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POETS’ TALK – With Gary Corseri and José M. Tirado

“The Welcoming Wind” By José M. Tirado  At dusk, his steps are rough, with a dry grace of flat-footed tenderness; the spring is gone, & forward is the march. In the grinning breeze he stops, faces the pressure, feels it,…

Pakistan: the role of media in political activism

Different political forces strike or cooperate with each other in any political system. However, if a political system is strong, it can accommodate, domesticate or maintain equilibrium or balance among these forces to maintain stability in society. If it is…

Orange Day 2015: UNiTE to End Violence against Women

This 25 May, we wear orange and shed light on the power of Internet and mobile technology, as part of the UNiTE campaign to End Violence against Women and girls, says UN Women. The UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence…

Cheating Games

“EXact” scandal spread like a fire in the woods around the Globe. Media channels repeated ir over the last couple of day continually, linking and dragging other agencies, media houses and partners into this mess and garbage of a scandalized…

Humanitarian ceasefire needed for Palmyra

Association of World Citizens calls for a humanitarian ceasefire as fighting intensifies between ISIS and Syrian Government forces near Palmyra − a UNESCO Heritage site. In a 15 May 2015 message to Madame Irina  Bokova, UNESCO Director General, the Association…

Bangladesh: RIP Ananta Bijoy Das

“Blogger killers are now threatening the newsmen for standing behind the victims”, says Shamsul Basunia, in Dhaka. “Obscure blackguards, generally accepted as ultra-fundamentalists, debilitated a bdnews24.com correspondent by beating him. They did so for posting remarks on Facebook in dissent against…

Singapore: Yee’s guilty verdict is a sad indication of the limits of free speech

By Marte Hellema and Joses Kuan* As the world responds to the guilty verdict of Amos Yee, thoughts should not just focus on how a 16-year-old ended up in this predicament, but on what it says about the state of…

South Africa: young and gifted black African takes over Alliance

South Africa’s largest official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has elected a black man originally from Dobsonville for the first time in its history . He is young and gifted and it did not come as a shock as…

Israel: made in Palestine, by Britain, Germany and America

Gaza a Philosophical Dictionary by Michael Buergermeister       On his website you can find information about the author: http://michaelbuergermeister.com/   Dr. phil. Milena Rampoldi: What are the objectives of the book? Michael Buergermeister: The objectives of the book…

Glenn Greenwald: Social Media, Privacy and Activism

Published on Apr 12, 2015 by AcTVism Munich Are applications such as Facebook/Skype/Google safe for us to use? Is the NSA keeping us safe from undemocratic states? What can the individual do to curb the abuses of the NSA?  …

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