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The World Social Forum serves as a global platform for civil society groups, bringing together NGOs, advocacy campaigns, and grassroots movements to build international solidarity and challenge traditional globalization. By uniting these diverse groups, the gathering acts as a clear expression of...

This August, our Co-Presidents Joseph Gerson and Cora Fabros were in Japan to commemorate the 81st anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9. Standing alongside Hibakusha and peace advocates, we are renewing our call for a nuclear-free world—through the...

Nagasaki, August 9, 2026 — 81 Years After the Atomic Bombing Speech by Cora Fabros, IPB Co-President Friends, ohayo guzaimas! 81 years after the atomic bomb was dropped on this city. We remember. We grieve. We carry the memory of those who died—  and the voices of those who survived. The...

Written by IPB Council Member and WBW Latin America Organizer Gabriel Aguirre – Caracas, August 5, 2026 Imagine returning home after a holiday and realizing you’ve lost everything: family, friends, acquaintances, your home, everything you once thought would be forever. This was the...

Translated using Deepl. Attached below is the original speech in German Dear friends, 6 August 1945, 8.15 am, a sunny day in Hiroshima, already hot even in the morning; hundreds of thousands were on their way to work, to school, to university – tired and exhausted after all those years of war. In...