The militarisation of society:
War preparation and restrictions on freedom of expression
Saturday, 31 October 2026, 10 am to 5 pm
Casa del Popolo, Viale Stazione 31, CH-6500 Bellinzona
in cooperation with: the Ticino Association of Free Thinkers and supported by: SISA – Independent Trade Union of Students and Apprentices, the Communist Youth, the Ticino Party of Labour and the Communist Party.
Ukraine functions as a privateer vessel launched by a greater power to impose continuous costs on Russia. The campaign is deliberate, the alternatives are known to both sides, and the pace of events is designed to force Moscow into the very decisions it has most sought to avoid.
by PHIL BUTLER, August 16, 2026
It began with a scene that probably occurs in every country in the world: A group of young Italian students were misbehaving on a BTS train in Bangkok. Silly, loud, disrespectful – youthful foolishness that is neither excusable nor unusual. The young men crossed a line of decency, and an apology was entirely appropriate.
by Vladimir Kršljanin
Speech at the Round Table “Serbia, Russia and the War in the Middle East”, held on 28 April 2026 in Belgrade.
by BRUNO GUIGUE
I know this will be unpleasant for many, but I believe it must be said and repeated: in the current situation, equating the “mullahs’ regime” with the genocidal Trump-Netanyahu duo is clearly political nonsense. Have we forgotten that it is the Iranian state itself, its integrity and sovereignty, that is the target of imperialism? Having sympathy for this or that political force, the Tudeh Party for example, changes nothing: consistent anti-imperialism, especially if it is Marxist, and at least as much if it is not, must affirm its solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran and its legitimate government, period.
136 years ago, a monument to Giordano Bruno was unveiled in the heart of Rome. Bruno had been burned at the stake by the Inquisition in 1600 for his belief in the spatial and temporal infinity of the cosmos and for his pantheistic views. The Pope felt provoked and threatened to leave Rome. It wasn’t until 2000 that Pope John Paul II declared Bruno’s execution unjust, though he did not rehabilitate him.
Block the way to war and fascism!
In recent years, a pathological Russophobia and war psychosis have spread throughout the “collective West.” EU foreign policy representative Kaja Kallas is a prime example: “If Europe can’t defeat Russia, how can it cope with China?” Continue reading →
The western Hungarian city of Győr hosted the 2025 conference of the World Union of Freethinkers. The conference’s central theme was the looming return of war and fascism 80 years after liberation. The keynote presentations sparked intense discussions, likely due in part to the participants’ rich backgrounds in life and political experience, which were shared in the lively exchange. The key takeaways from these discussions culminated in the adoption of a conference resolution.
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Beitrag von JEAN-MARIE JACOBY an der WUF-Konferenz vom 16. August 2025 in Győr
Mir wird immer wieder vorgeworfen, ich sei zu optimistisch, wenn ich die NATO als nicht wirklich kriegsfähig bezeichne und als brüllenden Papiertiger. Grundsätzlich bin ich ein optimistischer Mensch, der sich nicht dauernd vor der größtmöglichen Katastrophe fürchtet. Aber die Fakten sind hartnäckig und können meine Einschätzung unterfuttern.
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Beitrag von ELKE ZWINGE-MAKAMIZILE an der Konferenz vom 16. August 2025 der WUF in Győr
BRICS als neue wirkkräftige Plattform des globalen Südens und Osten kann nicht verstanden werden ohne den Kolonialismus, westliche Angriffskriege und antikoloniale Befreiungsbewegungen in den Blick zu nehmen.
