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News from the Pressenza Bureau in New York, United States

No Bliss in Child Detention: End All Detention Now!

More than a dozen immigrant rights organizations in Texas will hold a rally to end all child detention at Fort Bliss where 2,500 children are being held in inhumane conditions and without adequate supervision, services, and medical care. Rally: 9 a.m.…

US Targets Nicaraguan Presidential Election: Former Solidarity Activists Echo Imperial Talking Points

Before Henry Kissinger became a Clinton pal, liberals condemned him for saying: “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important…

Face 2 Face with Mel Lehman

On this show we speak with Mel Lehman founded and director of Common Humanity. Common Humanity is a non-profit organization based in New York City which seeks to build understanding, respect and friendship with the Middle East and Muslim world.…

Face 2 Face with Thomas F. Lee

On this show we speak with Thomas F. Lee about his new book “The Warning: A Novel for the Nuclear Age” Telling the story of a monk and two nuns who engage in acts of civil disobedience against the threat…

Pride, Prayer and Protest at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York

LGBT Catholics seek equal rights and equal blessings. LGBTQ Catholic New Yorkers rallied outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Pride Sunday. It is a tradition that goes back to 1984 when members of DIGNITY NY eventually won a legal right to…

Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy: An Evening With Ray Acheson and Their New Book

Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy We are so excited to announce our upcoming event – an evening with Ray Acheson on their new book ‘Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy’!! Published by Rowman & Littlefield on the 6th of June…

WHY WAR?

I would like to announce the publication of a book, which discusses the reasons why the institution of war continues to threaten human civilization and the biosphere, and the steps that might be taken to rid the world of war.…

Face 2 Face with Tomás Hirsch

LIVE SHOW on Friday 25th at 11 AM EST On this show we speak with Tomás Hirsch Chilean Congress Deputy with Action Humanist, about Chile approving the International Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was promoted by ICAN…

Face 2 Face with Martha Hennessy

On this show we speak over the phone with Martha Hennessy granddaughter of Dorothy Day and Activist again nuclear weapons. Martha is out of prison on a very restricted confinement in a “halfway house” without internet connect and perhaps for another month…

Mega, Super Mega, Ultra-Super Mega

There is a growing trend in the consumer market that bigger is better. The spread of larger and still larger has leaked its way into almost every corner of our world. I recently noticed a virtually unchanged commodity getting caught…

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