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News from the Pressenza Bureau in New York, United States

The New York City Council becomes the largest city in the nation to enfranchise noncitizen immigrant New Yorkers.

Nearly 1 Million noncitizen immigrant New Yorkers will be allowed to participate in our City’s municipal election! Noncitizen residents pay billions in state, sales and real estate taxes, the same as citizens, and they are responsible for $229 billion in…

Business as usual? Arms sales of SIPRI Top 100 arms companies continue to grow amid pandemic

Sales of arms and military services by the industry’s 100 largest companies totalled $531 billion in 2020—an increase of 1.3 per cent in real terms compared with the previous year. This is according to new data released today by the…

Bargaining For More

The price of just about everything is going up. Well, except the price that authors are paid. Those not in the industry would be shocked to find out what authors get paid after the pie gets sliced up. It has…

NYC: Trans Activist Secures Groundbreaking Reforms to Homeless Shelter System

A trans woman’s legal battle against the New York City Department of Homeless Services has ended with major reforms to how transgender people experiencing homelessness will be treated when they seek shelter. Under the terms of a groundbreaking settlement made…

Move On

Here we give diffusion to this video done by Mistahi Corkill, pointing from a wider perspective about the change, development and motion in society. The video deals with the era in which we live and the ultimate question of which…

IFOR’s statement on 5th anniversary of the Colombian Peace Agreement

5 Years of the Peace Agreement in Colombia: The Support of the International Community is Crucial for its Implementation November 24th, 2021 Today marks the 5th anniversary of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces…

Just out — Enviro Close-Up #661 Bruce Gagnon and Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space is the leading group internationally working to keep space for peace. In this Enviro Close-Up, Bruce Gagnon, its coordinator since it was established in 1992, details his impetus in challenging…

Face 2 Face with Tomás Hirsch

LIVE SHOW on Thursday, November 25th at 8 AM EST On this show, we speak with Tomás Hirsch, Member of Parliament in Chile for Acción Humanista since Nov 2017, who won the just held elections. We discuss beside the campaign,…

Can tech truly work for democracy and human rights?

The accelerating global process of digitalisation is rapidly transforming the ‘operating space’ of citizens everywhere. While digital technologies provide people with new ways to exercise freedoms of association, assembly, and expression, they are simultaneously creating opportunities to restrict those rights,…

No recess for reconciliation: Poor People’s Campaign joint actions at senators’ offices across the country

The New York State Poor People’s Campaign holds Moral Witness Wednesday: Economic Investment for the People with a news conference and rally at the Long Island office of Senator Schumer to demand that he embrace the Build Back Better plan…

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