Autor: pacifista

Global warming is becoming a self-advertised nuisance, with the recent Nepal disaster bringing renewed attention: Is global warming fueled by fossil fuel CO2 emissions behind the Nepal catastrophe? In High Mountain Asia, there are thousands of glaciers at some stage of transforming into large lakes that may burst, barreling down mountainsides. The recent Nepal incident…

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and Metropolitan Theater (MET) launched Saplot ng Entablado: Kasuotang Pilipino sa Sining, Tanghalan, at Pamana on September 1 at the Metropolitan Theater Gallery, marking the celebration of Linggo ng Kasuotang Pilipino 2026. The exhibition brings together Filipino attire seen across different stages, productions, periods, and artistic settings,…

Envi Group BAN Toxics Asks As It Joins Multisectoral Network Against the US-Led Initiative Environmental Justice Organization BAN Toxics joined the public launch of Network Opposed to Pax Silica (NO to Pax Silica) on August 31, 2026, in Quezon City, raising the question of who will really benefit from the US-led initiative and at what…

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through its Program Management Division and Philippine Cultural Education Program (PCEP), convened local executives for a Capacity-Building on Culture-Based Governance on August 28, 2026, at the Ballroom of the Metropolitan Theater in the City of Manila. The working conference gathered local government leaders and stakeholders to…

Ever since Hugo Chávez became Venezuela’s president in 1999 and initiated the Bolivarian Revolution, the country has been under siege by the US. The aggression escalated with the kidnapping of its lawful president, part of a larger and accelerating assertion of US imperial power worldwide. The Bolivarian Revolution survived but is in a forced tactical…

The World Humanist Forum has launched its audiovisual newsletter for July–August 2026. The purpose of this newsletter is to highlight the various activities and productions carried out by its Thematic Committees. The newsletter is divided into three audiovisual segments and has been subtitled in English, French, and Spanish—the language of the original narration—to make it…

Philosophy is often imagined as a discipline that builds—constructing systems, securing knowledge, clarifying truth. But its deepest power may lie elsewhere. Philosophy does not merely build; it destroys. It unsettles, destabilizes, and, at its most powerful, pulls the ground out from beneath us. By Sam Ben-Meir Nowhere is this destructive power more vividly on display…

August 2026 was once again marked by severe wildfires in Algeria, particularly in Kabylia, Béjaïa and Jijel. People lost their lives or were injured, while homes, forests, farmland and livestock were devastated by the flames. For many families, the human, economic and social consequences have been considerable. The question of the origin of these fires…

Russia would do well to learn from China, whose leader Xi Jinping has proudly exhorted the importance of self-criticism and self-reform for years already, even declaring that “We must be receptive to the public’s suggestions and willingly accept their supervision.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told local media that his country requested clarification from CIA chief John…

Simon Bolivar, the great liberator of South America, famously observed, “The United States appear(s) to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” For 200 years, US leaders have never proved him wrong. In the early 1800s, Bolivar led what is now Venezuela and five other countries to independence…