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Old woodblock printing in the new age

Pine Feroda is a woodblock print collaboration from North Devon and the collective name used by the five artists working together there in South West England to make large scale, dramatic woodblock prints. The collective was formed in November 2013 as…

Lesotho elections to end political tensions

Maseru, Lesotho – The current government of national unity in Lesotho will come to an end later this month February 2015. The mountain kingdom of Lesotho is a small country under the leadership of His Majesty King Letsie ‘The Third’…

We Will Not Cease, or, “Lest We Forget”

Lest We Forget, a phrase in the poem “Recessional,” by Rudyard Kipling, is the reason we engage in this memory, suggested by Vonnie Boston* following her attendance over last weekend’s (14 – 15 February 2015) conference on, “Bringing-spreading the Light”…

Pablo Iglesias of Podemos in conversation with Amy Goodman

Introduced by Amy Goodman (Democracy Now), Podemos’ General Secretary Pablo Iglesias  occupied the CUNY Graduate Center leaving hundred outside and overload the streaming. You can watch the recording online now.

Bangladesh – people care little which power’s in power

Shamsul Hoque Basunia reporting on the sentiment from the street of Bangladesh. February 11, 2015 In Bangladesh, people care little about which party is in power. They want peace and security. Every day people want to know when they will get…

Greece: this is our chance

By Nikos Stergiou, World without Wars and Violence, Greece Last night was a different one in Athens. People were not used to this kind of attitude from the police, the media, the European people and the Greek Government itself. After…

#‎GreeceSolidarity‬ NYC

Rally in New York to show solidarity with the people of Greece and Europe and to demand an end to the EU austerity policy that for years has subjected millions of people to a humanitarian crisis. Following the election of…

Rallies in support of Greece’s fight against austerity

Ahead of an EU summit tomorrow, Eurozone Finance Ministers are meeting to review proposals by Greece to restructure or write down their debt repayments. Greeks and anti-austerity campaigners around the EU have been rallying in support of the new government.…

BJP trounced by Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi

The anti-corruption political organisation of Arvind Kejriwal, of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has won a slamming victory in Delhi state elections hitting a sizeable setback for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to date considered ‘invincible’. The BJP could do…

Bangladesh streets blockaded – transport halted

No long-route buses after 9pm – Transport companies will refrain from plying their bus rotes on various longer routes across the country after 9pm daily to avoid untoward incidents like arson and fire bomb attacks. By Shamsul Hoque Basunia, in…

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