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“This is not the future that must be. But it is the future that will be if we do not act.”

These were the dramatic words of Dr. Ira Helfand in the opening panel of the civil society forum organised by the International Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons, in Vienna, Austria, today. The forum, bringing together 600 activists, youth and experts from…

NYC March to Shut the Whole System Down

In New York, thousands of demonstrators shut down traffic around the city and part of the West Side Highway was effectively closed off as protesters streamed between vehicles, chanting “The whole damn system is guilty as hell.” The march and…

Who owns the spoils of war?

When I first heard about Yamashita’s Gold I was skeptical. The amount in tonnage and the amount in money terms were just overwhelming. However, being a fan of the Seagraves and having just been introduced to their writings on the…

India: journalists demand action in Andhra Pradesh

Guwahati: The failure of Andhra Pradesh police in making any breakthrough about the murder of a Telugu journalist a week back has prompted a northeast India based journalist body to express serious concern and annoyances. While condemning the brutal killing…

Grand Jury Fails to Indict NYC Police Officer Pantaleo

Wednesday Dec 3rd, protesters poured onto the streets following a grand jury’s decision not to indict NYC Police Officer Pantaleo on murder charges for killing unarmed Staten Islander Eric Garner. Protesters rallied at Union Square and Columbus Circle and marched to Times Square, 47th…

TPP, TTIP and G20. Economic violence in easy acronyms

We have already discussed in Pressenza the looming disaster being planned under the TTIP (The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, aka EU-US “Free” Trade Agreement), not only in relation to falling standards of food safety and environmental protection but most…

UK set to join the USA in Vienna anti-nuclear conference

It was announced yesterday in Parliament that the UK will be attending the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, the third in a series that began with Oslo in March 2013 and was followed by Nayarit, Mexico…

Hong Kong protests: revisit and revise report on constitutional reform sent to Beijing

The latest petition by the Avaaz Community is having wide circulation and the organisers are saying that in just 84 hours, more than 50.000 signed up to call for an investigation of police violence in Hong Kong. Title: Investigate Hong…

Hong Kong: a generation has been radicalized

Extract from Facebook Gordon Mathews – anthropologist at The Chinese University of Hong Kong I went to Admiralty last night, to be with my students, after the Hong Kong Federation of Students called for an escalation of protests. I went because…

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