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Global Justice435 Campaign for Global Justice: US Global Justice Corps
Don’t just vote….Petition for Justice. “Don’t boo! Vote!” President Obama retorted after a crowd reacted to promises of the GOP Presidential Nominee...
Global JusticeA Vision of Hope
In the Commonweal magazine article “Protect Thy Neighbor” (June 21, 2016) authors Mark J. Allman and Tobias Winright echo the Catholic Catechism...
Global CooperationMaine Chapter of CGS Supports the Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly
The Global Week of Action for a UN Parliamentary Assembly runs until Oct 30, 2016, but there is nothing magic about that...
Global CooperationUN Day: Changing of the Guard
UN Day, 24 October, this year is marked by preparations for a changing of the guard. The ten years of Ban Ki-moon...
NewsMercosur to Suspend Venezuela over Human Rights Record?
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami famously wrote, “Hell has no true bottom.” And Venezuela may be proof. As the country continues its downward...
Global JusticeMaria Montessori: The Spirit of Education for World Citizenship
Maria Montessori (1870-1952), an Italian childhood educator and world citizen, would have been pleased at the efforts of the United Nations and...
NewsSolar Power’s Surprising Win in Chile
Chile has officially debunked the argument that coal is cheaper than solar. Solarpack Corp. Technologica, a Spanish developer, won contracts to sell...
Climate JusticeDevelopment in the Digital Age
The biggest impacts often come from the seemingly smallest technological advancements: food-ordering apps, instagram, Pokemon Go. They not only make something rapidly...
Peace & DisarmamentOn the 71st Anniversary of Nagasaki: A Memorial for All Civilian Casualties of War
On Tuesday, August 9, the Cincinnati Peace Committee held a memorial at the World Peace Bell in Newport KY to remember and...
Global JusticeDag Hammarskjold (29 July 1905 -18 September 1961) Crisis Manager and World Community Builder
You wake from dreams of doom and −for a moment− you know: beyond all the noise and the gestures, the only real...
NewsA Model for Climate Change: Guatemala’s Agro-Ecological Center
Plagued by rising temperatures, droughts, and elevated carbon dioxide levels, Central America's agricultural sector hangs in the balance. But the Guatemalan town...