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Popular Communication: Exercising the Right to Speech

If only we could put a mirror in front of us and look at ourselves together. If we could give ourselves more time to listen to each other and to talk in pairs, in threes, in the trade union, at…

A Crucial Hearing as Journalists Under Siege in Greece

Comprehensive Action Needed to Tackle Anti-Media Lawsuits By Eva Cossé The first court hearing in a defamation lawsuit against two media outlets and three journalists who played a pivotal role in exposing Greece’s major surveillance scandal is set to begin on January…

[Peru] Hardcore as witness and actor behind an era: an interview with Richard Nossar and Carlos Torres Rotondo

Richard Nossar and Carlos Torres Rotondo, authors of ” We Will Remain Until the Very End”, immerse us in the vibrant Peruvian hardcore scene between 1985 and 1989. From self-management to internal social tensions, the protagonists reveal the foundations of…

The phenomenon of disinformation “is a threat to democracy”: Camila Vallejo

The government spokesperson said that “it is a very sensitive issue in our century, particularly because we are facing a debate that is global” and once again called for the commission formed to study the issue and propose measures to…

Peso Pluma or the hypocrisy and conservatism of elites

The opinion column by Chilean Alberto Mayol entitled “Sometimes you have to listen to the voice of the narco”, a political analyst associated with the left, in which he argues that the invitation to Peso Pluma to participate in the…

Urgent appeal to the media to inform about Turkey’s continuing attacks on North-East Syria

Appeal to media representatives. Since October [2023], the Turkish state has been deliberately targeting civilians in the north-eastern region of Syria, in clear violation of international law, in the silence of world public opinion. More recently, during the Christmas period…

It’s now or never

Australian MPs plead with UK Govt to stop the Assange US extradition Australian MPs have made a last-ditch appeal to the UK Government to stop the US extradition of Julian Assange, as fears grow that the Australian WikiLeaks publisher would…

Sri Lanka’s organic way

Navdanya and Regeneration International, together with two Sri Lankan organizations, the Lanka Organic Agriculture Movement (LOAM) and Earth Restoration, released a joint statement in October 2023 responding to allegations in the international press that the switch to organic farming has…

PEC Demands Release of  Burmese Journalist- filmmaker Shin Daewe

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over the imprisonment of fearless Burmese journalist-filmmaker Shin Daewe for life by the ruling military junta of Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) and demands her immediate…

Press workers defend the public media

In a press release which we reproduce in full below, SIPREBA, the Buenos Aires Press Union, announced the filing of a new appeal for legal protection in rejection of the Decree of Necessity and Urgency promoted by the Milei government…

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