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Morocco uses migration to win economic improvements and support from Europe in the Western Sahara conflict

In the early hours of Monday morning, 17 May, dozens of Moroccans, who ended up numbering around 8,000, began to enter Ceuta, the Spanish enclave city on Moroccan Territory. They did so by swimming, crossing the Tarajal and Benzú spurs…

US Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat for the ‘Crime’ of Securing Food for the Hungry: The Case of Alex Saab v. The Empire

The case of Alex Saab raises dangerous precedents in terms of extraterritorial judicial abuse, violation of diplomatic status, and even the use of torture to extract false confessions. This is according to Montréal-based international human rights lawyer John Philpot. He…

Africa Month: May 2021

CULTURAL EVENT         What comes to your mind when you hear the name Africa? Maybe so many things! Right? One aspect of Africa’s contribution to the world is that the continent is rich in cultural diversity and…

Israeli Jews Call: “Stop Israel’s Apartheid!”

An Open Letter to the International Community We, Jewish Israelis, oppose the actions of the Israeli government and hereby declare our commitment to act against them. We refuse to accept the Jewish-supremacist regime and call upon the international community to…

Ageing Young

POEM         By Erlie Lopez This morn, the mirror delights at the gray-streaked hair now stroked chestnut brown. And the floors resound to not-so nimble feet chasing the beat of a dance song. In no time, breakfast…

2021 Multifaith Virtual Iftar Conference in the Philippines

SPIRITUALITY         By Genevieve Balance-Kupang In Appreciation of the Richness of our Religious Diversity and Experiencing Ramadan through Fasting and Iftar Radiating one’s inner light, gift of presence, and goodwill, multifaith religious and government leaders, the international…

A Gift of Peace

ESSAY         by Trudi Richards My mother had Alzheimer’s. All of us – my mother, all her family, and especially my father, who devoted himself to her care for the last few years of her life –…

Ode to Iris

POEM         She and I fly, intoxicated, high Lifting me up from the mire Urging me onwards There where no words can capture The rapture that erupts When you leave the past behind   She and I…

Dr. Glenn M. Mendoza, M.D.: Healing Covid-19 stricken humanity and mother earth

INTERVIEW         By Perfecto Caparas PRESSENZA journalist Perfecto Caparas interviewed Dr. Glenn M. Mendoza, M.D., also known as Master Glenn, about the 100-day Meditation on Twin Hearts and “Healing Pods” that he initiated to bless and heal…

Corporate social responsibility: Can it save an artist from giving up his vocation?

TRADITIONAL CRAFTS         By B C Kiran Gudigar or Gudigara are craftsmen residing in the state of Karnataka, India. Their traditional profession was to build temples and places of worship. The skills were passed on only in…

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