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Berlinale 2026, the director of “The Voice of Hind Rajab” does not accept the award in protest

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania did not accept the “Most Valuable Film” award given to her film, “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” as a gesture of protest and condemnation of the presence of Noam Tibon, a retired Israeli major general…

U.S. Executive Order 9066, we are repeating history

Mike Ishii, director of Tsuru for Solidarity, pen an article published in The Seattle Times — “84 years after Executive Order 9066, we are repeating history”— with a reminder that history does not disappear simply because time has passed. Eighty-four…

Interview with Emad Kiyaei about the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the U.S.

Diplomacy at the Brink: Iran, the United States, and the Stakes of Peace in the Middle East David interviewed Emad Kiyaei, co-director of the Middle East Treaty Organization, to discuss the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the United States currently…

“Holy” Giving: an American Experience

In some Latino communities, Thanksgiving is playfully called “Sanguiving,” or holy giving. This play on words shifts the focus from simple thanks to the act of giving itself. Around a shared table, no one is meant to be left alone.…

Chicago, the Street Vendors Association against ICE violence

After interviewing Rick Rosales of CyclingxSolidarity, we continue to give a voice to the associations that organise solidarity and protection initiatives in Chicago for undocumented immigrants against ICE violence. This time we talk with Maria Orozco, Development Manager/ Outreach Coordinator of…

The word as an act of restitution

On 17 February 2026, Et la joie de vivre, the memoir of Gisèle Pelicot, is published. In Spanish, it appears as Un himno a la vida and in English as A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides. At…

Tarique Rahman Becomes the 11th Prime Minister of Bangladesh

by Sheikh Mohammad Arif (Dhaka Bureau) Tarique Rahman, Chairman of the BNP, has become the new Prime Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. He took his oath on Tuesday (February 17) at the South Plaza of…

Ukraine four years later: what remains of the official narrative?

Following the events of February 24, 2022, political leaders, the mainstream media, and the armchair “experts” all reacted in the same way. They portrayed it as a war between Russia and Ukraine, as an unprovoked Russian aggression, and as an…

Neutrality in the face of extermination is not culture: it is complicity

More than eighty figures from the international film community, including Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton and Adam McKay, publicly challenged the Berlin International Film Festival over its silence regarding Gaza. Their letter is not a symbolic gesture: it is a direct…

Portuguese Community in Brussels Holds Protest Demanding Climate Accountability

The climate crisis is no longer an extraordinary or deniable phenomenon. It is instead an escalating reality that directly and profoundly affects communities across Europe, as consistently evidenced by youth-led movements, historical trends, scientific research, and visible extreme events. It…

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