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Geneva, 23 March 2026: Another radio professional was killed in the Philippines last Friday, spreading panic among the media fraternity in the island nation. The victim, identified as Julio Calo (49), was shot dead by a miscreant in front of his residence at Barangay Robles under  the La Castellana locality on 20 March 2026. Julio…

Between March 19 and 21, Pressenza participated in the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America, hosted by CIESPAL in Quito, Ecuador — a regional forum for reflection and exchange on community, grassroots, and alternative communication, understood as a political, cultural, and social practice in service of the full right to communicate. The roundtable…

(Moscow Bureau) – Russia is pursuing, during these contemporary times, a new form of economic architecture and is simultaneously portraying military power in the world. While Russia stands against Western hegemony and dominance, and against NATO, Israel maintains a complex relationship with the United States characterized by deep-rooted historical ties. But a closer examination also…

Among the key ‘common goods’ essential to life, water plays a crucial role. Water is an irreplaceable source of life for the ‘sustainable’ functioning of the Earth’s climate and , consequently, of all human activities and forms of life on Earth. In recent times, we have lost water as a public common good. It has…

Energy, Power, and the New Global Fault Line “In an increasingly interconnected world, regional conflicts no longer remain confined to their geography. When energy, military technology, and rivalry among great powers intersect, even a localized war can alter the economic and strategic balance of the entire planet.” The New Nervous System of Global Power At…

A Library Departs: History of ideas as lived experience   I have just learned of the death of the German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas. Jürgen Habermas ist tot. What a pity that such a library has departed! Habermas was a major figure of the second generation of the Frankfurt School and a cornerstone of contemporary critical theory. His theories –particularly those…

By Pablo Ruiz* In January 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists stated that we are 85 seconds away from midnight—or the “Doomsday Clock”—due to the threats of nuclear war and climate change. As the war—which resumed in late February against the Islamic Republic of Iran—intensifies, with new attacks carried out by the United States…

Talk presented as part of Pressenza’s panel titled “Nuclear Weapons, Existential Threats, and Journalism: Looking to the Future” during the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America CIESPAL, in Quito, Ecuador, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Nuclear weapons have already destroyed the society they were supposed to protect. Even without a single bomb exploding,…

20 March 2026 *The International Peace Bureau is a member of the Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine (GSPP) coalition Less than two years after the 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement, a renewed Israeli assault on southern Lebanon, stretching to include suburbs of the capital Beirut and other more northern sites, has led to a massive…