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The Historic Korean Peace Declaration Was Made Possible By Social Movements, Not Trump

According to peace activist Christine Ahn, the “job” of pushing leaders to move towards formally ending the Korean War was, in fact, accomplished by dogged Korean anti-war activists who helped oust former South Korean President Park Geun-hye in 2017 and gave Moon Jae-in a mandate for peace.

  • Ghulam Ali sings Ghalib and Faiz: South Asian music in the times of Shiv Sena and RSS

  • Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership is against people and environment?

  • Secular bloggers in Bangladesh remain defiant despite new threats

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[Sign Petition] Say NO to India-Japan Nuclear Agreement!

The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will be visiting Tokyo next month. One of the key agenda during the visit would be to finalise the agreement for supply of nuclear technology from Japan to India, which will help set up nuclear power plants in Jaitapur and Kovvada, being imported from France and the US.

  • The Un-unquiet Irrationality of Barkha Dutt

  • Beyond Japan in the Post-Fukushima World Order: Japan’s Gamble on the Asian Nuclear Renaissance

  • Solidarity from Australia: Mullumbimby says NO to India-Japan nuke deal

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15 Year Old Greta Thunberg Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change at COP24: Watch Video

Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the U.N. plenary last night in Katowice, Poland, condemning global inaction in the face of catastrophic climate change.

  • Afghan youth deported from Nuremberg: German classmates face police brutality in solidarity protest

  • Ghulam Ali sings Ghalib and Faiz: South Asian music in the times of Shiv Sena and RSS

  • Dalit Muslims of India – An Aljazeera Documentary

The peace process on the Korean Peninsula must go on: civil society’s open letter to UNSC

March 24, 2019 East Asia, North Korea, Peace

We (55 civil society organizations in ROK) have sent the Open Letter to appeal to the Members of the UN Security Council, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718, and the international community to ensure that the peace process on the Korean Peninsula is firmly sustained.

15 Year Old Greta Thunberg Condemns the World’s Inaction on Climate Change at COP24: Watch Video

December 14, 2018 Climate Change, Videos

Fifteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the U.N. plenary last night in Katowice, Poland, condemning global inaction in the face of catastrophic climate change.

[Sign petition on White House Website] – Stop landfill work in Okinawa until a referendum can be held!

December 14, 2018 Campaigns, Japan, Militarism, Okinawa

Here is an online petition that we urge all our supporters to sign and share widely:

The Historic Korean Peace Declaration Was Made Possible By Social Movements, Not Trump

May 2, 2018 Featured, Peace

According to peace activist Christine Ahn, the “job” of pushing leaders to move towards formally ending the Korean War was, in fact, accomplished by dogged Korean anti-war activists who helped oust former South Korean President Park Geun-hye in 2017 and gave Moon Jae-in a mandate for peace.

20 Years after Pakistan’s Nuclear Tests, Baloch Groups Protest Radioactive Contamination of Chagai Hills

May 2, 2018 Nuclear Disarmament, Pakistan, South Asia

The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) has announced to organise protests and awareness programs in Balochistan and abroad on 28 May 2018 to protest against Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and their effects on the people of Raaskoh area of district Chaghai Balochistan.

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  • The peace process on the Korean Peninsula must go on: civil society’s open letter to UNSC


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