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Rome’s Fall Is America’s Warning: Civic Neglect Can Topple Even the Mightiest Republics
History shows that even the strongest republics crumble when leaders and citizens neglect their duties. Invading armies can topple a state, but republics are often undone from within—by the neglect of those sworn to their care. Rome, with its Senate, vast provinces, and ideals of civic virtue, offers a mirror for our uncertain age, showing…
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UNSILENCE FORUM
[Press Release: Act X Palestine] With figures such as Youmna El Sayed and Wael Al Dahdouh, who were Al Jazeera’s voices in Gaza, paying an enormous personal price; lawyer Raji Sourani, who is leading the effort to bring the Israeli government before the International Criminal Court; and Iranian activist Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini. The UNSILENCE FORUM brings…
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Comunicado de NOVACT ante la resolución del Consejo de Seguridad sobre el Sáhara Occidental
El Consejo de Seguridad aprobó el pasado viernes 31 de octubre una resolución sobre el Sáhara Occidental, que amplía por un año más el mandato de la Misión de Naciones Unidas para el Referéndum en el Sáhara Occidental (MINURSO). La novedad de la resolución de este año es que los Estados Unidos, bajo la presidencia…
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The International Peace Bureau Calls for Action to Protect Civilians in Darfur, Sudan
El Fashir, the last standing city in Darfur, Sudan, has fallen to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). And civilians are facing mass humanitarian atrocities. For more than 550 days, the city had been under siege, devastated by the systematic cut off of aid, food, and medicine. Thousands were killed through execution, bombardment, starvation & severe…
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Litfest to Relive the Legacy of Pragjyotishpur
The Third Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival, with a series of fascinating deliberations, will open up the doors for author-translators, art-connoisseurs, critics, budding writers, performing artists, and translators with other literature enthusiasts to rediscover the legacy of far eastern Bharat. Organized by Sankardev Education and Research Foundation with the theme titled ‘In Search of Roots’, the annual…
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Warning Out on Newly-Discovered Lead-Containing Spray Paints
1 November 2025, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has discovered a new spray paint brand sold online with lead content that would make it illegal to import, distribute, and sell in the Philippines. Based on the X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) screening it conducted, the dry samples of green, beige, and orange Nasmc Spray…
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Healing Colours: Surfacing the Unseen for Justice and Accountability
By Maria Veronica “Vernie” G. Caparas* That fateful LapuLapu Day Festival on 26 April 2025 not only quashed the future of eleven lives; it bared the grief, loss, outrage, and trauma of migrant communities. The three levels of government’s lingering disregard for migrants’ long-sought recognition of their right to equity, justice, and security on all…
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Israeli conscientious objector Netta Lannes Arbel: “I refuse to close my eyes. There’s another way”
Netta Lannes Arbel, 24 year-old from Emek Hefer, who refused to reenlist in the Israeli army in Ir HaBahadim Camp in southern Israel on December 29, was tried today for 8 days in military detention for his refusal. Lannes Arbel is a member of the Atuda Program of the IDF, which allows soldiers to get…
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EcoWaste Coalition: It’s High Time to Toughen Firecracker Laws to Prevent Senseless Injuries and Deaths; Curb Toxic Pollution
7 January 2025, Quezon City. The environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition bewailed the rise in the number of people, especially young children, who were injured or killed in firecracker-related incidents, prompting it to call for stronger regulations to prevent these senseless injuries and deaths. As the Department of Health (DOH) concluded its surveillance…
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Lavrov Elaborated On Russia’s Approach To The Global Systemic Transition
It envisages helping developing countries rebalance their relations with the West while avoiding the neocolonial pitfalls for the ‘green agenda’ that’s being weaponized as a ploy to entrap them. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov elaborated on his country’s approach to the global systemic transition in an interview with Rossiyskiaya Gazeta in late November, which followed…