webmaster 1 – Page 7 – Association Internationale de Libre Pensée (AILP)

Antonio Vergara Lira

Isla Negra (Chile), 24 October 2019.

A. Vergara Lira

I would like to share some personal opinions, those which coincide with various press articles, Spanish and French, which seem to me to be serious.

What is happening in Chile today?

Without getting into the most serious problem, because in Chile, the political constitution of the Republic adopted under the dictatorship of Pinochet – in 1980 – is still in force, which could not be seriously amended, because a very high quorum is required in Parliament. Pinochet’s right wing with its 30% prevents it, among other measures that affect the country’s democracy. (more…)

By webmaster 1, 5 years28 October 2019 ago

2019_08 Valparaiso

IAFT’S Latin American Regional Congress

Valparaiso August 8-9-10, 2019

by Jose Arias

This is the second congress of the International Association of Free Thought (AILP) held in Chile, after that of Concepción in 2013. The Grand Lodge of Chile, and its new Grand Master, Sebastian Jans Perez, had chosen the City of Valparaiso to host the Latin American Regional Congress on 8/9/10 August 2019. (more…)

By webmaster 1, 5 years5 October 2019 ago

Denounce crimes of priests

Information

On September 18th 2019, National Secular Society President Keith Porteous Wood, IAFT spokeperson, urged the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to exert pressure on the Vatican to submit long-overdue reports outlining its response to child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. (more…)

By webmaster 1, 5 years22 September 2019 ago

Miscellany

Message from the French Federation of Freethought to the 18th annual Charles Bradlaugh commemoration in Northampton

The French National Federation of Freethought salutes the 18th gathering in homage to Charles Bradlaugh, freethinker and republican, builder and pioneer of the eternal and universal struggle for total freedom of conscience and for the separation of Church and State. (more…)

By webmaster 1, 5 years20 September 2019 ago

Denounce crimes of priests

All the light must be shed on the crimes of the Catholic Church

The Vatican can no longer do anything about it: the scandal can no longer be suppressed, the witnesses are talking, the wall of silence is definitely broken. The Catholic Church is responsible for thousands of crimes, rapes, harassment, physical and mental torture of thousands of children, not only by not denouncing those who commit them, but by protecting them and most often leaving them in a position to commit them again. That is why Libre Pensée requires that all archives concerning these cases be made public and that human justice be respected. (more…)

By webmaster 1, 5 years14 September 2019 ago

Miscellany

Declaration of the European members of IAFT’s International Council

In Europe and in the whole world a situation is developing today which shows the dangers linked to the place of religions in the political debate. Atheistic, humanistic, secular and of Free Thought organizations have a duty to give their opinion on this subject. Political mobilizations that exploit the public visibility of religions for their own purposes are an example. (more…)

By webmaster 1, 5 years ago

2019_08 Valparaiso

Message from Christian Eyschen at the IAFT Congress in Valparaiso (Chile)

Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends, Dear friends, My Sisters and Brothers, I bring you the fraternal greetings of the International Association of Free Thought and the French Federation of Free Thought. The international question has always been important in the activity of Free Thought on all fronts, on all continents. Read more…

By webmaster 1, 5 years ago

Breves english

Statement on LGBTI phobic violence & hate speech in Poland

The IAFT is pleased to add its name to this statement by Sophie In’t Veld, MEP, and 40 other MEPs. In accordance with its principles of defence of individual freedoms and freedom of conscience, it can only support this text unreservedly. (more…)

By webmaster 1, 5 years4 August 2019 ago

Miscellany

To the Word Union of freethinkers

Paris, July 9. 2019

Dear Friends

Dear Comrades,

As you probably know, The International Association of Freethougt is born in Oslo in Norway, on the 10th of August 2011.

The association exists today on every continent and gather a great number of atheist, freethought and secular associations. It is represented by eleven spokespersons and an international Council with forty members, from all the continents. The three languages practised are french, english and spanish. (more…)

By webmaster 1, 5 years16 July 2019 ago

Miscellany

On June 14th 2019, Michel Godicheau International Association of Free Thought (IAFT) declared at the hundredth anniversary of the ILO:

Mr. Chair, Ladies and Gentlemen, The International Association of Free Thought, which is committed to civil harmony, cannot but pay tribute to the hundred years of existence of an international structure where trade unions, governments and employers’ organizations meet to set up social progress rules. The preamble of the ILO Read more…

By webmaster 1, 5 years ago