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Presentation of Riccardo Milani's film "Un mondo a parte"

On the occasion of the meeting of the Council of Ambassadors and the Board of Directors of the "United States of the World" held in Naples and Rome, Secretary-General Prof. Michele Capasso proposed the screening of the film "Un mondo a parte" by Riccardo Milani, starring Antonio Albanese and Virginia Raffaele and, especially, the inhabitants of Pescasseroli and other countries in the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park.
Secretary General Capasso expressed - together with the members of the association - his appreciation for the film, reinforced by his familiarity for over 55 years with those places and, in particular, the town of Pescasseroli.
"Attention to small villages such as 'Mondo a parte' is important in this difficult moment in history because it is possible to combine integration of migrants with development of inland areas": these were the conclusions, together with the proposal to award the prestigious "Mediterranean Cinema Award" of the United States of the World to all the protagonists and authors of the film work, also in consideration of the fact that Pescasseroli, Opi and the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park are part of the "United States of the World" and one of the first works of the "Totem for Peace" was made precisely in Pescasseroli.
A special thought was addressed to Tiziano Gentile, "actor" in the film but valuable collaborator in the construction of the "Totem for Peace" in Pescasseroli in 2010.

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Franco Rol's books online available for all

Franco Rol - distant cousin, witness and main extraordinary biographer of Gustavo Adolfo Rol (inspirer of the United States of the World) - with great generosity has made 4 full-bodied volumes on a fundamental phase of Gustavo Adolfo Rol's life available for all to read online. At the same time, he has made them available in a broader horizon, which also includes the controversy on the existence or non-existence of the so-called paranormal phenomena, on which there has been a debate for centuries without there still being an effective and accepted scientific demonstration.
It took 4 volumes of over 1,800 pages in total, in addition to the 2,700 of the previous 6 (the first 3 on Rol's phenomenology classified and commented, the other 3 on mainly unpublished or little-known texts and writings and contextual analysis, from the 1940s to 1977).
These new volumes collect a huge amount of unpublished information and analysis, documentary material on Rol and not only. They also analyse the genesis of the myth, because it is a myth, of "magic Turin", which no one has previously studied carefully and which arose at the beginning of the 1970s on the wave of the parapsychology and paranormal boom following the participation of Massimo Inardi, who had met Rol and held him in great esteem, in Mike Bongiorno's "Rischiatutto".
In the intentions of the author and writer Franco Rol, these volumes will be a first great tombstone on the sepulchre of the sceptics, or rather, of the sceptic-negationists, with a CRITICISM TO CRITICISM not on the level of faith or belief, but on that of reason and a correct investigative and ultimately scientific approach.
The "Rol case" represents a formidable paradigm at the precise point of convergence between science and religion, reason and intuition, intellect and heart.

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The United States of the World celebrates World Water Day

The United States of the World celebrated "World Water Day" in various cities on five continents.
In particular, at the institutional headquarters in Naples, Secretary-General Michele Capasso emphasised the urgency of protecting water resources, especially at this difficult time in human history characterised by wars, pandemics, social injustice and climate change.
The scientists present relaunched the United States of the World Appeal for universal collaboration to reduce drought disasters, using examples of good practice such as Israeli technologies for desalinating seawater.
A study day was held at the Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech (CAU) with the theme "The UCA Dialogue - Regional Water Actors".

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United States of the World celebrates the Day of Remembrance and Commitment in Memory of the Victims of the Mafia

The United States of the World and the Museum of Peace celebrated the "Day of Memory and Commitment in Remembrance of the Victims of the Mafia".
The Secretary General of the United States of the World and President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Michele Capasso, was moved and emphasised the high symbolic significance of the day. He accompanied various groups of students on an emotional journey through the Museum, starting from the murder of Piersanti Mattarella to that of Don Diana: in the dedicated spaces, he recalled the familiarity with Don Peppe, the familiarity with mum Jolanda, with Don Luigi Ciotti and the gift made by the family to the Museum of Peace: the chasuble, the breviary and many other cherished memories of Don Peppe.
A delegation from the United States of the World took part in the march organised by Don Ciotti's "Libera" association in Rome.

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Appeal for Gaza

Secretary-General Michele Capasso and other members of the United States of the World launched, in connection with Gaza, yet another appeal for a truce and for respect for the lives of civilians who are dying of hunger and thirst.
On this occasion, the 1981 end-of-year speech by the then President of the Republic Sandro Pertini was recalled, who wisely anticipated the "Two Peoples in Two States" solution.

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