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Today’s London through the eyes of an old Communist hag
How to combat forest fires: causes and 4 solutions
Emotional health: 4 ways you can improve it today
Petronilla Paolini: Her tragic life and daring poems
China in Focus at UN “Selective Rights Council” (UNRC)
“We always hope for change, but we are powerless. We are just refugees”
The need for an International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) is greater than ever before
The Ukraine Recovery Conference: When Guterres (almost) told Russia to piss off
The WHO warns of pathogenic outbreaks threatening Africa
Is Mexico suing the United Nations?
Solitary confinement is cruel and amounts to torture
It’s barbaric and repulsive: Let’s Axe the Death Penalty
Football: ‘Unsuitable for Women’ or were you just not brave enough to see the vision?
Off with the head! Getting Rid of Phoney Justice
“Life is like a box of chocolates, it doesn’t last long if you’re fat” – The Gordian September Quiz
Why do you write so much about the Ukrainian war, what about other wars? | AskRuby
Mridul Wadhwa on Conversion Therapy and Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre
OHCHR: Take action to ban harmful conversion practices against LGBTQIA+
Isreal kills like it’s no one’s business and Asia becomes a new playground for super bullies – August 2022 Recap
The EU and Justice: Inside the July Gordian Magazine
Unlocked and Unbolted: Virginia Woolf’s Life and Works
Australia Needs to Legalise Drugs
3 ingenious solutions to abate the overexploitation of water
3 Magnificent Historical Graffiti You Should Know
The UN human rights report on Belarus is worrying, but there is precious little the UN can do
6 ways the European Union secures justice across the block
The Golden Curtain: Does the EU Stand on the Side of Justice?
Lobbyland: The Story of American Lobbying and Campaign Donations
Why doesn’t the UN expel Russia like the League of Nations did in 1939?
Ukraine and Moldova’s EU candidacy status… beneficial?
The Overturning of Roe v. Wade: Here’s what this will mean
EU’s Struggle with Justice: Is the Cart Before the Horse?
America going bananas, new dinosaur and an independent Scotland: June 2022 Recap
She’s got a chicken to ride! That’s right — July Quiz
Finland’s troubled history with Russia — A Story in Photos
Why are train workers on strike? They earn more than teachers and nurses anyway… | Ask Ruby
Doni Tondo: A Visual Analysis of Michelangelo’s Masterpiece
“With a democratic world federation, humanity can address global problems”
The Hidden Curse of Babel: The Drawbacks of Language for Communication and Thought
Social Media in an Era of Invasion
A Day in Almoallem Refugee Camp
Doris Lessing: Subjecting a Divided Civilisation to Scrutiny
“All of the anger poured out of me like a volcano and I saw red”
How to Make Transportation Green? 3 Alternatives to Internal Combustion Engines
Appeasement: Forfeiting somebody else’s justice
WHO? Yes, Tedros Again!
Michelle Bachelet’s visit to China: “Unacceptable” is a missing word from the UN’s arsenal
It’s the season of strawberries — but are you worthy of them?
Appeasement: Is history repeating itself so soon?
Crazy Musk, new Nato members and the most expensive 20th-century art: May 2022 Recap
The last judgement of Michelangelo Buonarroti
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in India are not Behind
Edward Morgan Forster: Life and works
“No, I wasn’t somebody just to be picked on”
The Council of Europe and the struggle to uphold human rights
“I entered the university and my heart is leaping with joy!” — An extracts from a refugee’s journal
Making environment and development go hand in hand
The three UN conventions on the laws of the sea and how they are failing to secure it
Why Russian and Ukrainian are not the same language
Rehauling Lady Justice: Is the United Nations guilty in Ukraine?
Gutterres’ visit to Ukraine: Another blow to the UN
Meet The New Lady Justice
What you may have missed in April 2022
Where water is a gift: The outskirts of Nairobi in pictures
Do you know who it is? The Gordian May Quiz
Pissing in the sacred brook: humanity’s abuse of water
“I couldn’t understand a word of it, but I loved choir singing”
Policy Making: How to Achieve Net Zero
Like Rings in The Water: Dante’s impact on Michelangelo
Education of Syrian Refugees During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Poems for a better world: This War of MMXXII
Letter to Putin: “You are a serial killer, but there is one thing I must thank you for…”
What does it mean to be a Syrian refugee?
