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Pressenza in Bonn: non-violent revolutions need new media

Today the Global Media Forum organised by Deutsche Welle was inaugurated in the German city of Bonn, and Pressenza participated with a panel in which examples of social mobilisations, unfolding thanks to the creation of consciousness through new media in such…

UK: Estimated 50,000 march in London against ConDems’s austerity

There were an estimated 50,000 people who made the march today [June 21, 2014], starting from Portland Place, The BBC headquarters, but nothing was known whether the BBC News would deign to report upon the demonstration against the ConDem [Coalition…

An ounce of hope is worth a ton of despair

We cannot reach people by terrifying them; there has to be a positive agenda. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th June 2014: “Saving the world should be based on promise, not fear” If we had set out to…

D-Day and the truth about the Second World War

[Written in 2004] On the anniversary of the Normandy D-day landing. The leaders of the major powers were all present at the official celebrations, a far more pompous celebration than the 50th anniversary. This has more to do with present day…

Norway: Leading Way to End Military Use of Schools

Global Campaign to Finalize, Implement Protection Guidelines The Norwegian government’s leadership to promote international standards to protect schools and universities from military use during armed conflict could spare students and teachers the horrors of war, the Global Coalition to Protect…

US-EU trade deal stalls over corporations suing governments

By Michael Meacher MP (Labour Party) Until recently investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) cases were rare.   This is the provision that allows companies to take governments to international arbitration panels to seek compensation if they feel their investment has been…

Medact: BOOTS is a PUBLIC HEALTH RISK!

Medact, Health professionals for a safer, fairer & better world Tax abuse costs the UK economy £69.9 Billion a year – more than half of the country’s total annual healthcare spend.  Meanwhile, health and social care services are being slashed in the…

UK Uncut protest at Vodaphone for Tax avoidance

Press Release. See Photos *Protesters shut down Vodafone’s flagship store on Oxford Street for over two hours.[1] * 10 actions took place across the country including in central London, Cornwall and Manchester.[2] * Flagship store blockaded by mothers, babies and…

In the hands of God

The invocation for peace by the Pope in the Vatican gardens that was celebrated in the presence of the Presidents of Israel and Palestine recently has created a big splash in the media. This noise in the press has been…

Half a million citizens in Spain now have control over municipal government accounts

By the Municipal Citizens’ Observatories Over half a million people now have access to real participation in their municipality The OCMs: citizen bodies to control local governments After two years of work at the Spanish Citizen Debt Audit Platform (PACD),…

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