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2025
Five nations, one failure: The Security Council's deadly indifference to hunger
Born from the ashes of world war, the Security Council promised protection and peace. Today, its veto powers ensure silence as millions starve.
'Now is the time of monsters': How religious leaders are failing their moral duty
From rabbis sanctioning a holy war to a Pope who won't name the aggressor, the world's great religions are facing a crisis of conscience over Gaza. Is their silence and complicity creating a Judaism without a soul and a Christianity without a heart?
The day the UN walked out of New York: How the UN lost its will to defy the US
In 1988, the UN forced Washington to its knees by moving to Geneva so Yasser Arafat could speak. Today, as the US blocks Palestinian leaders and arms Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the Assembly stays silent. Has the UN lost its courage?
'Faith, land and gold': The making of American culture
The relentless drive for faith, land and gold propelled a diverse people across a continent, creating an American culture from the collision of European traditions, African resilience and the raw wilderness itself.
Caravaggio’s two Matthews: Realism rejected, revelation remade
Between 1600 and 1601, Caravaggio recast the scene: out went the coarse, patron-spurned Matthew and dominating angel; in came classical dress, a lighter touch and a writer in charge.
The hidden war on honeybees: Murder hornets, parasitic wasps and the fight for survival
From hornets that can wipe out entire hives in under two hours to wasps that hollow bees from within, invasive predators are undermining apiculture worldwide.
Open letter to the UN: Protect press freedom and defend human rights
The deliberate persecution of journalists is spreading unchecked across the world. Without urgent and enforceable action, the UN risks abandoning its founding values of dignity, justice and truth.
'The prophets of annihilation': Inside the movement that sees genocide as god's will
For millions of Christian Zionists, the annihilation of Palestinians is not a crime to be condemned, but a sacred prophecy to be fulfilled. This is the story of the theological engine driving the war on Gaza.
89 seconds to midnight: The cost of lost empathy
Our greatest threat lies not only in nuclear arms or climate collapse but in the death of empathy itself. Unless we confront the four horsemen of exploitation, greed, colonialism and nationalism, nature will deliver the reckoning we refuse to face.
World federalism is the key to ending functional illiteracy and reviving civilisation
In an age of abundant technology yet persistent functional illiteracy, world federalism asks what it truly means to be civilized and how global literacy can enable a continuous human renaissance.
"I entrust you with Palestine": A murdered Gaza journalist pleads amid his people’s erasure
Israel succeeded in killing journalist Anas Jamal Al-Sharif, but it could not silence him. In this posthumous letter, he testifies against those who "accepted our killing," and entrusts his beloved daughter Sham, his son Salah, and the soul of his nation to a world he urges to finally act.
The Zionist experiment has failed: it must be abolished
Far from an aberration, Israel’s genocide is the fulfilment of its design. The era of two-state fantasies is over. Only a single, secular republic offers justice.
When Kakistocracy Sanctions Humanity
US sanctions UN investigator Francesca Albanese for speaking out on Gaza, punishing her for naming those profiting from violence while the world watches in quiet complicity.
Another US veto condemns Gaza to further genocide
As Trump and Netanyahu cosy up in Washington again with fresh talks on Gaza, one thing is certain: there is no Israeli atrocity, however diabolical, that the US will not back. Here I pick at Dorothy Shea’s narrative after yet another US veto blocking moves to put an end to the genocide.
Nicaragua’s War on the Press: New Report Highlights Escalating Repression
UN-aligned recently partnered with FLED Nicaragua to translate their annual report from Spanish into English, highlighting the grave state of press freedom in the country. The assassination of retired Nicaraguan army officer and outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega, Roberto Samcam, on June 19 while in exile in Costa Rica, underscores the urgency of the crisis and the critical need to raise international awareness.
Sky-Born Infernos: How Pyrocumulonimbus Clouds Supercharge Wildfires
Born from wildfire heat, pyrocumulonimbus clouds unleash lightning, fierce winds, and towering smoke plumes. As the climate warms, these explosive storm systems are becoming ever more frequent and deadly.
Confronting a Genocide
Despite the “business as usual” attitude of most of the world’s politicians and the people the media like to keep in the spotlight, the genocidaires are hurting. The protests, the immolations, the hunger strikes, the courageous acts of defiance… They are slowly taking their toll.
More than Just a Gay Icon: Edmund White (1940-2025)
June began with the death of two literary giants: Edmund White (died June 3, 2025 at 85) and Frederick Forsyth (died June 9,2025 at 86). Our literary editor, Alex Liberto, had met and corresponded with the former and has written this touching tribute.
Call to Action!
We, “the people”, need to mobilise; make sure our voices are heard; we need to stand up for every citizen of this planet and the planet itself...
Onward and upwards: UN-aligned priorities for 2025
Following a successful AGM, during which Adrian Liberto was confirmed as Chair and Partho Chatterjee as Vice-Chair, UN-aligned highlights some of the priorities for the remainder of 2025
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