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News published by the Pressenza bureau in Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona becomes the epicentre of the housing policy debate

Between today and tomorrow, the FHAR (Forum on Housing and Rehabilitation) brings together a dozen round tables with the participation of local and international members from cities such as Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Bologna, as well as academia, social organisations…

The excuse of job creation in military investments

When the General State Budget is presented, the Minister of Defence of the day insists that the multimillion-dollar expenditure dedicated to the purchase of armaments generates employment. But, as the authors point out, a comparison of the jobs created in…

Open World Meeting New Humanism: “The human being as a central value”.

On the 5th, 6th and 7th of November, the Open World Meeting of New Humanism will be held virtually, with the slogan “The Human Being as a Central Value”. Its objective is to be an intermediate milestone for a larger…

Listen to “La Mirada Interna”

Silo’s audiobook The Inner Look has recently been recorded. The first edition of this work was published in 1972 and appeared for the first time with an anonymous author. Since then, a multitude of editions have been published and it…

Seventh Meeting on Spirituality and Nonviolence

As every year, several communities of Silo’s Message in Barcelona, we agreed to organise the meeting on October 2nd, International Day of Nonviolence. This time we wanted to give it a “reunion” flavour, since last year it was not possible…

Assange High Court appeal

As you are no doubt aware, Julian Assange appeared at a further court hearing last week. We regret to report that he looked aged and unwell as a result of his continued incarceration. The High Court hearing on 11 August,…

Work With Dignity, For Immediate Legislation.

The current health crisis has demonstrated that healthcare is also affected by the crisis. Inequalities, violence and abuses are constantly growing, social policy is losing strength instead of gaining it. We forget the elderly because they “are no longer productive”.…

The March for Climate in Madrid

Greta Thunberg was “the guest star” with all the media potential that follows. But the most striking event was the extraordinary mobilization in the streets of Madrid. The massive Climate March on Friday, December 6, brought together some 500,000 people. …

ICAN organisations meet at the Peace Boat in Barcelona

On the occasion of the arrival of the Peace Boat in Barcelona on Tuesday 5 November, several ICAN organisations met in an event that brought together initiatives and proposals relating to world peace. The Peace Boat, Japanese ship of Peace,…

Declaration of the Mayoress of Barcelona on violent acts

Barcelona is a city of peace, of dialogue, of rights, of respect for plurality, but these days we have experienced moments of great tension, the most serious in recent years, which is why I am making the following statement: The…

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