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El Bacalao: A New Play by Desi Moreno-Penson (Interview)

I love the restaurant Cuchifritos. Located in Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, The Bronx, our famous Cuchifritos offers habichuela (beans), pernil (roast pork), mangú (a Dominican dish) or mofongo (a Puerto Rican dish), and of course, the famous bacalao, the dried,…

Marianella Kloka – DiEM25 Candidate Member of Parliament of West Attica

This video was made in collaboration with Pressenza’s Greek team, Tony Robinson, and produced and published by DiEM25’s party to be used during the national elections campaign on May 21st, 2023. 👍 Quality of life is about living without the…

Damn pacifists: peace also comes through the narrative of war

His (Translator’s Note: This is Nico Piro’s book) Maledetti pacifisti (Damned Pacifists), winner of the Ilaria Alpi prize, is an important book of denunciation with a provocative title. But is it really still possible to do journalism in the service…

After 15 years in prison, Saharawi fighter regains his freedom

The fighter for self-determination Yahya Mohamed El Hafed Iaaza was arrested and unjustly sentenced to 15 years in prison by Morocco. He was released from prison on 1 March 2023 after serving his full sentence. The Saharawi community gave him…

We Are Living Through a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human Evolution

An interview with Professor Chris Stringer, one of the leading experts on human evolution. By Jan Ritch-Frel There’s a paradigm shift underway in our understanding of the past 4 million years of human evolution: ours is a story that includes…

Face 2 Face with Kathy Kelly

On this show, we speak with Kathy Kelly about the situation of young women in Afghanistan. Since 2021, she and an ad hoc circle of internationals have assisted young Afghans to resettle in safer havens. She co-coordinates the BanKillerDrones.org campaign,…

History in the Making: David Cay Johnston on Why Trump’s Arraignment May Renew American Democracy

On the day of Donald Trump’s historic arraignment in New York, making him the first former president ever to be criminally charged, we speak with the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump for decades. Trump is…

Nico Piro: “From Ukraine to Afghanistan, history teaches us that war is not the solution”

When will the war in Ukraine end? What do Italians think about the conflict? What is the best approach, the military or the diplomatic? Moving crosswise between various themes and drawing on his long experience as a war correspondent, Nico…

Face 2 Face with Mark Lesseraux

On this show, we speak with Mark Lesseraux about the process in Ukraine and the US’s responsibility for the conflict. Mark is a singer/songwriter/socio-political columnist from Long Island, New York, USA. He is a Humanist, a proponent and practitioner of…

Anna Polo: “Let’s reflect on disparities to talk about migration in a more humane way.”

From Cutro to Riace, from Mexico to Greece, from makeshift camps to detention centers: the current history of migration is riddled with contradictions, inefficiencies and hypocrisy. According to Anna Polo, activist and journalist, the first step is to recover a…

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