Andreas Canvin “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations." George Orwell's famous words are more relevant than ever. Throughout the world, journalists are imprisoned for doing critical journalism. Now 12-year old, Janna Jihad has been covering the Israeli human rights abuses against Palestinians since she was 7 [...]
Dominik Bartol If You see through the eyes of another. If You hear with the ears of another. If You feel with the Heart of another; You too my Friend, might be cursed with the gift of Empathy. Recently, there was a broadcast of a social experiment related to the bullying among Children. Almost no [...]
Dominik Bartol Have You ever heard the 'dark voice' inside? That reflective deception that purges the Mind of all reason, logic and the creative order? A shady figure; just standing there, on the very edge of Our consciousness. These imprinted emotions, intentions, thoughts and actions often become the 'personas' behind the unconscious projections. The origin [...]
Irene Vivas Lalinde Two weeks ago, the capital of the Beatles: Liverpool (UK), hosted a multilateral Congress. The Green Party of England and Wales, the European Green Party (EGP) and the Global Greens gathered around 2000 people coming from different parts of the globe. I was part of the Spanish Delegation (representing EQUO). As a [...]
Anna Elena Maria Ferrari Electorate databases and voters targeting are nowadays part of the political campaign professional research techniques. We live in the era of ‘market-oriented’ political parties, where voters are viewed as customers. In this context, many researchers believe that electorate databases are essential in the development and efficient use of methods such [...]
Ana Maria Ilie We live in a global, interconnected world! A world in which what we do every day, our day-to-day decisions and behavior have an impact not only on ourselves, but on other people as well, from other countries or continents. Global Interdependencies, Pollution, Climate Change, Water and Eco Footprint, Sustainable Lifestyle, 3R [...]
Joni Wijhers The political landscape in the Netherlands is turbulent. During a diplomatic conflict between the Dutch and Turkish governments, the Dutch citizens cast their votes for a new House of Representatives on Wednesday, 15th of March. Even though there were 28 political parties on the voting ballot, the battle was between four political parties, [...]
Julie Capelle The Hague Academy for local Governance is an NGO which organizes practical training to civil servants from developing and transitional countries. Discover the story of Hlompho , one training participant who works on fiscal decentralization in Lesotho, a particular country facing important social issues. « I come from Lesotho, do you know where [...]
Erdem Güler Our world is in the era of communication and technology. The communication and the technology remove borders between countries, civilizations and people and encourage the integration of the world. The success of this integration, however; goes through tolerance and inclusion. Tolerance and inclusion are simply the state of “accepting one fact the whole [...]
Shady Rabhi Of course, democracy is really important. It is necessary to preserve our freedom, our choices, our manner of living. Talking about democracy and raising the awareness of people about it, it’s a conscious and civic act; launching debates regarding citizenship brings enrichment. But having democracy as focus without ensuring economic and social rights, [...]