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World Youth Day 2026: Global Challenges and the Future of Bangladeshi Youth

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/world-youth-day-2026-global-challenges-and-the-future-of-bangladeshi-youth/

World Youth Day 2026: Global Challenges and the Future of Bangladeshi Youth

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/world-youth-day-2026-global-challenges-and-the-future-of-bangladeshi-youth/

Corporate Hegemony in the Banking Sector and the Deposit Crisis

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/corporate-hegemony-in-the-banking-sector-and-the-deposit-crisis/

Corporate Hegemony in the Banking Sector and the Deposit Crisis

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/corporate-hegemony-in-the-banking-sector-and-the-deposit-crisis/

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#news #arts

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NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 8/5/26: Warmongering, the Odyssey, Old Fascists, and What Nationalism Is Forhttps://youtu.be/zsoNNhg4Ms4?si=tuFXHB487Yh8OVLq#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

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NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 8/5/26: Warmongering, the Odyssey, Old Fascists, and What Nationalism Is For

https://youtu.be/zsoNNhg4Ms4?si=tuFXHB487Yh8OVLq

#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 8/5/26: Warmongering, the Odyssey, Old Fascists, and What Nationalism Is For

https://youtu.be/zsoNNhg4Ms4?si=tuFXHB487Yh8OVLq

#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

Understand Jesus Christ #blog #nonviolence

https://www.reddit.com/user/slmorph/comments/1vgo6nb/understand_jesus_christ/

Bangladesh on the Backfoot Amid Energy Crisis: Revives 20-Year-Old Myanmar Gas Pipeline Proposal

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/bangladesh-on-the-backfoot-amid-energy-crisis-revives-20-year-old-myanmar-gas-pipeline-proposal/

Bangladesh on the Backfoot Amid Energy Crisis: Revives 20-Year-Old Myanmar Gas Pipeline Proposal

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/bangladesh-on-the-backfoot-amid-energy-crisis-revives-20-year-old-myanmar-gas-pipeline-proposal/

The Archer

In the high sea of clouds,
in willowing wisps of white,
an evil lurks.

The winds of the world bring
the first whisper of change,
an alien thing.

A dragon.

Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
its armor, invincible?

Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
acid falling, burning earth below.

It screams through the sky,
wings creaking, flapping furiously,
breathing flame.

Men flee,
like tiny ants scurrying
from desecration
into it.

Only One holds his ground,
a bow and one arrow
in his hand.

The Prince awaits,
as if to allow the dragon to
devour him.

Then with a flash,
he looses his arrow.

It soars through the air.

Blood gushing,
the dart buried deep,
the dragon crashes to the ground.

Landing on the One.

From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
a figure crawls,
stands.

It is the Archer,
the One,
Him.

From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

The Archer

In the high sea of clouds,
in willowing wisps of white,
an evil lurks.

The winds of the world bring
the first whisper of change,
an alien thing.

A dragon.

Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
its armor, invincible?

Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
acid falling, burning earth below.

It screams through the sky,
wings creaking, flapping furiously,
breathing flame.

Men flee,
like tiny ants scurrying
from desecration
into it.

Only One holds his ground,
a bow and one arrow
in his hand.

The Prince awaits,
as if to allow the dragon to
devour him.

Then with a flash,
he looses his arrow.

It soars through the air.

Blood gushing,
the dart buried deep,
the dragon crashes to the ground.

Landing on the One.

From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
a figure crawls,
stands.

It is the Archer,
the One,
Him.

