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“…Don’t forget Of the rose of the rose Of the rose of Hiroshima The hereditary rose The radioactive rose Stupid and invalid The rose with cirrhosis The anti-atomic rose Without colour without perfume Without rose without anything”. (Vinícius de Moraes)…

Trapped in a circus of doubts and promises, we do not foresee the outcome. I remember when the most exciting part of circus shows was the lion episode. Of course, in those days, the cruelty of such an act did…

Rocío Escobar (Image by Rocío Escobar) Coinciding with the International Day against Violence against Women (25 November), which also marks the beginning of the 16 days of activism against gender violence promoted by the IANSA Network (International Action Network against…

Member States meet for annual conference to review progress in implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention, address challenges, and set strategy for coming year The Twenty-Sixth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CSP-26) opened…

Here we give diffusion to this video done by Mistahi Corkill, pointing from a wider perspective about the change, development and motion in society. The video deals with the era in which we live and the ultimate question of which…

An increasing number of migrants are forced to leave their homes due to a complex combination of factors, but above all because of capitalist models that drive them out of their countries. By Aram Aharonian Last year, it was estimated…

The close connection between authoritarian theology and patriarchal images of God, liturgies, and language patterns on the one hand, and violence in churches, communities, families, and politics on the other, is a challenge for churches and congregations worldwide seeking to…

Madeleine John, Peruvian, has been a member of the Humanist Movement since she was very young. Today, from Silo’s Message, she summarises her activism by saying: “The guiding thread of my life has been to try to contribute to a…

Activists are criticizing the British government for excluding Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco since 1975, from the U.N. climate summit in Scotland. Meanwhile, Morocco is counting renewable energy developments in Western Sahara toward its own climate pledges. Sahrawi activists and…

The accelerating global process of digitalisation is rapidly transforming the ‘operating space’ of citizens everywhere. While digital technologies provide people with new ways to exercise freedoms of association, assembly, and expression, they are simultaneously creating opportunities to restrict those rights,…