Climate refugees in the modern world
Education’s Paradigm Shift: “Another Brick in the Wall!”
Exploring the difference between what is legal and what is ethical: The Gordian Magazine enters Vol. 6
Ukrainians, Romania is alway open to you
It shouldn’t be NATO, it should be the United Nations: The Poetry of Appeasement
“There are so many wonders in a cow’s head”: The Gordian Quiz
Portraits from Tanzania – In Pictures
What you may have missed in March 2022
Square Holes For Square Pegs: Revamping The Education System
From patriotism to pure poetry: Isaac Rosenberg’s Break of Day in the Trenches
What will your ideal world look like? Collaborate with us on a new book
Update on UN-aligned’s open letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council
At last, European Unity Prevails
We support Ukraine because it represents the sacrosanct right to build one’s own future
“I still have hope that we will all return to our warm home and beautiful city” — Interview with Syrian refugee, Somaya
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a death knell for the United Nations
February 2021: UN-Ukraine Timeline
Vlady Hell: Putin Strikes Again!
What you may have missed in February 2022
Crying Havoc: Putin unleashes the dogs of war
The world stands up to Putin’s bloodthirsty antics — in pictures
How much do you know about Ukraine?
The painful history of Ukraine — A photo timeline
“Art for all”: Della Robbia and the glazed sculptures of the Renaissance
“You are the people and you have to take responsibility”: Interview with climate activist, Partho Chatterjee
The Forging of an East African Federation
Celebrity islands with the United Nations
New voluntary position: UN-aligned is looking for a PR Manager
The master of the Bildungsroman: Leslie Poles Hartley’s life and works
Five benefits of legalising drugs that may change your perspective
“My religion is myself and my nationality is my heart”: Five days inside a refugee’s diary
New voluntary position: UN-aligned is looking for a Puzzle Creator
Peeking Behind the Fig Leaf: Our Journey to Sexual Liberation
Abstaining in the face of war
Kazakhstan calls on Russia to help quell its unrest, Rock star Meat Loaf dies and Prince Andrew gets stripped (out of his royal patronage)
February 2022: What you may have missed
Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
10 photos of the stupendous realm of the microscopic world — in pictures
UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine Review: Abstaining Romance and Plenty of Hot Air
Is circumcision abuse?
Poems for a Better World: When People Gather
The Ultimate Guide to Caravaggio’s Nativity with Saints Lorenzo and Francesco
Machines for the environment: 10 Simple machines that made our lives more sustainable
Poems for a Better World: An Ode to Environmental Restoration
Disheartening revelations about the UNHCR in Lebanon — A refugee’s perspective
Citizenship is a construct, our primary duty is to humankind: 5 problems & solutions to the migrant problem
Domenico Lucano declared as UN-aligned Person of the Year
“Every day my heart squeezes with sadness and pain”: An Interview with Amna, a Syrian refugee in Lebanon’s Arsal Camp
10 most fascinating scientific discoveries of 2021
Here’s everything you may have missed in December 2021
French and UK authorities are being sued, Merkel retires and Honduras gets its first female leader
Christmas in Iran: Inside The 17th Century Iranian-Armenian Monastery of St. Amenaprkich (Vank Church) — In Pictures
Border Bullies: Weaponising citizenship
Powerful women: The story of Artemisia Gentileschi and her 1639 self-portrait
Still Life Without Flowers: A Glimpse Into The Arsal Refugee Camp
John Osborne and The Angry Young Men
Cherry picking justice: 9 rings of moral tunnel vision
Syrian Refugees Heading for Another Tough Winter
Support The Gordian with a Patreon subscription
What you may have missed in November 2021
Here’s everything you may have missed in November — The Gordian Monthly Recap
What have YOU done for Justice this year?
