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Conversation with Alicia Foxworth Author of Ghost Writer, an Abolitionist’s Tale

I’m attending the Broadway Bound Theatre Festival after speaking with playwright Alicia Foxworth about her piece Ghost Writer, an Abolitionist’s Tale. BBTF’s 2025 season spotlights four new musicals and eight original plays making their New York debut—works that champion “story,…

Will the Trump Regime’s 50% tariffs on India make the panda and the elephant dance more together?

Shashi Tharoor tells Trump that colonialism is over and that he is a hypocrite. I recently gave some comments to India’s NDTV about the decline of the US in the global society. It was on its Friday evening “India Ascends”…

Yurii Sheliazenko: “The protests are good, but there are still some Ukrainians who believe in the war.”

In Kiev, I met Yurii Sheliazenko, a Quaker conscientious objector and leader of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, whom I had met and interviewed during my trip to Ukraine last August, and his friend Artem Denysov, also a Quaker. They took…

South Africa’s Valdai Conference: Russia Adapting to New Geopolitical Conditions with Africa

On July 28, the Valdai Discussion Club in partnership with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) held the 3rd Russian-African Conference titled: “Realpolitik in a Divided World: Rethinking Russia-South Africa Ties in a Global and African Context” in…

The China-EU Summit – Four Views on CGTN’s “Dialogue”

Leaders from China and the European Union have just concluded the China-EU Summit in Beijing, aiming to strengthen bilateral cooperation while addressing key areas of disagreement. How important is the China-EU relationship for both sides and the world? What divisions…

Music Against Silence, a demonstration against apartheid and the genocide in Palestine. Group interview

As Pressenza, we were able to personally follow the Music Against Silence demonstration in Varese and Brescia. In Varese, I met one of the organizers and proposed an interview to better explain this wonderful initiative against apartheid and the genocide…

Screaming “Nuclear War Is Coming!“ Is Made Up Only To Scare You”.

“Fear achieves making people submissive, obedient, as they are afraid of authorities, of the unknown their beloved authorities may bring and so they give in against their own interests.” How wise is it to blast out threats of nuclear war…

Unlocking NIDO-Africa’s Economic and Investment Potentials for Nigeria’s Development

Over the past few years, Jude Osakwe, a Nigerian professor at the Namibian University of Science and Technology (NUST), Continental Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Africa, has been working on various aspects of BRICS+ (Brazil, Russia, India, China and…

Peace, According to Empire: How the Nobel Prize Became a Tool of Geopolitics

In July 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted a letter of nomination for U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. In the world we imagined decades ago—where the Nobel Peace Prize once evoked memories of Martin Luther…

Iran: this government is not with the people, but a puppet government is not a solution

We interviewed Nasrin (fictitious name for security reasons) about the current situation in Iran. She lives in Iran, is 20 years old girl, student in physics, promoter of an international humanist non profit organisation that promotes a simultaneous personal and…

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