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The Enduring Legacy of EPES Concepción: The transformation of women and their communities

By Maxine Lowy Along the north shore of the Biobío River, in the Chilean southcentral city of Concepción, illegal waste dumps and overgrown bushes proliferated. A short distance from there were modest neighborhoods where families crowded in flimsy houses. Rodents,…

“La casa del frente”, Sparks of Humanity in Dark Times

By Maxine Lowy Only six meters separated the two curbs of Dioszegi Street near downtown Miskolc, a city in northeastern Hungary. But in April 1944, one month after the German invasion of that country, it was a nearly insurmountable distance…

“Guillermo, qué quiere que le diga” Tribute dialogues with the legacy of late artist Guillermo Núñez

By Maxine Lowy In a sample of the exuberant and infinite creative power of the human being, some 180 variants of two works, made by the same number of artists, cover the length and breadth of the walls of the…

Acción Humanista: Public statement on the political situation in Venezuela

Faced with the delicate situation that the Venezuelan people are experiencing today, as Acción Humanista we join the calls of the international community and of governments, parties and sectors of the left and progressives of various countries that raise the…

How to Defeat Violence?

We publish here the conversation among Luca Marini – founder of the Alpha Community, siloist – and the young representative of the Points News channel, Daria Pick. This interview is about Silo, active nonviolence, mental suffering and personal development, going…

The BRICS – Is another world possible?

The BRICS is the name given to the group of five countries that began to form this group and to work consensually in areas such as trade, investment, technology, and finance, to promote their common interests on the world stage,…

Mario Aguilar, President of the Chilean Teachers’ Association, elected to Education International’s Executive Committee

The President of the Chilean Teachers’ College, Mario Aguilar, has been elected to the Executive Committee of Education International for Latin America, EILA, for the period 2024-2028. In his first speech to the General Assembly, the Chilean teacher leader reviewed…

Last day of the International Book and Social Sciences Fair Recoleta 2024 (FILCS)

After an unforgettable experience for lovers of literature and critical thinking, FILCS, which opened on the 4th of this month and has become the epicenter of intellectual debate, closes today, Sunday 14th April, in the main square of the Recoleta…

Silo at the International Social Sciences Book Fair

Organized by Virtual Ediciones, yesterday Silo’s lecture given at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow on 18 June 1992 was presented through a video on “The Crisis of Civilization and Humanism”, contextualized by José Gabriel Feres and Gonzalo García-Huidobro.…

Mayor Joel Olmos (Acción Humanista) launches pre-candidacy for re-election

Joel Olmos, the current mayor of La Cisterna and a member of Acción Humanista, launched his pre-candidacy for re-election to the municipal council at the DINAR center in La Cisterna, which was packed with residents. In addition to representatives of…

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