From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

#nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

#nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

@DomPython @chris Exactement ! Voire #NonViolence avec les majuscules pour rendre plus lisible les mots (et il me semble que c’est plus accessible aux lecteurs d’écran également)

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NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 7/29/26: Josephine Solanki on MIlitarized European Bordershttps://youtu.be/Nt5oYaRt204?si=F3R06wP4zhF9EA3N#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

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NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 7/29/26: Josephine Solanki on MIlitarized European Borders

https://youtu.be/Nt5oYaRt204?si=F3R06wP4zhF9EA3N

#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 7/29/26: Josephine Solanki on MIlitarized European Borders

https://youtu.be/Nt5oYaRt204?si=F3R06wP4zhF9EA3N

#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

Israel in Crisis: A Threat from Within

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/israel-in-crisis-a-threat-from-within/

Le magnifique instrument de recherche des archives du MAN (Mouvement pour une alternative non violente) de Lyon est en ligne sur le site des Archives municipales de Lyon : https://recherches.archives-lyon.fr/ark:/18811/qct93rl8gxzv

L'occasion de saluer l'énorme travail de notre collègue archiviste Richard Miriski et de remercier le MAN pour sa confiance.

#archives #histoire #lyon #nonviolence
@archivistodon

Le magnifique instrument de recherche des archives du MAN (Mouvement pour une alternative non violente) de Lyon est en ligne sur le site des Archives municipales de Lyon : https://recherches.archives-lyon.fr/ark:/18811/qct93rl8gxzv

L'occasion de saluer l'énorme travail de notre collègue archiviste Richard Miriski et de remercier le MAN pour sa confiance.

#archives #histoire #lyon #nonviolence
@archivistodon

It’s in the Blood

In 1539, a fugitive former-priest-turned-Anabaptist, in his seminal work “The Foundation,” penned the following words:

“Christ is our fortress; patience our weapon of defense; the Word of God our sword. …Iron and metal spears and swords we leave to those who, alas, regard human blood and swine’s blood of well-nigh equal value.”

So said Menno Simons, principal leader of the Protestant sect which then became known as the Mennonites.

More than 500 years later, his words still resound with a mighty truth.

At the risk of sounding morbid, it has to do with blood.

While Menno specifically refers to the difference between human blood and that of an animal, his larger point is the “value” we place on the blood of another.

My point is quite simple.

Killing will not end through education, conflict resolution, or disarmament, though all of these are important and can help. Killing will end only when there is a fundamental shift in the mind and heart of those who kill.

For how can you kill someone if you believe that their blood is just as valuable as your own?

Let’s call it – for lack of a better term – bloodism.

The other – their humanity, life, blood – is somehow less than I, and therefore, their humanity, life, blood, is not as valuable as my own. It becomes quite easy then to justify killing the other, ie. spilling his/her blood.

The directors of death throughout history from every nation, tribe and religion have understood and disseminated this concept quite well. A person (and those like him/her) is described as having the wrong beliefs, the wrong skin color, the wrong gender, the wrong age, the wrong station in life, the wrong land, the wrong possessions, the wrong clothing, the wrong language —- the wrong blood. These others are not as valued as you are, the leaders of the macabre scream, though they couch their speech in terms such as vigilance, freedom, history, security, and truth.

Then the killing begins.

The Nazis did it to the Jews. Israelis do it to the Palestinians. Hutus did it to the Tutsis. Shiite do it to the Sunni. Palestinians do it to the Israelis. Sunni do it to the Shiite. Muslims do it to the Christians. Christians do it to the Muslims. This country does it to that country. That neighborhood does it to this neighborhood. This race does it to that race. That religion does it to this religion.

And any one of a million other combinations.

STOP!

Do not allow your mind and heart to be filled with bloodism.

We are made in the image of God.

ALL of us.

And that divine DNA resides in the very marrow of our bones and flows through our veins.

It’s in the blood.

July 28, 2014

It’s in the Blood

In 1539, a fugitive former-priest-turned-Anabaptist, in his seminal work “The Foundation,” penned the following words:

“Christ is our fortress; patience our weapon of defense; the Word of God our sword. …Iron and metal spears and swords we leave to those who, alas, regard human blood and swine’s blood of well-nigh equal value.”

So said Menno Simons, principal leader of the Protestant sect which then became known as the Mennonites.

More than 500 years later, his words still resound with a mighty truth.