From Michelangelo to Michelangelo: The story behind Caravaggio his “Death of the Virgin”
Language to Unite, Language to Separate: The Tale of Serbian & Croatian
Harold Pinter: a mirror for the common people
Yugoslavia’s Failed Social Contract: Lessons Worth Learning
UN-aligned’s first Annual General Meeting
Generation Earth: Why Youth are Necessary for Solving Global Problems
SDG 16: “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”
Ayesha Kajee Talks to UN-aligned About Her Poem “Silence”
Poems for a Better World: Silence
Join the campaign to save cruelty-free cosmetics
“Terra Australis Incognita” & “Silence” chosen as the winners of the 2021 UN-aligned poetry competition
Author Dean Gessie Talks to UN-aligned about his “Terra Australis Incognita”
Poems for a Better World: Terra Australis Incognita
Here’s everything you may have missed in October — The Gordian Monthly Recap
News in October 2021 You May Have Missed
Federalism & Social Cohesion
A look inside Kamchatka – in Pictures
The social ills equation… Minus inevitability
UN-aligned calls on UNHRC to ban members that criminalise homosexuality
When it was illegal for me to be alive
The UN is failing to eradicate poverty
“There is too much stupidity around”: The Climate Change Report
Samuel Beckett & Harold Pinter: 2 Giants of the Theatre of the Absurd
When Art is Mystery: The Sculpture of the Veiled Christ
News in August 2021 you may have missed
Where do you stand on the whole human decency thing & should you support UN-aligned’s mission?
The Titulus as a safe haven: Case Romane del Celio
The Dystopian Novel: “Beyond Utopia”!
Security Council Arria-Formula meeting on Myanmar
UN is failing to combat Climate Change
5 reasons why the UN cannot be trusted to represent, let alone advance, humanity’s ideals
The Gordian Magazine introduces new series about “social issues”
News in July 2021 you may have missed
Portraits along the way – in Pictures
UNESCO’s 44th Session: 27 sites that made it into the World Heritage List – in Pictures
10 books, movies and music UN-aligneders want you to dive in!
Standing up to The Dystopian Tide
The Perfected Thought: Michelangelo Buonarroti
“Why are you talking like that?” — How politicians use language
Towards the Third Millennium: UK literature after the Second World War
The new UN-peacekeeping budget: pun intended!
Alone against the world: The US betrays the UN on Cuba
What does Antonio Guterres’ re-selection mean for the United Nations? — Podcast
António Guterres: The Power Under The Throne
8 UN Secretariat Offices explained in 10 minutes
UN’s slow pace of justice & UNESCO’s decision on Venice
Edward Mortimer was wrong about the United Nations
A fervid summer: Share your favourite books, TV shows & music with our international readers
News in June 2021 you may have missed
“Just Let Them Eat Fudge…”
The Torlonia Marbles – in Pictures (Part 2)
The Torlonia Marbles – in Pictures (Part 1)
UN Secretaries-General: A Gallery Timeline
“Pay no heed to the hippie”: Filippo Grandi, UNHCR chief, ignored once again
Guterres publishes report about the lack of progress of UNSC Resolution 2334
Eradicate colonialism by 2030? Unlikely.
Who is Jean Arnault and what can he do about the Afghan peace talks?
France halts its joint military operations in Mali as the G7 pledge 870 million doses of vaccine to the world
Who are the 5 new non-permanent members of the UNSC for the term of 2022-2023?
Mladic revisited: An unremarkable news item, were it not for the absurdity of the process
Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby VS T. S. Eliot’s Waste Land: Portraying a dusty vastness where nothing thrives
Help safeguard the access of Palestinian children to health services
“A preventable tragedy”: How dementia became the catalyst that eroded Noor’s family
Led by extremists, bombed by extremists – Gaza in the midst of insanity
How to achieve a robust legal system? Solutions towards comprehensive global justice
“Abandon all hope ye who enter here”: The shitshow that is the UN Security Council
Renewed for September! The free UN-aligned writing course
Paralysed, Betrayed & Battled: UN in Focus – May 2021
Law & Disorder at The United Nations
Surviving the victory: life in the war-torn Gaza Strip – in Pictures
A look into the Iranian Turkmen Sahra – in Pictures
Are the ICJ and the ICC our answers to international justice? – Podcast
700 years of Dante: The freedom to choose
The Human Anthropological Transmutation: Bridging thoughts and new concepts
What is the difference between the ICJ and the ICC?
