David Andersson
Citizen journalist, photograph and publisher, starting back in the 80’s with the Humanist Movement by publishing a neighborhood newspaper in Paris. Today, David is the coordinator of NYC bureau for Pressenza and is hosting a talkshow call Face 2 Face. The show is broadcast on Youtube and Facebook.
Voting Will not Be #Enough
By David Andersson After the March for Our Lives rallies that mobilized millions of people the main focus for gun control activists is gaining political power. This a great direction, seeking to engage people in the democratic process, and was really the missing piece of the Occupy Movement a few… »
The Humanists are Supporting Students and the March For Our Lives
As we approach the March For Our Lives in Washington DC on March 24th, the issue of gun control and school security remains at the forefront of public debate. A month after the Florida School shooting which killed 17 people, however, not much has happened. The political establishment (Democrats… »
A Special Day in America
By David Andersson Everything started as usual. The morning cold made me move quickly to the train. When i got to work, i went through my usual routine of checking my email, getting updated for the day. One email, titled ”17 minutes walkout, ” had been sent by our head… »
Face 2 Face with Jim Costanzo
On this show we speak with Jim Costanzo of the Aaron Burr Society. Employing quotes from Mussolini, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jim clearly illustrates the fascist underpinnings of the Trump administration. »
The Democrat should Build a Human Shield to Protect the DREAMers
In a few days, the Trump’s administration will announce whether it will choose to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which would put in jeopardy the future of thousands of undocumented immigrant youth. President Obama created DACA as an executive order to protect young adults who came… »
Deconstructing and Recycling Violence
In one of my previous articles, called “How Long Did it Take to Take this Photo?”, I referred to a monograph written by Silvia Swinden titled “The Space of Representation”. Continued study of the document has produced more insight and has inspired today’s piece. Silvia’s contribution identifies… »
How Long did it Take to Take this Photo?
I know it’s not correct to use an interrogative phrase in a title, but there is no other way to open this discussion. We need to open our minds by asking ourselves “How long did it take for human beings to be in capacity to take this photo?” A few… »
The US and its Climate Change Problem.
By David Andersson A week ago, US President Donald Trump announced his unsurprising decision to remove the US from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Most of the media ascribed the decision to Trump’s misunderstanding of the issue. Very few members of the press were ready to engage in a… »
An Ethics for Mother Earth
By Leonardo Boff It is a recognized scientific fact, with 95% certainty, that climate change, the main expression of which is global warming, is of an anthropogenic nature. That is, those changes have their genesis in violent human behavior towards nature. Such behavior is not in harmony with the… »
An Introduction into Contemporary Arabic Culture at the Margaret Mead Festival of Ethnographic Film 2016
By Gabriela Jurosz-Landa What would the world do without film festivals? Information that should daily come through television and other media is bound instead to the efforts of a handful of people offering what media doesn’t. The Margaret Mead Festival of Ethnographic film is one such festival, and it is… »
European Humanist Forum 2018
Video presentation: What Pressenza is...
Milagro Sala
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
