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Let’s talk about reconciliation: What good has the Argentina-UK enmity over the Falklands done us?

One evening in November 2019, I went to a bar with some British classmates. Of course, as the only international student, one of them asked where I was from. After hearing ‘Argentina’, something snapped within her brain and automatically asked:…

Global Carnival for Assange: a day of masks, marches, flash mobs, music and dancing

After the marathon on October 15th and the demonstrations on December 10th , International Human Rights Day, the Global Carnival for Assange, the third initiative organized by 24hAssange, took up the whole day on Saturday February 11th , in a…

Why Saudi Arabia Cannot Win the Yemen War Despite its Military Superiority

By Shruti Punia and Marc Finaud* The eight-year-old asymmetric war conducted by Saudi Arabia with its allies against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen cannot be won despite Riyadh’s enormous military superiority resulting from massive western arms sales. This major…

Chant

The drumming of hands sound like a rain of pure sound, falling.   The strings of the balalaika strike a chord in the hearts of all who are listening.   The drums beat a low drowning growl as the imam…

US and Them: Why an Immediate Diplomatic Settlement is the Only Coherent Endgame for Ukraine, Russia and the Rest of the World

A Year of Total Escalation We’re fast approaching the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Over the course of the year 2022 the US, with its NATO allies in tow, did everything in its power to escalate the…

“We don’t consider this earthquake a fate or a natural disaster”, testimony of a Turkish girl on the earthquake in Turkey

The Middle East region has been faced with unprecedented earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria and could be felt in other parts of the region. Two shocking earthquakes hit the South of Turkey, affected Aleppo in Syria, and were followed…

Where are we heading?

The global chessboard of geopolitics and the interests of the world’s economic power is making us more and more prone to a world war if we do not avoid it. On such a chessboard, political leaders instead of uniting to…

Pedagogical Encounter On the road to a humanising school management and pedagogical practice

Machala is a coastal city in the south of Ecuador, where an unusual educational event began today: “Pedagogical Encounter on the Road to a humanising school management and pedagogical practice”. Uncommon, not only because of its title, but also because…

The Arctic’s Iceless Upheaval

Anybody who closely follows global warming knows that the Arctic has been clobbered 2-3 times beyond the impact on the planet. And knowledgeable sources also know that what happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. After all, for…

“I’m going to Washington to contribute to a political project that we have been waiting for years”, Fernando García Naddaf

We interviewed the new Press and Cultural Attaché of the Chilean Embassy in the United States, Fernando García Naddaf, activist of Acción Humanista, teacher, Pressenza collaborator and great friend. Pressenza: Tell us Fernando about your new appointment? Fernando García: I…

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