UN in Focus: Holding the United Nations Accountable to UN-aligned’s Standards
Updates to the UN-aligned manifesto that you need to review
News in May 2021 you may have missed
Whose Justice?
Dinosaurs, The UN, May day celebration, an independent Scotland & ice cream!
May Day protests: A celebration of spring or a day for activism? – in pictures
On the road: The story behind Santa Maria church in Valle Porclaneta
The Church of Putin: Inside The Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces – in pictures
Your guide to T.S Eliot poems – April is the cruellest month
The Growth Dilemma
Seven Ways to Create a Healthy Economy with Kate Raworth – Podcast
Funding and Fiscal Responsibility of the United Nations
GDP is an impostor, so why are we still using it to measure happiness?
The Doughnut Economy: “humanity to thrive sandwiched between its inner and outer limits”
Easter doughnuts: reshaping the global economy
Quiz: Humanity Vetoed – How Much Do You Know About The United Nations Security Council?
John Donne’s No Man is an Island: Feeling a Oneness With Humanity
Taming The Governing Strategies of Ongoing Socio-Economic Development by Way of G-Localization
A Powerful Panacea? The Sanctions Dilemma
What is The United Nations General Assembly?
News in February 2021 You May Have Missed
Photographer Anwar Sadat: “If you listen, people are always willing to talk”
The 40th day of winter: Kurdistan Celebrates Pir Shaliar – in pictures
To Sanction or Not to Sanction?
Religion that unites…
The semantic colour of the Chinese word laowai: meaning, perception and usage
“The Greatest Metaphysical Poet”: Your Full Guide to John Donne’s Life, Career & Poems
“No, it’s not just a snip”: Why Circumcision is Legalised Child Abuse
Understanding conspiracy theories and its victims in the golden age of nonsense
5 Times the Russian Orthodox Church Flouted Norms of Decency
The Lingering Sins of Religion: When books weigh us down
The Gordian Magazine New Series: Doughnut Economy, Davos Agenda and more
What you may have missed January 2021
Unravelling the United Nations, Argead style
Announcing the Winners of the UN-aligned Photo Competition
Hijacking Religion to Down Human Rights…
How cultivated meat can save the planet
Iranian lawyer declared as UN-aligned Person of the Year
Bolognese with lentils
When Dilly-dallying Costs Lives
Accidentally Vegan Feature?
Giving voice to the the voiceless
Annus Horribilis? Looking on the brighter side of 2020
What you may have missed December 2020
It’s time for a change: Welcome Veganuary!
The Boy who Produces Golden Eggs – an interview with the 11 year old Andrea Piccinelli
Hormoz and its People – in picture
Samuel Pepys: A peep into the life of a gentleman in the Restoration period
Democracy vs Anarchy: Which one is better?
Letters: Help us raise our banner in support of animals
Evolution Gaming fires hundreds of employees as it buys NetEnt for $2.1 billion
The Gordian – December Issue, Vol 3
The Noble Bukhara: A UNESCO Gem – in pictures
Update on the Ashin Wirathu Campaign
Letter to UN-aligned members: Ask your government to take immediate action against the looming hunger crisis affecting millions of people worldwide
Who is the UN-aligned Person of the Year?
How to prevent the 2021 food crisis
5 reasons why the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was misplaced
News in October 2020 you may have missed
The Gordian – November Issue, Vol 3
Letter to the Arab League & the OIC: Take immediate action to counter discriminatory practices against LGBTQ individuals
The Blame Game: Blame Breeds Blame in a Never Ending Game of Hate
Misgendering people: Identity and Gender Pronouns
LGBTQ Rights: Zombie Democracy and Loveless Religion
Kathmandu: The Colorful Lands of Nepal – in pictures
The Gordian – October Issue, Vol 3
Letter to Zsuzsanna Jakab: Why is it so difficult for the WHO to take a non-political approach towards Taiwan?