At the risk of sounding morbid, it has to do with blood.

While Menno specifically refers to the difference between human blood and that of an animal, his larger point is the “value” we place on the blood of another.

My point is quite simple.

Killing will not end through education, conflict resolution, or disarmament, though all of these are important and can help. Killing will end only when there is a fundamental shift in the mind and heart of those who kill.

For how can you kill someone if you believe that their blood is just as valuable as your own?

Let’s call it – for lack of a better term – bloodism.

The other – their humanity, life, blood – is somehow less than I, and therefore, their humanity, life, blood, is not as valuable as my own. It becomes quite easy then to justify killing the other, ie. spilling his/her blood.

The directors of death throughout history from every nation, tribe and religion have understood and disseminated this concept quite well. A person (and those like him/her) is described as having the wrong beliefs, the wrong skin color, the wrong gender, the wrong age, the wrong station in life, the wrong land, the wrong possessions, the wrong clothing, the wrong language —- the wrong blood. These others are not as valued as you are, the leaders of the macabre scream, though they couch their speech in terms such as vigilance, freedom, history, security, and truth.

Then the killing begins.

The Nazis did it to the Jews. Israelis do it to the Palestinians. Hutus did it to the Tutsis. Shiite do it to the Sunni. Palestinians do it to the Israelis. Sunni do it to the Shiite. Muslims do it to the Christians. Christians do it to the Muslims. This country does it to that country. That neighborhood does it to this neighborhood. This race does it to that race. That religion does it to this religion.

And any one of a million other combinations.

STOP!

Do not allow your mind and heart to be filled with bloodism.

We are made in the image of God.

ALL of us.

And that divine DNA resides in the very marrow of our bones and flows through our veins.

It’s in the blood.

July 28, 2014

KARMA-FREE TRUMP 💎

Donald Trump does not need to be hated in order to be seen clearly.

There is no need to imagine that #karma will #punish him.

No need to turn him into the #supernatural embodiment of #evil
No need to diagnose his soul.

His vanity, grievance, cruelty, #fear ,appetite, and enormous need for #attention are serious enough.

#Hatred does not improve our #perception.

It distorts it.

It makes the hated person larger, darker, and more #powerful in the #mind than they already are.

It also gives them permanent residence in the #nervous #system.

Trump should be opposed when he lies, harms, corrupts, intimidates, degrades institutions, or participates in or encourages cruelty.

That opposition can be #firm.

It should be relentless.

It can name exactly what is happening.

But hatred is not required.

Nor is #spiritual #fantasy.

No one knows what happens to Donald Trump after #death.

No one knows whether the #universe keeps a #punishment #ledger.

What is known, though, is that actions have consequences here.

People are harmed.

Truth is weakened.

Fear spreads.

#Cowardice becomes #contagious.

But cruelty does not have to set the terms.

#Kindness as strength can be encouraged in the face of cruelty.

#Courage in the face of intimidation.

#Truth in the face of deception.

#Decency in the face of degradation.

Restraint in the face of vengeance.

#Clarity in the face of confusion.

The task is not to hate the man.

The task is to see clearly, speak plainly, protect those being harmed, and refuse to let cruelty decide who we become.

#DonaldTrump #Trump #USPolitics #PoliticalClarity #Cruelty #Kindness #Courage #Truth #Decency #Restraint #Clarity #Nonviolence #NoHatred #MoralClarity #Humanity

KARMA-FREE TRUMP 💎

Donald Trump does not need to be hated in order to be seen clearly.

There is no need to imagine that #karma will #punish him.

No need to turn him into the #supernatural embodiment of #evil
No need to diagnose his soul.

His vanity, grievance, cruelty, #fear ,appetite, and enormous need for #attention are serious enough.

#Hatred does not improve our #perception.

It distorts it.

It makes the hated person larger, darker, and more #powerful in the #mind than they already are.

It also gives them permanent residence in the #nervous #system.

