Culture and Media

BOOK LAUNCH         The book, which highlights successful rapid economic growth stories of Korea as a model during the late Korean president Park Chung-hee’s era entitled Ethiopiyawiw Park directly translates as “The Ethiopian Park” was launched on…

Individually I consider myself an optimist, but collectively I am an absolute pessimist. We have no choice but to continue working, in the hope that culture, education and tolerance will be weapons of mass construction with which to confront violence…

The similarities between the movement to abolish war and the movement to abolish police and prisons jump out at me anew when reading Mariame Kaba’s We Do This ‘Til We Free Us, which is about police and prison abolition. The book…

John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange’s father and brother, traveled from Australia to undertake a nationwide tour of the U.S. from June 6 – July 2 to advocate for Julian’s release and to raise awareness about the importance of protecting…

ESSAY         by Dr. Emmanuel Sogah Introduction Table 1 – US Census Racial & Ethnic Categorization System All over the world, native Africans and People of African Descent (PAD) or people of dark skin complexion are identified…

POEM (On the occasion of the World Environment Day)         by Genevieve Balance Kupang   Invigorated from a deep, sound slumber, a Sea of clouds greets refreshed eyes. How Magnificent! The Soul is overwhelmed by boundless artistry…

PERSONAL ACCOUNT/PHOTO ESSAY         On the same day that the world was observing the United Nations World Environment Day across the globe, there was a small number of people who gathered in Seoul to discuss social matters.…

POEM         by Erlie Lopez     there are thoughts in a walk among trees that seek to join the rustle of the leaves, and there too are words that wish to speak to the echoes on…

On this show we speak with Cristina Porzio, photographer and art director about two very different projects. The first story called OFLAG 83 about remnants of WWII concentration camp where her grandfather was Lt. Colonel commander of that camp for the Italian…

by Thakuria Navajyoti Geneva/Guwahati: As the imprisonment of scribes and other democratic activists under arbitrary laws becomes a new normal in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the Switzerland-based media rights body Press Emblem Campaign (https://pressemblem.ch/)  urges the military regime in NayPieTaw…