Category: Territories
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A short review about Besakih Temple and Balinese Hinduism
Besakih is the main, oldest and holiest Hindu temple in Bali, among the more than 10.000 temples that exist on the island. Located on the slopes of the volcano Agung, it was founded in the VIII century by Rsi Markandeya, an East Indian priest who spread Hinduist teachings on the island, although it is considered…
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Freedom: A short trilogy of the stolen words. The rise of the far right
The Federal Pride Anti-Fascist and Anti-Racist March was carried out on 1st February in Argentina against the words of the president Javier Milei in Davos, and the intention of the government to backtrack the legal framework that protects women and diversity rights: the organising assembly states that more than 800 thousand people marched all over…
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How I lived the stabbing attack at Westfield Bondi Junction Mall
Everything was very fast: I dropped from the bus to get some groceries from the Coles inside the mall, and in less than ten minutes I was leaving it in an emergency evacuation, after hearing the three shots that ended the life of the attacker. At any moment I knew what was going on. That…
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Glyphosate impact on human health denounced at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Between October 30 and November 10, 2023, the 188-session period of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH by its acronym in Spanish) was held in Washington, DC. There Dr. Damián Verzeñassi, integral medicine specialist and Director of the Institute of Socio-environmental Health of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Rosario National University, Argentina, exposed the…
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Massive Mothers of Plaza de Mayo round after the far-right candidate Milei triumphed in Argentinian run-off voting
Diverse human rights organisms, social organisations, left parties and non-gruped people accompanied the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (Madres de Plaza de Mayo) round this Thursday 23th, that was held at 15.30 at the square at the front of the Government House in Buenos Aires, as the Mothers do since 30th April 1977: they couldn´t…
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An eye on each election: Australian Referendum for the Voice and presidential elections in Argentina
With a one-week distance, in Australia and Argentina two decisive elections were held this October: the first one has taken place last Saturday 14th, the referendum for the Aboriginal Voice at Parliament; the second one were the presidential elections in Argentina, held on the last Sunday 22th. A country that does not listen Almost unanimously…
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Critical inputs for an energy transition
In the context of the current climate crisis, there are different narratives about the need for an energy transition. The scale of the problem means that it is not enough to switch from fossil to renewable energy sources: the energy transition has to go hand in hand with a rethink of our current way of…
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A place to live. Surviving the housing crisis
Things are as they are and not as we’d like them to be: that’s what I think every time I have to move out of my home. It is not just in Australia that housing is in crisis. All my adult life in Argentina I have lived in shared flats, renting rooms in a house…
A little fire 