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Silo’s revolutionary opus

Pressenza marks five years since Silo, the Argentinean author, nonviolent revolutionary and spiritual guide, passed away on the 16th of September 2010 at his home in Mendoza, Argentina, with this tribute by our columnist, Javier Tolcachier. Asked by a journalist…

Chilean Humanists request their government to present a roadmap for nuclear disarmament at the UN

José Gabriel Feres, of the Chilean Humanist Party coordination team, and Pía Figueroa, co-director of Pressenza, went to the Chilean Foreign Office, on the 15th of September, to meet with the Director General of Chilean Foreign Policy, Ambassador Alfredo Labbé,…

Stop pussyfooting around Hong Kong, bite the bullet!

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive (CE) Leung Chun-ying is under fire from all quarters of the democratic front following a Beijing official’s ‘controversial’ remarks. Central government liaison office director Zhang Xiaoming, who said this past Saturday that the chief executive was…

Ban uranium weapons

Welcome to ICBUW’s occasional e-newsletter, with information on depleted uranium weapons and our campaign to ban them. Damage to the natural environment has long been a hallmark of conflict. But technological developments, both in terms of how hostilities are conducted, and…

Stopping the arms fair in London

Part of this email was written to you from inside a body bag outside the Cutty Sark. We were there to get in the way of a lavish drinks reception, hosted by arms company BAE Systems to woo delegates to…

With a few days before the Greek elections: inspiration needed

Maybe these are the calmest elections we have had in a long time. I sat down to watch the debates between the political leaders and I have just one thing to say: there is a total lack of inspiration. This…

Pressenza – Journalism for peace

ProMosaik e.V.’s interview with Tony Henderson, Asia Editor at Pressenza Hong Kong Dr. phil. Milena Rampoldi: What are the main specific objectives of Pressenza Hong Kong? Tony Henderson: Pressenza’s objective generally is to spread widely, across whatever networks and media…

Mark Lesseraux on Face 2 Face

This week’s show starts with our friend singer and guitarist Gabriella Callender and continues with Mark Lesseraux discussing Silo and his Message.

The Humanist Party of Spain held its VII Congress

On Saturday 12th of September, the VII Congress of the Humanist Party of Spain took place in a public institution of Madrid. With a programme based on nine papers written about different subjects and groups of interchange, the Congress, which…

Tens of Thousands Surround Japan’s Parliament Denouncing ‘War Legislation’

A series of bills proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would allow the country’s soldiers to deploy abroad for the first time since World War II by Sarah Lazare, staff writer for Common Dreams With a new poll showing majority…

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