Trump should be opposed when he lies, harms, corrupts, intimidates, degrades institutions, or participates in or encourages cruelty.

That opposition can be #firm.

It should be relentless.

It can name exactly what is happening.

But hatred is not required.

Nor is #spiritual #fantasy.

No one knows what happens to Donald Trump after #death.

No one knows whether the #universe keeps a #punishment #ledger.

What is known, though, is that actions have consequences here.

People are harmed.

Truth is weakened.

Fear spreads.

#Cowardice becomes #contagious.

But cruelty does not have to set the terms.

#Kindness as strength can be encouraged in the face of cruelty.

#Courage in the face of intimidation.

#Truth in the face of deception.

#Decency in the face of degradation.

Restraint in the face of vengeance.

#Clarity in the face of confusion.

The task is not to hate the man.

The task is to see clearly, speak plainly, protect those being harmed, and refuse to let cruelty decide who we become.

#DonaldTrump #Trump #USPolitics #PoliticalClarity #Cruelty #Kindness #Courage #Truth #Decency #Restraint #Clarity #Nonviolence #NoHatred #MoralClarity #Humanity

@DomPython @flus

il faut utiliser le _ par exemple #non_violence sinon il faut fusionner les 2 mots #nonviolence

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NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 7/22/26: A nuclear insanity ft Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes, President of the #Nuclear Age Peace Foundationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igUotJQ-DZ0#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

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NOW PLAYING == Talk World Radio with David Swanson 7/22/26: A nuclear insanity ft Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes, President of the #Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igUotJQ-DZ0

#news #peace #geopolitics #uspol #politics #antiwar #nonviolence #DavidSwanson #WorldBeyondWar #NoWar #vsn #radio #peaceeducation #activism #resist #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

The steps on the spiritual path cannot be the corpses of other beings. To walk The Way, violence must be cast aside. Free yourself by freeing others! #saha #sahadukkha #nonviolence #ahimsa #metta #lovingkindness #vegan #govegan

The steps on the spiritual path cannot be the corpses of other beings. To walk The Way, violence must be cast aside. Free yourself by freeing others! #saha #sahadukkha #nonviolence #ahimsa #metta #lovingkindness #vegan #govegan

The Cost of Geopolitical Conflict: Bangladesh’s Border Fence and Endangered Human Security Along the Myanmar Frontier

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/the-cost-of-geopolitical-conflict-bangladeshs-border-fence-and-endangered-human-security-along-the-myanmar-frontier/

The Cost of Geopolitical Conflict: Bangladesh’s Border Fence and Endangered Human Security Along the Myanmar Frontier

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/the-cost-of-geopolitical-conflict-bangladeshs-border-fence-and-endangered-human-security-along-the-myanmar-frontier/

RFI
Inde : en grève de la faim, le militant écologiste Sonam Wangchuk évacué de force et hospitalisé
https://mcinformactions.net/spip.php?article231415&lang=fr
#Inde #grevedelaFaim #NonViolence

#israel #palestine #gaza #westbank #opt #violence #statehood #nonviolence #dailylife #peace #foreignpolicy #film

2/2

… analysts and decision-makers to look at the polls and conclude that the »peace camp« on both sides is a minority. The reality, however, is more complex.“

#israel #palestine #gaza #westbank #opt #violence #statehood #nonviolence #dailylife #peace #foreignpolicy #film

2/2

… analysts and decision-makers to look at the polls and conclude that the »peace camp« on both sides is a minority. The reality, however, is more complex.“

#israel #palestine : #gaza / #westbank / #opt / #violence / #statehood / #nonviolence / #dailylife / #justice / #peace / #foreignpolicy / #film

„For many Israelis and Palestinians, »peace« has become a contested notion – not because they reject a just and sustainable solution for both peoples, but because the language of peace can feel detached from the violent reality on the ground, as well as the pain, fear, and loss people carry. It is easy for …

1/2
https://m.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid=109c7c3b86&v=u-R_MpTRAYU&feature=youtu.be

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