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Among the key ‘common goods’ essential to life, water plays a crucial role. Water is an irreplaceable source of life for the ‘sustainable’ functioning of the Earth’s climate and , consequently, of all human activities and forms of life on Earth. In recent times, we have lost water as a public common good. It has…

Energy, Power, and the New Global Fault Line “In an increasingly interconnected world, regional conflicts no longer remain confined to their geography. When energy, military technology, and rivalry among great powers intersect, even a localized war can alter the economic and strategic balance of the entire planet.” The New Nervous System of Global Power At…

A Library Departs: History of ideas as lived experience   I have just learned of the death of the German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas. Jürgen Habermas ist tot. What a pity that such a library has departed! Habermas was a major figure of the second generation of the Frankfurt School and a cornerstone of contemporary critical theory. His theories –particularly those…

By Pablo Ruiz* In January 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists stated that we are 85 seconds away from midnight—or the “Doomsday Clock”—due to the threats of nuclear war and climate change. As the war—which resumed in late February against the Islamic Republic of Iran—intensifies, with new attacks carried out by the United States…

Talk presented as part of Pressenza’s panel titled “Nuclear Weapons, Existential Threats, and Journalism: Looking to the Future” during the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America CIESPAL, in Quito, Ecuador, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Nuclear weapons have already destroyed the society they were supposed to protect. Even without a single bomb exploding,…

20 March 2026 *The International Peace Bureau is a member of the Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine (GSPP) coalition Less than two years after the 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement, a renewed Israeli assault on southern Lebanon, stretching to include suburbs of the capital Beirut and other more northern sites, has led to a massive…

Geneva/Delhi, 22 March 2026: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over sealing of the office of United News of India (UNI, one of the country’s oldest news agencies) in New Delhi on Friday and urged the concerned parties to reconsider the decision. According to the local media outlets,…

European activists who traveled to Cuba as part of the Let Cuba Breathe campaign visited the Finlay Institute of Vaccines to learn about the vaccine research and production projects that have given Cuba a prominent role in the international scientific community. “Thank you for the hope and certainty you are giving us: Cuba is not…

Canada and the government of Mark Carney are being urged to stay out of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. Today a large demonstration was held in Montreal to denounce the war in Iran,Lebanon and the Palestinian genocide. Demonstrators marched downtown and gathered to protest the actions of the United States and Israel. They…

The Federal Council has halted the shipment of arms to the United States, a nation engaged in war against Iran. The Council has ordered a suspension of all exports of weapons and military components to that country, citing the “principle of neutrality” and the law regulating the export of such materials. According to local media,…