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The European Union defends its “Democracy and Values” and those of Ukraine!
That is the slogan we have heard and are hearing repeated endlessly since 2022 until today The European Union defends its “Democracy and Values” and those of Ukraine! That is the slogan we have heard and are hearing repeated endlessly since 2022 until today to justify not only all the sending of weapons and NATO…
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Sheikh Hasina, Death Sentence, and the Islamist Realignment of Bangladesh
By: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury Bangladesh is standing on the edge of a precipice. For the first time since 1971, the country faces the real possibility of systemic collapse – political, institutional, and civilizational. The death sentence handed down to the former Prime Minister is not a legal verdict but the official announcement of a…
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The Humanitarian Crusader: Who Has Performed Dignified Last Rites for Over 70,000 Unclaimed Bodies
Jag Mohan Thaken –India Some are born to serve the society; some to preserve the society and some to ‘swerve’ the society. But he has all these qualities. When due to the fear of the spread of Corona, everyone was hesitant even to attend the funeral of his nears and dears. Then this angel was…
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Anjali Mehta: Conquering the 7 Summits & Gender-Based Violence – Part 1
Anjali Mehta is a 31 year-old mountain climber challenging the “seven summits” to support international agencies fighting gender-based violence and to bring attention to the rights of transgender girl athletes. In this first part of a two-part BCR program, we asked Anjali about her mountain climbing experiences. She told us about falling into a crevice…
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Venezuela Under Siege: A Hundred Deaths at Sea – Hundreds of Thousands by Sanctions
Washington is targeting the Venezuelan people in an escalating regime-change offensive, combining open military violence with an economic siege that has quietly claimed far more lives. By Roger D. Harris Most of the world looks on in disbelief at the now-routine murders on the high seas off Venezuela’s coast – serial killings that the newly…
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Gaza: Hope Walks on Our Own Legs
UN Security Council Resolution 2803 represents a victory for American diplomacy, enforcing the law of the jungle. On November 17, 2025, in New York, Russia and China abstained, despite holding the power to block the resolution with their veto—a privilege reserved for the five permanent powers. I have read the resolution. The condemnation of Gaza…
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Veterans For Peace Support ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’! Active-Duty Military and National Guard Can Refuse Illegal Orders to Fight Illegal Wars
Veterans For Peace supports the members of Congress who produced the Don’t Give Up the Ship video to affirm and make clear the right and responsibility of all military servicemembers to refuse illegal orders. We are appalled at the president of the United States’ reaction, calling their statement of fact seditious and punishable by the death penalty.…
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Why did Trump and Mamdani at opposite ends of the political spectrum meet?
This week the meeting between President Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani surprised both Democrats and Republicans. In fact, beyond their political and ideological positions, these two men decided to work together for the people of New York. This is amazing and remarkable; they were able to overcome the limitations imposed by their own…
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Accra: Repairing the Damage of Colonialism on the African Continent
An international conference was held in Accra, the capital of Ghana, from November 18 to 19, bringing together delegates from Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, Europe, and the diaspora in general to chart a path toward full reparations for slavery, colonialism, and apartheid suffered by African peoples. The conference, convened by the Pan-African Progressive Front…
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In the Company of Trees, Strangers, and an Ex-Con
by George Banez ”Oh, you weren’t even born yet the second time I went to jail,” said Tatang as he lounged on a wooden platform raised two feet above the dirt floor of the “cottage.” Made of bamboo, the cottage was the kitchen-dining hall for the staff, now reduced to five hardy men. They remained to…