), in an attempt to better understand and…

PERSONAL NARRATIVE      Over thirty years ago, I was blessed enough To come in contact with a current of thought, A way of thinking, feeling and acting in the world That has, since then, served as direction and foundation…

ENVIRONMENTAL ESSAY We must safeguard the web of life and care about the other living species that we share this planet with. Pygmy tarsiers eat and host bugs that we’ve seen at home — insects, spiders, lizards, bedbugs, lice, fleas,…

INDIAN CULTURE Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) appreciates the decision of the Assam government to recognize Bhaskarabda, a period counted from the date of ascension by the greatest king of Kamrup, as an official calendar along with the Saka and Gregorian charts.…

Bengali culture/commentary     By Pathik Hasan “Bangladesh finalizes agreement to build Buddhist monastery in Lumbini, Nepal”  This was the headline of Hong Kong-based Global Buddhist Door’s news headline last October 11, 2021. Can anyone imagine that a Muslim country is…

PERSONAL NARRATIVE     by Agnes Prieto The clouds scudded on a pristine blue sky, almost a perfect day… except for a  silence, too quiet. A leaden weight, a lockdown that would end of a flow. No hurry, there was…

While the pandemic slows through the U.S. (at least among the vaccinated), another deadly epidemic persists unchecked: police killings of men of color. A Washington Post online database reports 7216 people killed by police since 2015, with 914 killed so…

We are completing the second year of the pandemic caused by the coronavirus, no matter how much we enlighten ourselves, the future is not clear. The economy is more stifled than before and capitalism has long since failed, there is…