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Protect Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian objectors

Russian pacifist, democratic, civil, and human rights movements are directly addressing the European Union, Commission, and Parliament to demand immediate and concrete measures to protect conscientious objectors and all those in Russia who refuse to participate in the war and…

Ukraine: planting seeds of peace and social cohesion despite war

An interesting and unedited report on the situation in Ukraine was published on July 10 in the Vatican News press agency, which reveals news not disseminated by the Italian press. We offer you a summary. In Ukraine, after having been…

Stop Biden from Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

President Biden may have crossed a new red line for the Democratic Party when he announced he would send banned cluster munitions to shore up Ukraine’s slow counter-offensive against Russian troops. By Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd On Friday, 19…

To be a pacifist in Ukraine, the toughest job: They call me a traitor

Yurii Sheliazenko , leader of the Nonviolent Movement in Kiev speaks: “I risk my life, but I am not intimidated by warmongers. Putin and Zelensky remain supreme peace deniers and seek victory on the ground. They lack imagination in building…

Viewpoint: What After Banned Cluster Bombs to Ukraine?

By Ramesh Jaura “Have you noticed,” said John, “how countries call theirs ‘sovereign nuclear deterrents,’ but call the other countries’ ones ‘weapons of mass destruction’?” I am reminded of this quote from David Mitchell’s ‘Ghostwritten’ while reading how President Biden…

Erdogan, Zelensky wrap up talks in Istanbul

ANKARA, July 8. /TASS/. The presidents of Turkey and Ukraine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Zelensky, wrapped up their talks in Istanbul on Friday, TGRT television reported. The meeting took place at the Vahdettin Pavilion in Istanbul’s Uskudar district and…

Cardinal Zuppi on peace mission to Ukraine and Russia

After a stop in Kiev earlier this month, the mission of Matteo Maria Zuppi, president of CEI (episcopal conference of Italy) and archbishop of Bologna, as the pope’s envoy to “ease tensions” over the war in Ukraine and find possible…

Analysis of the Situation and Consequences in the Region, Our House

In recent days, there has been a sharp escalation of conflict in our region, including the spillover of military actions into Russian territory. By Olga Karach We will refrain from reiterating the widely known facts regarding the “liberation” marsh by…

Deconstructing the myth of violence. An investigation of the effectiveness of civil resistance

At a time when not only has war returned even to Europe, but bellicism – that is, the ideology of war – has taken on an unprecedented media and political centrality in our country’s [i.e. Italy’s] republican history, the Italian…

Summer Of Suicide 2023

“Yeah, That’s Called World War III!” Joe Biden, Victoria Nuland, Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan are quite aware of how devastated and depleted the Ukrainian army is and has been since this past winter. This is why President Biden continues…

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