Nonviolent Journalism

The State of Democracy in Tunisia: Populism with an Estranged Population

Hope, excitement and optimism are just a few of the terms that have animated the political discourse in Tunisia after the 2011 revolution. However, with a perpetual economic degradation that was amplified by the pandemic, the legitimate strife for “job,…

Disturbing TikTok Hoax Shows It’s Time For Change

I am writing this on March 8th, marking the date of International Women’s Day. Which makes me disheartened to say that as a woman, I am still burdened with gender inequalities my grandmother would’ve faced in the early 50s. Over…

PUV Modernization Program: Jeepney Phase-Out, a Threat to Filipino Jeepney Drivers and Commuters

Traditional jeepneys have been the “king of the road” in the Philippines for decades — the primary mode of transportation for ordinary Filipinos. They are far more affordable than riding a taxi, motorcycle taxi, or Transportation Network Vehicle Service (TNVS)…

Applications open for Pressenza’s Nonviolent Journalism course, Spring 2023.

To apply click here. For approaching 15 years, Pressenza has been developing a style of journalism driven by the urgent need to put a different type of information into the public domain: information which contributes to the wellbeing of society,…

Let’s talk about reconciliation: What good has the Argentina-UK enmity over the Falklands done us?

One evening in November 2019, I went to a bar with some British classmates. Of course, as the only international student, one of them asked where I was from. After hearing ‘Argentina’, something snapped within her brain and automatically asked:…

The Highland Clearances and the Scottish Gaelic Renaissance

As the forces of uniformity, conformity and homogeneity spread inexorably towards a society in which everyone tends to look the same, eat the same thing, listen to the same music and receive the same sources of news and information, pushback…

Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) language models and programs, advance the importance of global peace, nonviolence, and promoting nuclear disarmament?

Are Peace chatbots in the near future? Here we go! AI-based language computer models and programs, such as chatbots are currently trending over the internet. There is much talk about AI, as well as it’s human-to-human connectivity, and the projected…

The latest Legislative Elections in Tunisia: The lowest voter turnout in the country’s history

The first round of legislative elections in Tunisia is over with a voting rate of 11.2%; around 1 million people out of the 9 million registered voters. This was the lowest voter turnout in the country’s history. What was supposed…

40 Years of the Faslane Peace Camp: An interview with an activist

While attending the Nuclear Ban Forum in Vienna (just after the 40th Anniversary of Faslane Peace Camp in June 2022) I interviewed Hauke, a peace activist from Germany. Here, he shares his experience protesting nuclear weapons at Faslane in Scotland.…

New legislative elections in Tunisia after a year with no parliament

After more than a year with no parliament, Tunisia is finally having its new legislative elections for new parliamentary representatives this December 17. These elections are happening unprecedentedly because of the Tunisian president’s decision of freezing the 2019 elected parliament…

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