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No Kings Day in Southern California, a creative and irreverent celebration

On Saturday, March 28th, a clear and majestic sun shines over Southern California, its usual peaceful glow watching from above as thousands of festive people invade beaches, parks, and streets to celebrate No Kings Day, which in recent years has become a symbolic day for the defense of democracy in the country. With each new…
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Eyes Wide Open Exhibit

WHO: Military Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace, Long Beach Indivisible, Long Beach Area Peace Network WHAT: As the threat of an escalation of the war in Iran looms, local military families and veterans have presented a timely exhibit “Eyes Wide Open”- a memorial to the 13 US Soldiers killed in the war on Iran and…
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New Roadmap to Protect Bangladesh’s Economy and Environment

Proposal to Reduce Costs in the SME Sector through Solar Power by Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau) ‘Change Initiative’, a research organization, has unveiled a groundbreaking roadmap to transition Bangladesh’s Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector from fossil fuel dependency to renewable energy. The study reveals that planned decarbonization measures could reduce the operational costs of…
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Adviser Titumir Outlines BD’s Path to Economic & Fuel Stability

by Asif Showkat Kallol Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Adviser Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, emphasized that the current administration inherited a ‘collapsed economy’ from the previous government, which left no substantial fuel reserves and took no effective steps to reduce import dependence. Despite rising global oil prices amid the Iran- Israel conflict, he assured that sufficient…
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Groups call for just energy and waste solutions amid global crisis, mark “Kalbaryo ng Manggagawa at Maralitang Manilenyo”

Manila, Philippines — Environmental and urban poor rights groups renewed calls for a shift toward just, sustainable energy and waste solutions following a series of Lenten protest actions dubbed “Kalbaryo ng Manggagawa at Maralitang Manilenyo” held on March 28, 2026. Organized by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), the actions highlighted the everyday “kalbaryo” or suffering faced…
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#EarthHour2026: BAN Toxics Call for Environmental Justice amidst War and Crisis

Marking the 20th year of #EarthHour, environmental NGO BAN Toxics calls on every Filipino to move beyond the symbolic 60-minute switch-off, embrace energy conservation as a daily commitment, and recognize that conserving energy is more than a symbolic global movement—it is an urgent necessity in the face of a deepening energy crisis and environmental harm.…
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Three Liberations: Why Africa Must Reject Victimhood Culture, Tame Demography, and Privatize Failure

(Moscow Bureau) – For the African continent, the time has come to renounce the most dangerous narrative of the postcolonial era: the ideology of victimhood. What long served as a moral shield has today turned into chains that we, against all common sense, continue to forge with our own hands. The first and most crucial…
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War in the Middle East, Pressure on Bangladesh

Bangladesh is about 4000 kilometres away from Iran, feeling the direct heat of its alliance with Israel and the USA. Both politically and economically, Bangladesh is feeling the impacts of the Middle East crisis. On the 26th day of the ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, when discussions about a possible peace…
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Surveilling and punishing childhood: life imprisonment approved for children and adolescents in El Salvador

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has approved a legal framework enabling the imposition of life sentences on children and adolescents starting from the age of 12. This is not a technical adjustment within the penal system. It is a structural transformation that alters the legal status of childhood, strains international law, and, above all,…
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Strong UN warning that puts Kast in the dock over possible pardons for human rights violators

The United Nations system warned Chile about the international illegality of pardoning state agents convicted of human rights violations. Far from being a technical debate, the proposal opens an ethical, legal, and human fracture that repositions political power in front of its own victims. The warning was neither ambiguous nor excessively diplomatic. Through its Special…