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Humanity and Hope: Silo

After the interviews with Vandana Shiva we continue our series of short inspirational videos on the theme of “Humanity and Hope” with an excerpt from a speech given by Silo in Punta de Vacas on May 4, 2004. Almost two…

Humanity and Hope: Vandana Shiva

Following the interview with Noam Chomsky, we continue our series of short inspirational videos on the theme of “Humanity and Hope” with an excerpt from an interview with Vandana Shiva conducted on March 8, 2021, by Pressenza’s Juana Perez, the…

Humanity and hope: Noam Chomsky

We open with an interview with Noam Chomsky by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now in 2020 a series of short videos of personalities who are different but united by a common feeling.  This project aims to offer food for thought…

Let Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Perform In Frankfurt, Germany

Petition launched by Katie Halper Link to sign the petition. We artists, musicians, writers, and other public figures and organizations are deeply disturbed by the recent efforts by German officials to discredit and silence musician Roger Waters. On February 24,…

Experts plea with Australian Prime Minister to save Assange – Belmarsh Tribunal Sydney

Politicians, lawyers, journalists, whistle blowers and human rights defenders have pleaded with Prime Minister Albanese to step up his efforts to free imprisoned Australian publisher and WikiLeaks co-founder, Julian Assange. Experts testified at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney on 4 March,…

Italy: Elly Schlein is the first woman secretary of the Democratic Party and the youngest ever

Overturning the predictions Elly Schlein won the Democratic Party primary election becoming the youngest and first woman to be party secretary. In her first speech after her victory, Schlein reiterated the political line she had taken, which emphasised the concern…

Global Day of Action for Julian Assange on March 19th, the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq

Hobart 4 Assange and Melbourne for Assange Australia are hosting rallies for Julian Assange and are proposing a Global Day of Action on March 19th , the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. On the 19th March 2003…

SOS Humanity: The new Italian law about search and rescue operations violates international and European law

Today, the Parliament in Italy voted to turn the Italian government’s decree of 2 January into law, despite criticism that these new regulations breach international and European law. SOS Humanity’s Advocacy Officer Mirka Schäfer comments:  “Since early January 2023, non-governmental search and rescue has been…

Italian court rules in favour of Humanity 1

On Monday, 6 February 2023, the court of Catania, Sicily, decided that the issuance of an Italian inter-ministerial decree that imposed a ban on the rescue ship Humanity 1 on November 4, 2022, from stopping in Italian territorial waters was…

Avoid the extension of the war, open negotiations now!

On February 24, 2022, the army of the Russian Federation began the “military operation” in Ukraine, triggering war between states in the heart of Europe. A year of destruction of buildings, factories, power plants, bridges and strategic facilities. A year…

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