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Silvio Talamo is a poet, performance artist and founder of the Berlin literary magazine EXIT. He deals with contemporary poetry, art, philosophy and voice research, in particular with symbolic thinking, language and the transformation of perception. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. In this conversation with Milena Rampoldi, founder of ProMosaik Poetry, Talamo talks about…

I initially wrote this piece in 2024 during the student uprisings that took place around the United States. The content was focused on Gaza and the people who made up the movement for Palestine in the belly of the beast. I’ve rewritten some of it and replaced Gaza with Cuba. The arguments needed no editing…

The Future of Global Power Between Competition, Prudence, and the Risk of a New Great Confrontation “History does not usually change when a war begins. It changes when the great powers decide how far they are willing to take it.” The Planet Where War Became an Everyday Reality Again The world is going through one…

John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy endures not simply as the anti–James Bond film but as something rarer: a diagnosis of Western civilization at the moment it began losing faith in itself. Where the James Bond franchise offered a fantasy of Western vitality—technological mastery, erotic confidence, geopolitical clarity—le Carré’s world presents the opposite. In…

Freedom, intentionality and the human future Pressenza has always defined itself through a commitment to peace, nonviolence, humanism and non-discrimination. This August, with a new three-month course in Nonviolent Journalism about to begin, that commitment leads back to a question that sounds almost too simple to ask: what is nonviolence?1 The easiest answer is negative.…

By Halim Mohammad (Dhaka Bureau) From the Mughal-era Jahangirnagar to today’s sprawling megacity of over 20 million people, Dhaka- nestled along the banks of the Buriganga- has reinvented itself many times over its four-hundred-year history. Yet, beneath this epic transformation lies the gradual burial of the city’s roots, cultural heritage, and centuries-old architecture. Driven by…

By Taskina Yeasmin (Dhaka Bureau) Life in Old Dhaka three or four decades ago was defined by serene homes, courtyard gardens, meticulously arranged rooms, and the delicate touch of women’s needlework. ‘Choukhat’ (Threshold), the second solo art exhibition by visual artist Sarah Zabin- who emerged from that very cultural matrix- concluded today. Having opened on…

By Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) In an era defined by global climate urgency, energy inequality, and volatile international fuel markets, Bangladesh has taken a decisive and forward-looking step toward securing a sustainable energy future. To support rapid industrialization, swift urbanization, and the rising living standards of its citizens, the government has unveiled an ambitious…