Autor: pacifista

Letter back to Mark Zuckerberg, who wrote to the whole world in order to look at no one. I return to you your favorite word, that “everyone,” and with it I turn the planet around —from China to America, counterclockwise— to ask who fits and who does not fit into your idea of humanity. By…

Faced with the threat of cuts to labor rights, included in the request for legislative powers by Keiko Fujimori’s government, the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP) called for a peaceful march on August 13. Thousands of workers from different trade unions, collectives and civil society marched peacefully from Plaza 2 de Mayo through…

A Pressenza model prepared with the use of AI tools over 5 days assesses political leaders on strength, wisdom and kindness across 12 policy areas. Each policy area is judged by whether political action expands or contracts the field of human freedom. Claire Hanna (SDLP) comes first, closely followed by Zack Polanski (Green) and John…

Anti-war and progressive organizations are planning demonstrations in five U.S. cities on Saturday, August 15, protesting the U.S.-South Korea military exercises known as Ulchi Freedom Shield and calling for an end to what organizers describe as the continuing militarization of the Korean Peninsula and the wider Pacific. The demonstrations, organized as part of Nodutdol for…

We won’t give up. Am I crazy? Sure, but above all, I’m nonviolent in a deep and radical way. A year ago, I was seating on the ground in front of the Senate in Rome with fellow italian activists from Ultima Generazione (Last Generation). We were immediately surrounded by law enforcement. We counted them: about…

After the acquittal of all 40 alleged accused by the court, the case regarding the alleged mass killing of five Dalits in Dangawas, Rajasthan—which occurred 11 years ago—is back in the headlines with anger and resentment. On August 12, 2026, some members of the Dalit community staged a protest in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan,…

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Conference (UNCCD COP17) will take place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from August 17 to 28, 2026, bringing together governments, international institutions, businesses and civil society to address land degradation, drought and restoration. The global food system is facing a convergence of crises: wars are disrupting food supplies and driving…

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the United States spent $21 trillion on its military between 2001 and 2024 (in constant 2024 dollars), equal to the combined military spending of the next eighteen countries. Iran barely made that list at all, spending only 2% of what the US did, and SIPRI estimated…

For about a year or so, my days have been becoming shorter and shorter. Last year, during a therapy session, I said that every day was turning into a Sunday. Not because of its quietness or late rising, but because of that sensation of transition, a pendulum movement where nothing actually happens, but I am…

Congressman Harvey Colchado announced, during the installation session of the Ethics Commission of the Congress of Peru, held on August 10, that he was placing his appointment as a member of that working group at the disposal of the full chamber. The decision came after the prosecution’s request to indict him for the alleged crimes…