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Decolonising feminism, depatriarchalising Islam

Zahra Ali is a sociologist engaged in Muslim, feminist and anti-racist dynamics. Her research has focused on the emergence of Muslim feminisms in the West and the Arab world, including Iraq. In 2012, she published with La Fabrique a book…

Podemos rises in polls amid anti-austerity fever in Spain

Podemos could unseat the long-established Socialist party for the first time in modern Spanish history by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Cormmon Dreams Spain’s leftist political coalition, led by the anti-austerity party Podemos, is making new gains in the polls…

Nepal humanists welcome new Community committee

Humanist Movement member of Nepal Tulsi Sigdel  tells Pressenza that: “We successfully completed our 2nd Annual General Meeting at Suryabinayak; thanks to all participants and congratulations to all of the newly selected board members of the Community for Human Development (Manavtabadi…

People’s Lives and the World as a Finger on a Map

MoMA Presents Bouchra Khalili’s “Mapping Journey Project” by Gabriela Jurosz-Landa Eight screens hang in the open space of the Marron Atrium. Each of the videos depicts a map of a part of Europe and Africa. A hand with a pen…

Muhammad Ali Wasn’t Against Just War, But Empire

Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine, attended Ali’s funeral in his hometown, Louisville, Kentucky. These are his comments. I really do believe that this funeral is, in so many respects, Muhammad Ali’s last act of resistance, because what he…

Opening of Silo’s Message Small Hall in Queens, NY

NY 06/10/2016  Yesterday was the inauguration of the first Small Hall of Silo’s Message on the East Coast of the United States. Located in Astoria, Queens, the site will serve the diverse ethnic communities of the area. Initial groups in…

Silo a Spiritual Path meets Charlie Chaplin

It should not go unnoticed that the ground breaking film, Silo a Spiritual path, will receive an award of excellence from the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards (HIIDA.COM) at the historic Raleigh Studios on Saturday June 12 2016. The award…

Westinghouse go-ahead opposed by Indian villagers to be displaced by reactors

Residents of Ranasthalam in Srikakulam district, in Andhra Pradesh, where nuclear six reactors with a total capacity of 6,000 MW are to be built, are up in arms over the government’s land acquisition for the project – Speed News Desk…

The final result of the California primary is not official yet

The night before the California primary the media announced that the race had already been won – by Hillary Clinton, but, as Bernie Sanders’spokesman Michael Briggs declared “Hillary Clinton does not have and will not have the requisite number of pledged…

If its gonna be a girl, this girl: Jill Stein

Power to the People Plan “My Power to the People Plan creates deep system change, moving from the greed and exploitation of corporate capitalism to a human-centered economy that puts people, planet and peace over profit. It offers direct answers…

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