World Citizens Call for an Inmediate End to Hostilities between Israel and Hamas, and for a Genuine Peacebuilding Effort in the Middle East.

Featured image: The impact of the Israeli bombing on a civilian building in Gaza (2021). By Osama Eid, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The AWC, a Nongovernmental Organization in Consultative Status with the United Nations (UN) and accredited with the
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Transformation of Populism in Europe and the Americas: History and Recent Tendencies

Featured Image: 1896 Judge cartoon shows William Jennings Bryan/Populism as a snake swallowing up the mule representing the Democratic party. By US “Judge” magazine, 1896., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. John Abromeit, Bridget M. Chesterton, Gary Marotta, York Norman (Eds). Transformation of Populism
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Danilo Dolci: Development and Opposition to the Oppression of the Mafia.

Featured Image: Portrait of Danilo Dolci. Conference in Geneva, Mai 25, 1992. By MHM55, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. “The Gandhi of Sicily”. Danilo Dolci (1925-1997),  was active in the movement for world citizenship and deeply influenced by the non-violent methods of
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 Peace Planners: Awake!.

Featured Image: Photo by  Eddie Kopp,  Unsplash. The recent NATO Summit in Vilnius is an indication that the war planning community is busy at work in the spirit of Von Clausewitz that war is a continuation of politics by other means.  Thus
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Track Two Efforts Needed to Reduce China-India Frontier Tensions.

Featured Image: Arunachal Pradesh – India. Photo by Unexplored Northeast, Unsplash. There has been a constant buildup of military forces by the governments of both India and China along their common frontiers.  The Indian provence of Arunachal Pradesh (called Zangman by the Chinese) with
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A Day of Balance and Harmony.

Featured Picture: Photo by Aziz Acharki on Unsplash.               Our earth is a small star in the great universe            Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planetUnvexed by war, untroubled by hunger or fear,Undivided
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Frank Baum: The Father of the Wizard of Oz.

Featured Image: Danielle Bowen, Kevin Cahoon, PJ Benjamin, Nicholas Rodriguez and Stephen Wallem in The Wizard of Oz at The Muny in 2016. By Meetmeatthemuny, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. L. Frank Baum (1856 –  1916) whose birth anniversary we
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Our Common Oceans and Seas.

Featured Picture: Photo by Alice Mourou on Unsplash. The people of the earth having agreed that the advancement of man in spiritual excellence and physical welfare is the common goal of mankind…therefore the age of nations must end, and the era of
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Israel-Palestine: Tension-reduction Measures Urgently Needed.

Featured Image: Image by DEZALB from Pixabay. The Association of World Citizens calls for urgently needed tension-reduction measures in the Israel-Palestine-Lebanon area.     Tensions have led to a barrage of missils from Gaza and Lebanon and rapid Israeli missiles in return
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