Pressenza London

Press Release from Atos National Demo By Dan Ashman for Occupy News Network Next month people from across the country will gather nationally outside every ATOS centre to peacefully protest the inhumane treatment of people receiving employment support allowance and…

By the Women’s Justice Centre In a centuries deep sea of clichés despairing that ‘prostitution will always be with us’, one country’s success stands out as a solitary beacon lighting the way. In just five years Sweden has dramatically reduced…

Science Daily reports on Jan. 8, 2014 — A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a new type of battery that could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as…

Global Trends by Martin Khor for  Third World Network The investor-state dispute system, whereby foreign investors can sue the government in an international tribunal, is one of the issues being negotiated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. ————————————————– In the recent…

Daily Science reports on research carried out at the University of Edinburgh regarding the relationship between climate change and solar cycles. Dec. 22, 2013 — Climate change has not been strongly influenced by variations in heat from the sun, a new…

Science Daily Report. “Dec. 18, 2013 — A group of researchers from the UK have used inkjet printing technology to successfully print cells taken from the eye for the very first time. The breakthrough, which has been detailed in a paper…

A book by Pressenza co-director and first time author, Tony Robinson, has recently been published in Hungary.  It’s an autobiographical work which charts the author’s experiences as an activist in the Humanist Movement over 20 years but spans from his…

Occupy London has been organising free tours around the main London landmarks that best represent the dehumanised system in which we live. Here we print the January programme, to inform and inspire. “Forget Jack the Ripper and the London Dungeons,…

Press release Over 50 civil society groups demand a paradigm shift in EU trade and investment policies *Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Today, a European alliance of over 50 civil society organisations [1] will launch the Alternative Trade Mandate [2],…

Melanie Strickland argues that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is putting the interests of capital above people. New Internationalist Blog Today, 10 December, has been recognized as Human Rights day since 1950. The day marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration…