The Sangha Kommune (僧伽公社) – A Place of Spiritual and Physical Growth! (Founded 16.2.2010)

The Chinese Buddhist monastic community is referred to as a ‘Sangha’ (Sanskrit for ‘spiritual community’), whereby men and women form a voluntary association premised upon following a strict set of rules known as the ‘Vinaya Discipline’. Within this community, there is ‘equality’ between all members, with the leaders being those who have followed these rules for the longest times. This is because such people are thought to have more experience at adhering to the Vinaya Discipline (which includes celibacy and vegetarianism), and are therefore able to effectively advise all others through the difficult times they my face in their practice. As those with little experience have less to share, they are not considered leaders whilst more experienced practitioners live in the vicinity.

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President Nicolas Maduro - Iconic Resistance to US Terrorism!

Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro – Displays “Iconic Resistance” to US Terrorism [video] – Spain Condemns Trump! (4.1.2026)

The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, “resolutely” condemned the “recent violation of international law” in reference to the US military attack on Venezuela, which led to the kidnapping of the constitutional president of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, and the First Lady, Cilia Flores.

Sánchez stated that the world, and particularly the West, “seems determined to return us to that terrible past from which it took us almost a century to escape”.

He also noted: “They seem to want to persuade us that the era of peace and progress has already passed” and it’s now the turn of what he calls the “regression dictated by the ultra-right international with the complicity of the traditional right”.

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Great Yemen Supports Venezuela!

Venezuela: Yemen Condemns US Terrorism – Footage & Pictures of US-Inflicted Bomb-Damage! (4.1.2026)

The Catholic Church grants $500 to each impoverished family left behind. Given this is the case, the sheer perverse nature of the Pope’s interference and duplicity is beyond a joke – even a bad one. Around 40 Venezuelans were killed in the US terrorism – which I think might be Maduro’s bodyguard, military units and civilian workers. This is a small body-count compared to the Israel genocide in Gaza, ISIS in Syria, the NATO body-count in Iraq (both times) and Afghanistan, etc, or compared to what Trump achieved first-time around in Tigray (Ethiopia). It is ironic that only the Islamic Yemini regime possesses the courage to tell things exactly as they are. Of course, Venezuela permanently cut-off diplomatic relations with Israel in 2009 – whilst continuously asserting the Zionists are committing “genocide” – and deliberately so. In return, Israel has continuously promised regime change in Caracos – whilst offering the oil fields to the US as a gift. And so it has come to pass. Finally, The US in 2019 killed and wounded around 600,000 men, women, and children in Tigray (Trump managed to unite the tribes in Ethiopia) – and the world was “silent” – presumably hoping he would never see power again.

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Painted pottery (bottom left) from the Fujia cemetery, as well as from the southern grave (FJ_S21; middle left) and northern grave (FJ_N07; top left). The right panel illustrates the layout and features of the Fujia archaeological site, highlighting residential areas, pottery kilns and the two cemeteries. Scale bar, 50 m. Credit: J. Wang et al., Nature (2025)

China: DNA Study Reveals “Fujia” Matrilineal Society! (4.1.2026)

All 14 individuals from the northern cemetery possessed the same maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA haplogroup — a genetic population group sharing a common ancestor — and exhibited identical mitochondrial DNA sequences, while 44 of the 46 individuals from the southern cemetery had another mitochondrial DNA haplogroup and identical mitochondrial DNA sequences, indicating that the individuals in each group shared a maternal lineage.

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Human skeletal remains in a double burial at the Worth Matravers cemetery.

UK: Ancient DNA Reveals West African Ancestry in Early Medieval England! (4.1.2026)

Archaeologists have analysed the DNA of two unrelated individuals buried in seventh-century-AD cemeteries on the south coast of England, revealing that they both had recent ancestors, likely grandparents, from West Africa.

During the Early Middle Ages, England saw significant migration from continental northern Europe. Historical accounts describe the settlement of Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, who gave their names to the Anglo-Saxon period and perhaps the country itself. However, the extent of movement from further afield was less clear.

“Migration and its direction, scale and impact have been much debated in European archaeology,” state the authors. “Archaeogenetic research can now provide new insight, even identifying individual migrants”.

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These skeletons of two hunter-gatherer individuals excavated at the Checua archaeological site north of Bogotá, Colombia, helped uncover the genetic details of a mysterious population. Ana María Groot / Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Colombia: Ancient Checua DNA Reveals “New Group of Humans” With No Genetic Ties to People Today! (4.1.2026)

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if they simply vanished from the face of the Earth. What’s more, they’re also not closely related to the ancient Native American populations that scientists had thought would be their ancestors.

“This is unexpected,” Andre Luiz Campelo dos Santos, an archaeologist from Florida Atlantic University who did not participate in the research, tells Adithi Ramakrishnan at the Associated Press. “Up to this point, we didn’t believe there was any other lineage that would appear in South America.”

An international team of researchers described the discovery in a study published in late May in the journal Science Advances. They analyzed DNA from the bones and teeth of 21 individuals found at five archaeological sites in the Altiplano—the high plains around Bogotá—dating to between 500 and 6,000 years ago. The analyses represent Colombia’s first ancient human genomes ever to be published.

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UK: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters – Solidarity with Maduro! (4.1.2026)

“We are all reeling, stunned by this savage act of aggression from the empire of the United States of America on our brothers and sisters and comrades in Venezuela.”

Musician, activist, and Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters expressed his support for Venezuela and its legitimate President, Nicolas Maduro. Waters stressed that “Venezuela is a sovereign country and should be left alone by the gringo bullies of the North.

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