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20/07/2021

Time to Rethink Our Technology Choices!

Human Wrongs Watch

By Hazel Henderson*

Remember the bumper sticker:

Technology is the answer! But what is the question?

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July 2021 (Wall Street International)* — In the 19th and 20th centuries most, new technologies were equated with our societies’ progress. We loved electricity, automobiles, airplanes, telephones, radio, television, the Internet and space exploration.

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18/07/2021

The US’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan Should Not Be Sold as ‘Job Done’

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By Paul Rogers*

Only the leaders of the region’s extremist movements have cause for optimism about the future
After 20 years, in which more than 2,400 troops lost their lives, the US is withdrawing from Afghanistan | Nelvin C. Cepeda/U-T San Diego/ZUMA Wire/Alamy

17 July 2021 (openDemocracy)* —  On Monday 12 July, the head of US military operations in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller, completed his deployment and handed over to Marine General Frank McKenzie. In a telling change of command, McKenzie will be based thousands of miles away from Afghanistan in Tampa, Florida, where he heads US Central Command.

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18/07/2021

The Communist Party of China’s 100th Birthday

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By Mushahid Hussain*

The birth of new cold war

The Communist Party of China has always surmounted difficulties with fortitude
The Communist Party of China has always surmounted difficulties with fortitude | Image from Wall Street International.

17 July 2021 (Wall Street International)* — The contrasts are apparent between the two poles of power in the world.

In Beijing, there were huge celebrations, with fanfare and fireworks, marking 100 years of the founding of what is today the world’s largest political party (95 million members), holding power for the longest duration (72 years), in the most populous country of the world (1.4 billion).

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18/07/2021

‘Don’t Look Away from Spectacles of Public Violence and Lawlessness’

Human Wrongs Watch

By Nelson Mandela Foundation*

July 2021 — In this moment of great challenge and terrible danger for South Africa, it is imperative for everyone who calls this country home to be part of finding solutions and making a future that is liveable for all.

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Members of the public paying their respects outside Mandela’s Houghton home | Robert Dennison | CC BY 2.0

The temptation at times like this is to become paralysed, or to look away, or to give up. Our call is to honour Madiba in this month of Mandela Day by stepping up.

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18/07/2021

Call for ‘Dignity, Equality, Justice and Human Rights’ Rings Out on Mandela Day 

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(UN News)* — Nelson Mandela International Day is an opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of “a legendary global advocate for dignity, equality, justice and human rights”, the UN chief said on 18 July 2021.

Nelson Mandela International Day recognizes his struggle for democracy and a culture of peace throughout the world.
Unsplash/John-Paul Henry | Nelson Mandela International Day recognizes his struggle for democracy and a culture of peace throughout the world.

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18/07/2021

“It Is Easy to Break Down and Destroy. The Heroes Are Those Who Make Peace and Build” – Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July 2021

Nelson Mandela photo, copyright Nelson Mandela Foundation/Matthew Willman

© Nelson Mandela Foundation/Matthew Willman

UN Secretary-General’s Message for 2021

Video message by António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, on the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day 2021.

“Nelson Mandela International Day is an opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of a legendary global advocate for dignity, equality, justice and human rights.

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18/07/2021

Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace (2019 – 2028)

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Nelson Mandela International Day, 18 July 2021

Our common humanity demands that we make the impossible possible.   – World Leaders at Nelson Mandel Peace Summit

Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress (ANC), addresses the Security Council, July 1992

© UN Photo/Milton Grant

18 JULY 2021 (United Nations)* — On 24 September 2018, world leaders gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit.

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17/07/2021

Summer of Extremes: Floods, Heat and Fire – World Meteorological Organization

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16 July 2021 (WMO)*— Heavy rainfall has triggered devastating flooding causing dozens of casualties in Western Europe. Parts of Scandinavia are enduring a lasting heatwave, and smoke plumes from Siberia have affected air quality across the international dateline in Alaska.
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The unprecedented heat in Western North America has also triggered devastating wildfires.

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17/07/2021

7 Billion Trees Outside Forests in Africa Reported for the First Time

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Pioneering environmental data collection initiative a world first for Africa

Photo: ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano/FAO

Africa Open DEAL initiative provides a detailed snapshot of the continent, captured through more than 300 000 sampling points between 2018 and 2020.

ACCRA, 16 July 2021 (FAO)* – A data collection and analysis initiative led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) has revealed 7 billion trees outside forests for the first time, among other findings.

The survey is the first consistent land use representation of the continent and discloses more forests and more arable lands than were previously detected.

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17/07/2021

Australia: 8 Years of Abusive Offshore Asylum Processing

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By Human Rights Watch*

Governments Should Reject Costly, Harmful Policy for Refugees, Asylum SeekersAsylum seekers and human rights activists protest against the detention of refugees amid the Covid-19 crisis in Brisbane.Asylum seekers and human rights activists protest against the detention of refugees amid the Covid-19 crisis in Brisbane, Australia on May 1, 2020. © 2020 Florent Rols /SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images

(Sydney) – Other governments should reject Australia’s abusive and costly offshore processing of refugees and asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch on 15 July 2021 said. July 19, 2021 is the eighth anniversary of the Australian government’s resumption of its offshore processing policy, which has harmed thousands of people.

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