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The European Union is the worst choice – apart from the alternative

By George Monbiot for The Guardian The EU is a festering cesspool. But it’s a crystal spring compared with what the outers want to do – surrender Britain’s sovereignty to the United States What it’s about is not what it’s…

Hillary Clinton Wins in Washington, D.C. and Meets with Sanders

Hillary Clinton has won the final Democratic primary in Washington, D.C. Clinton met with rival Bernie Sanders for nearly two hours Tuesday night. In statements afterwards, the campaigns said they had agreed to work together on a “progressive agenda” for…

A critique of human society since the neolithic revolution

  There is a long history of social critics and progressive thinkers offering critiques of human society. Among those who are better known, Karl Marx offered a critique of capitalism, anarchists have critiqued the state, Mohandas K. Gandhi offered a…

Deutsche Welle conference: panel on the arms industry and ethics

Founded in 2007, this Conference/Forum takes place at the World Conference Center, Bonn, Germany and over the duration of the days of this international conference an opportunity is presented for representatives from media, politics and civil society to exchange ideas…

Israel is an omnipresent problem for Palestinians

Jason B. Vagliano of Palestine Advocacy Project: Israel is an omnipresent problem for Palestinians By Milena Rampoldi, ProMosaik. In the following  interview about the Palestine Advocacy Project where I spoke with  Jason B. Vagliano, I would like to begin by thanking Jason so…

Sharmin Sadequee on Face 2 Face

On this show we discussed with Sharmin Sadequee, about being Muslim in the U.S., the extension of a law called “providing material support for terrorism” and about her worked with the Bangladeshi community requesting Political Asylum. More links: Facebook:  Justice…

Propaganda and media bias the subject of Global Media Forum panel “Selective Truth”

Deutsche Welle / Press Release / Propaganda and media bias the subject of Global Media Forum panel “Selective Truth” Freedom of expression and media bias was the topic of a debate at the Global Media Forum on Monday, June 13,…

Milagro Sala: repression in Argentina

Concerning “La situación de Milagro Sala” – the situation of Milagro Sala – this has been highlighted in the Argentinian media, as Jorge D’Alesio  informed Pressenza via the Humanist International in a report titled “The state of democracy in Jujuy”…

New Cold War between Russia and the West?

George Orwell, the author of “Animal Farm” and “1984”, was the first person to use the phrase “Cold War” in a 1945 newspaper article, written just after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He argued that “the surface of…

After Orlando, LGBTQ Muslims call for resistance to ‘forces of hatred’

‘We reject attempts to perpetuate hatred against our LGBTQ communities as well as our Muslim communities’ by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams In the wake of Sunday’s horrific mass shooting in Orlando, LGBTQ Muslims are speaking out with…

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