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  • NCCA Highlights the Filipino Identity of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao through the 7 Arts

    As February approaches, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) once again leads National Arts Month (NAM) 2026, rallying Filipinos under the theme “Ani ng Sining: Katotohanan at Giting.”* This year’s theme underscores the power of the arts to speak truth, inspire courage, and contribute to peace and development. Anchored on the outcomes…

  • Great anticipation surrounds the Fourth Assembly of the World Humanist Forum

    At a critical moment in the global situation, in which neo-colonialist violence is reappearing and all respect for human rights and the self-determination of each people seems to be disappearing, the call of the World Humanist Forum to reflect and act collectively to build the world in which we want to live takes on great…

  • Dragana Zivancevic- Vice President

    Dragana Zivancevic is currently Vice-President of IPB and a member of the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network Inc. (IPAN). IPAN represents over 50 organisational and 200 individual members. It is a national body comprised of peace organisations, faith organisations, trade unions and environmental and anti-nuclear groups.

  • Owen Tudor – Vice President

    Owen Tudor is IPB’s current Vice-President. He is also the Secretary of the Commonwealth Trade Union Group, which brings together 70 million workers in 46 Commonwealth countries and a member of the Executive Board of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative UK and the international board of CHRI. He was Deputy General Secretary of the International…

  • Joseph Gerson- Co-President

    Joseph Gerson is the co-president of International Peace Bureau and President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. His books include With Hiroshima Eyes: Atomic War, Nuclear Extortion and Moral Imagination and Empire and the Bomb: How the U.S. Uses Nuclear Weapons to Dominate the World.

  • Beyond “We the People”: Rethinking Democracy

    Across headlines and political speeches, we hear constant warnings about the “end” or “collapse” of democracy. The assumption is clear: democracy is a fixed, universally understood system now under threat. But this framing obscures a deeper reality. Democracy has never meant one thing. Across history, it has carried different meanings for different people, at different…

  • Why ‘Common Security’ is good for business and global stability. Here’s why

    By: Luc Triangle, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) at the World Economic Froum 2026 The concept of Common Security is about addressing root causes of instability: poverty, environmental degradation, exclusion and erosion of trust. The approach is the cornerstone of sustainable, predictable and profitable global business. Such security is not an abstract vision –…

  • Greenland: Not for Sale (or Conquest)

    Statement by the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, January 20, 2026. The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security opposes and condemns President Trump’s imperial and neocolonial campaign of coercion to seize Greenland, an integral domain of Denmark.  Trump’s ambitions for Greenland are part of the increased strategic and commercial competition for influence…

  • Síria: l’ofensiva al Nord i Est del país amenaça els drets de les minories i desmantella espais civils clau

    Síria: l’ofensiva al Nord i Est del país amenaça els drets de les minories i desmantella espais civils clau

    La nova ofensiva al Nord i Est de Síria posa fi a una dècada d’estabilitat relativa, amenaça greument els drets de les minories i desmantella estructures de govern democràtiques, mentre la resposta internacional continua sent insuficient. Més de 150.000 persones desplaçades en pocs dies, imposició del control militar i tancament de projectes comunitaris: el Nord…

  • We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition, prime minister Mark Carney in Davos

    Canadian prime minister Mark Carney declared the end of the rules-based international system and called on states to unite to better counter the intimidation of “hegemonic powers.” He delivered a hard-hitting speech Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which brings together the global economic and political elite. Never before had a Canadian…