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Wednesday Dec 3rd, protesters poured onto the streets following a grand jury’s decision not to indict NYC Police Officer Pantaleo on murder charges for killing unarmed Staten Islander Eric Garner. Protesters rallied at Union Square and Columbus Circle and marched to Times Square, 47th…

We have already discussed in Pressenza the looming disaster being planned under the TTIP (The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, aka EU-US “Free” Trade Agreement), not only in relation to falling standards of food safety and environmental protection but most…

It was announced yesterday in Parliament that the UK will be attending the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, the third in a series that began with Oslo in March 2013 and was followed by Nayarit, Mexico…

The latest petition by the Avaaz Community is having wide circulation and the organisers are saying that in just 84 hours, more than 50.000 signed up to call for an investigation of police violence in Hong Kong. Title: Investigate Hong…

Extract from Facebook Gordon Mathews – anthropologist at The Chinese University of Hong Kong I went to Admiralty last night, to be with my students, after the Hong Kong Federation of Students called for an escalation of protests. I went because…

The significance about these mayoral elections in Taiwan, in Taipei, this weekend is that a candidate who is not affiliated with any political party has won as the mayor of Taipei. This is a victory for everyone who opposes the…

The Facebook page of “United for Democracy: Global Solidarity with Hong Kong” has lots of one-liners greeting the latest phenomenon erupting from the streets of Hong Kong, particularly the more frenzies district of Mong Kok. Explain gau wu to your…

Text and Photographs: Daniela Quinteros Rosas A great variety of instruments from different nations united in Sydney (Australia) gave the tone to an abstract harmony that was transformed into a music festival in one of the most multi cultural cities…

On Monday evening 11/24/2014, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch announced that a grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson for the August 9 shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Law professor…

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