Autor: pacifista

Four weeks after Michigan’s Democratic primary, the landscape around Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate campaign has changed. In the report published two weeks after the vote, we asked whether a progressive opposed to US military aid to Israel could win in November in one of the country’s most closely contested states. That first report concluded that it…

Mercury found in cosmetic hyped as “free from toxic substances” 3 September 2026, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition exposed yet another skin-whitening product from Pakistan packed with dangerous levels of mercury, threatening the health of users and their families, especially children. Biocos 5 in 1 Beauty Cream was found to contain mercury, contrary…

Truth is one but reason needs challenging enemies. Most feared and hated so-called elected leaders fast become ruthless purgers of basic human values and aspiration for global peace, human unity and sustainable future-making. It is a collective responsibility to understand as moral beings to think of One Humanity for teh good of all on this…

How personal and social change move together in Silo’s thought It would be a mistake to read Silo as saying that a person must first perfect themselves in isolation, and only afterward step out to help change the world. His view runs the other way as well: the very act of turning toward others is…

The relationship between electoral promises and state planning constitutes one of the central problems of contemporary democratic governance. In Peruvian political systems characterized by party fragmentation, low institutional trust and weak state capacities, the government plan tends to operate as a piece of electoral communication rather than as a technical tool for public leadership. However,…

By Dimitra Staikou On August 31, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, justice acquired the ability to lose its face. The Provincial Assembly approved a controversial amendment to the country’s anti-terrorism legislation, introducing an exceptional regime of secrecy in terrorism cases and allowing, among other things, the identities of individuals at the very heart of a trial…

A Conflation of Definitions A few months ago, I wrote a small series of articles for Pressenza that were critical of “globalism”.(1) The articles were generally very well received with the exception of a few notable detractors who seemed to feel there was a contradiction between my criticisms of “globalism” and my advocacy for the…

Canada challenges the United States, and the great lions watch as a trade dispute begins to shift the global chessboard “A great power demonstrates its strength when it can close a door. The world begins to change when those left outside discover that others exist.” THE DAY CANADA SAID NO For generations, imagining a trade…

He stood in front of the small shop in Santa Clara’s central square just as I stepped out, sandwich in hand. Our eyes met. As I walked past him, he said nothing; instead, he lowered his gaze. I had barely taken four or five steps when I stopped. I turned back for a better look.…

Por: Jhovana Yauri El Congreso de la República fue escenario este martes del primer Foro Nacional “Hacia un consenso para la derogatoria de las denominadas leyes procrimen”, una iniciativa promovida por el senador Saúl Armacanqui Morales, que reunió por primera vez a representantes del Congreso, especialistas, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y personajes destacados defensores…