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November 11, 2020

Trump’s Post-Election Tactics Put Him in Unsavory Company

In a recent article for the New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winning writer Andrew Higgins examines how by refusing to accept the results of last week’s U.S. election and working to delegitimize the vote, President Trump is following a similar strategy to that of dictators.
Open Nuclear Network
November 06, 2020

ONN's Nuclear Risk Reduction Approach for the Korean Peninsula

There are six parties involved in conflict around the Korean Peninsula: China, DPRK, Japan, ROK, Russia and the USA. Each party has different perspectives on the history and geopolitical situation in the region, and each party has a role to play in the escalation or de-escalation of conflict. The DP...
November 01,2020

WHAT IS THE ERA?

The experience of the Rural Alternative School (ERA) in Miranda is a space that combines the ideas of an Alternative School and a Diverse Farm. Its development as a productive and educational gathering point had to tackle —through practical project development— different challenges in order to achie...
October 30,2020

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“With the help of MM, we installed the coat rack, and we told them that it was meant for organizing bags, shoes, and shirts, but they continued to be messy. One day, I grabbed everything I found and put it in a sack, and at the time of departure, there were some of them who were confused and looking...
October 30,2020

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“Once, when he was a commander, he went to my house and sat down in the doorway. He said he was going to lead an attack from there! And I was about six months pregnant! And I asked him, “Are you going to stay here?” And he said, “Yes.” So, I had to take my daughter and go out to the mountain, to loo...
October 30,2020

Resource Audio 4

Let’s say that there’s a sense of fellowship. And I admire that here, because when you lose that, it’s difficult to recover. When you come to this space, you feel at ease with everyone, you feel safe, you feel good. We listen to each other and dialogue, and that is what allows us to have a collectiv...
October 30,2020

Resource Audio 3

“Recently my colleagues asked me, “Don’t you want to go to back to the mountains?” I told them, “No, what am I going to do there, if I’m already working here!” There’s a lot of work here, there’s a lot to do. For example, right now, you were looking at the fertilizers, and if you “Recently my collea...
October 30,2020

Resource Audio 2

We're the campesino association and we desire integration. We work together with reincorporated ex-combatants and we don’t have any problem with them being here. We expect the best results and we hope to develop the projects, both for those who are in the reincorporation process and for the campesin...
October 30,2020

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At first, it was tough to see them here, because my mother-in-law died in a FARC attack. So, there was a resentment... But then, after seeing them working every day, we started to understand that it was better for everyone to have them here and not like before. (Campesino Woman, ASPROZONAC, March 5,...
Clayton Besaw
Clayton Besaw
October 30, 2020

It's Time to Talk about American Election Violence

Election violence has grown globally; the potential for election violence in the United States needs to be acknowledged
Bangladesh's election was just 19 days away when Mohammad Hanif, a local leader of the incumbent Awami League, was killed. Eyewitness accounts painted a grim picture. Hanif was killed by a mob wielding sticks and bladed weapons that supported the rival Bangladesh National Party. By merely attending ...