Surviving against the odds: life in an overlooked Bangladeshi locality
Maurice and Sexual Awakening
Immigrants: Language Acquisition and Education
North Korea: A convenient pawn
“The Future We Want and the UN We Need”: The UNGA Debates of 2020
Unlocking Wedlock
Wishing to stay above the ground: immigration and survival
When grandmama fell off the boat… Very nearly taking note of migration
Amazon: An Update on UN-alinged’s Campaign
What you may have missed: August 2020
The Gordian – September Issue, Vol 3
My Experience with UN-aligned’s Language Courses
Letter to Ashin Wirathu: Can your monastery do anything now to restore the spirit of fraternity that should reign amongst all the residents of Myanmar?
“I want UN-aligned to be a place where people can come together without being judged”: Interview with Katharina Wüstnienhaus
Hagia Sophia: National Sovereignty is not the Issue, Erdogan Likes to Play the Blaming Game
The OSCE Minsk Group is Unfit to Conciliate Between Azerbaijan & Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh
Russian Roulette: Why Putin’s Referendum Victory is a Threat to Humanity
What You May Have Missed: July 2020
The Gordian – August Issue, vol 3
Music, Drama, Comedy & Illusion at Sichuan Opera – in Pictures
Become a Voluntary Ambassador
Earning a Living in the Remote Areas of Baluchestan – in pictures
Letters: The Lives of Three Iranian Protestors are on the Line – Take Action Now
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Supernatural Poet
Cultural Appropriation: What is the Harm?
Compassion fatigue: How turn your compassion into positive action
The Use of Tear Gas in the 21st Century is Unacceptable.
Protestors: When is it OK to Hit them?
Introducing the New UN-aligned Campaigns
What you May Have Missed in June 2020
The Gordian – July Issue, vol 3
Letter to Amazon: Feedback & suggestions for a more effective & environmentally friendly practices
My Traumatic Experience with Postpartum – An interview with Rahima El Harrak
Here is What Social Psychology Say About Prejudice & Discrimination
UN-aligned Appoints New Senior Administrator
The Use of Chinese Medicine in Treating Covid-19
Waste and Mismanagement: The Devil in the Detail That is Back to Haunt us!
The New Human Rights Series – There Must be no Monopoly on the Truth
The Gordian – June Issue, vol 2
Sheep Shearing Amongst the Nomads of Kurdistan – in pictures
Document no. 3 and what it reveals about the Chinese Communist Party
Imposter Syndrome
The Bluster of Arrogance
UN-aligned becomes one year old!
The Gordian – May Issue, vol 2
How to Contribute to The Gordian Magazine?
Changes to the way our readers will be experiencing the Gordian magazine
The Gordian – April Issue, vol 2
The Gordian – March Issue, vol 2
The importance of accessible tourist visas to balance our perception of Russia
An end to the “Fairytales of Eternal Economic Growth”
Defining modern American music: The story of Ruth Crawford Seeger
Women Composers in the Western Tradition
“Klaatu barada nikto”
UN-aligned in 2019
The New Environmental Priorities Series
India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill: a Death Knell for Indian Secularism
India on the Brink
Japan and its nuclear waste problem
Separatism
How the recent conflicts in Syria could shape its future
The Culture of Subterfuge – Lest We Forget
An Assembly that is stuck in time
Labelling Suicide while Missing the Point
UN-aligned’s view on the climate protests: the days of self-serving governments are over
Nothing empties the top resorts of Biarritz like a shark attack; or a G7 summit – a guide to what happened at the 2019 summit
Trump’s shopping list!
Uraman Takht – a journey to the forgotten lands of Kurdistan
We need your help
The UN unable to condemn attack on migrants
“Women are allowed to ride bikes – just not in public” Khamenei’s fatwa: another nail in the coffin of women rights in Iran
Last Month in UN-aligned
Looking at migration in the face
150 Lives
Taiwan gives the world a lesson in democracy
UN-aligned Launched Successfully!
Demonising Immigrants
What is wrong with the United Nations to warrant the founding of an organisation like UN-aligned?
Reflections on the Sri Lanka bombings

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