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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…

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,…

Nepal humanists welcome new Community committee

Humanist Movement member of Nepal Tulsi Sigdel  tells Pressenza that: “We successfully completed our 2nd Annual General Meeting at Suryabinayak; thanks to all participants and congratulations to all of the newly selected board members of the Community for Human Development (Manavtabadi…

People’s Lives and the World as a Finger on a Map

MoMA Presents Bouchra Khalili’s “Mapping Journey Project” by Gabriela Jurosz-Landa Eight screens hang in the open space of the Marron Atrium. Each of the videos depicts a map of a part of Europe and Africa. A hand with a pen…

Silo a Spiritual Path meets Charlie Chaplin

It should not go unnoticed that the ground breaking film, Silo a Spiritual path, will receive an award of excellence from the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards (HIIDA.COM) at the historic Raleigh Studios on Saturday June 12 2016. The award…

Italian premier of Silo, a Spiritual Path

ITALIAN PREMIER OF SILO A SPIRITUAL PATH – 14th ISCHIA FILM FESTIVAL, ITALY The Documentary Silo, A Spiritual Path has been selected for the 14th edition of the prestigious Ischia Film Festival in Italy, for “Documentaries out of the competition”. This…

The Poverty Dilemma: Hunger or Malaria?

In these weeks most Tanzanian mothers receive mosquito nets meant to protect their children from Malaria. Such a ritual is repeated every year in every poor country, at the height of the rainy season when Malaria claims the majority of…

Global Media Forum 2016: Media, Freedom, Values

On the 13th of June the Global Media Forum, organised by Deutsche Welle will start in Bonn, Germany for the ninth time with the theme of “Media, Freedom, Values”. Over three days the conference will attract more than 2000 experts…

Silo, a Spiritual Path wins at Near Nazareth film festival

 SILO A SPIRITUAL PATH is a WINNER at the Near Nazareth 2016 Film Festival in Arufa, Israel. Silo a Spiritual Path has competed and won one of the Five Awards in the documentary category at the Near Nazareth 2016 film festival.…

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