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The message of peace from the “Poets of the World”
POETRY The second international “Poets of the World” event in Italy, dedicated to the themes of peace, solidarity, and protection of the…
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From Baloney to Base: The Making of the US Military Footprint in Ghana
In February 2008, beneath the harsh afternoon sun of Accra, US President George W. Bush stood before a small gathering of journalists…
Analysis
The Feminization of Poverty: A Socialist Feminist Perspective By Bayan Saleh
When we speak of poverty in political or academic discourse, we often tend to treat it as a neutral phenomenon, as…
Art & Peace
Politics in Sports: Could Exercising the Olympic “Nuclear Option” Save Humanity?
How can one take a straight, razor-sharp steel blade, pair it with a cold, rock-hard, lifeless surface, and create an explosion of…
economy
The Narco Trap: When Power Chooses Its Criminals and Its Heroes
There are moments in geopolitics where reality becomes so absurd it feels like satire — and yet, it’s official policy. The word “narcotrafficking” has…
African Union
Trump, Kagame, Tshisekedi & the Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace: A Peace Deal Short on Peace
Let’s start with the basics. We are told this is “one of the deadliest and longest-running wars on the planet.” Millions dead, villages erased,…
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Listening before solving: the politics of meaningful dialogue
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Human beings are not statistics
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From resistance to alternatives
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