NewsVirginia budget heads to governor’s desk after General Assembly vote
Inside the Virginia Statehouse, a pair of votes to finally approve a state budget.
CERTAIN ProjectAs the CERTAIN General Assembly comes to a close, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all partners who joined us for two days of inspiring discussions!
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Jock BusuttilShould I start a bank?
After yet another day of outage from my business bank, I found myself thinking: “I could do this better. I should start a bank.”
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joshuatjThe whirlwind #SEAPAVAA30 symposium is done ✅! Today it's the 30th General Assembly and we have a lot of get through...
Non-members have a day off and they're out exploring Ipoh! Looking forward to hearing more adventure stories as they explore my hometown!
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Confindustria: Mattarella attends General Assembly - video
May 26 12:54 - (Agenzia Nova) - The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, intervened at the General Assembly of Confindustria,... (Rin)
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Agi: All’Onu la Giornata mondiale del calcio: lo sport che unisce i popoli
AGI - All’Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite protagonista lo sport più seguito al mondo: il calcio. Da due anni il 25 maggio è la Giornata mondiale del calcio. L’iniziativa non è solo simbolica: nasce dall’idea che il calcio sia uno dei linguaggi più universali al mondo, capace di superare confini politici, culturali e sociali.
Il 25 maggio è stato scelto per ricordare il primo grande torneo internazionale di calcio con squadre da più nazioni, disputato nel 1924 a Parigi durante le Olimpiadi. Considerato anche uno strumento di diplomazia, questo sport ha guadagnato spazio al Palazzo di Vetro, dove ha visto un evento organizzato dall’Italia, assieme ad Austria, Germania, Ungheria, Bahrain, Libia, Tagikistan, Portogallo e Ruanda.
Tra gli ospiti il segretario della Fifa Gianni Infantino. E in nome di questo ponte tra popoli, l’aula dell’Assemblea generale ha ospitato delegazioni in rappresentanza di molti Paesi e interventi per ricordare come anche il calcio, nel suo piccolo, possa aiutare a risolvere i conflitti. A meno di un mese dall’inizio dei Mondiali che saranno ospitati in Usa, Messico e Canada - e a cui l’Italia non parteciperà - non un messaggio casuale.
At the UN, the World Football Day: sport that unites peoples.
UNGA - The United Nations General Assembly featured the most followed sport in the world: soccer. For two years, May 25th has been World Soccer Day. The initiative is not just symbolic; it was born from the idea that soccer is one of the most universal languages in the world, capable of overcoming political, cultural, and social boundaries.
May 25th was chosen to commemorate the first major international soccer tournament with teams from multiple nations, held in 1924 in Paris during the Olympics. Considered also a tool for diplomacy, this sport has gained space at the Glass Building (Palazzo di Vetro), where it hosted an event organized by Italy, alongside Austria, Germany, Hungary, Bahrain, Libya, Tajikistan, Portugal, and Rwanda.
Among the guests was Fifa Secretary General Gianni Infantino. And in the name of this bridge between peoples, the General Assembly hall hosted delegations representing many countries and interventions to remember how, even in its small way, soccer can help resolve conflicts. Less than a month before the start of the World Cup, which will be hosted in the USA, Mexico, and Canada - and to which Italy will not participate - not a random message.
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Il Tempo: La Cina ospiterà per la prima volta il Congresso mondiale della vite e del vino
YINCHUAN (CINA) (XINHUA/ITALPRESS) – Il 47esimo Congresso mondiale della vite e del vino si terrà a Yinchuan, capoluogo della regione autonoma del Ningxia Hui, nella Cina nord-occidentale, dal 12 al 16 ottobre, come hanno dichiarato sabato le autorità locali.
Sarà la prima volta che il congresso, che si terrà insieme alla 24esima Assemblea generale dell'Organizzazione internazionale della vigna e del vino (OIV), sarà ospitato in Asia e in Cina dalla sua fondazione nel 1924.
Organizzato congiuntamente dall'OIV e dal governo regionale del Ningxia, l'evento dovrebbe portare maggiore attenzione internazionale all'industria vinicola cinese e al Ningxia, una delle principali regioni produttrici di vino del Paese.
Il congresso avrà come tema la costruzione di un nuovo scenario globale per l'industria della vite e del vino, con un'attenzione particolare a trasformazione, innovazione e sostenibilità in risposta alle sfide emergenti.
Il congresso comprenderà quattro sessioni dedicate a viticoltura, vinificazione, economia e diritto, e salute e sicurezza. Le discussioni si concentreranno sulla produzione stabile e resiliente di uva, sull'innovazione tecnologica nella vinificazione, sul sostegno giuridico ed economico all'industria in un contesto di cambiamenti del mercato, e sull'integrazione di salute e sostenibilità lungo la catena del valore del vino.
Il versante orientale del monte Helan, nel Ningxia, è diventato la più grande area contigua di produzione di uva da vino in Cina. La regione dispone di 607.000 mu, pari a circa 40.467 ettari, di area destinata alla coltivazione e allo sviluppo dell'uva da vino, pari a quasi il 42% del totale cinese.
Il Ningxia, che ospita 261 imprese vinicole, tra cui 130 cantine, produce ogni anno 140 milioni di bottiglie di vino.
L'industria vinicola locale è diventata anche un motore per il turismo. Le cantine del Ningxia ricevono ogni anno oltre 3,7 milioni di visite turistiche, generando benefici complessivi per oltre 50 miliardi di yuan, pari a circa 7,3 miliardi di dollari.(ITALPRESS). -Foto Xinhua-
China will host the World Vine and Wine Congress for the first time.
YINCHUAN (CHINA) (XINHUA/ITALPRESS) – The 47th World Vine and Wine Congress will be held in Yinchuan, the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China, from October 12 to 16, as local authorities announced on Saturday.
It will be the first time that the congress, which will be held alongside the 24th General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), will be hosted in Asia and China since its founding in 1924.
Organized jointly by the OIV and the Ningxia Regional Government, the event is expected to bring greater international attention to China’s wine industry and Ningxia, one of the country’s major wine-producing regions.
The congress will focus on building a new global scenario for the wine and vine industry, with particular emphasis on transformation, innovation, and sustainability in response to emerging challenges.
The congress will include four sessions dedicated to viticulture, winemaking, economics, and law, as well as health and safety. Discussions will center on the stable and resilient production of grapes, technological innovation in winemaking, legal and economic support for the industry in a changing market context, and the integration of health and sustainability along the wine value chain.
The eastern slope of Mount Helan, in Ningxia, has become the largest contiguous grape-growing area for wine in China. The region has approximately 40,467 hectares (607,000 mu) of land dedicated to grape cultivation and development, accounting for nearly 42% of the total Chinese figure.
Ningxia, which hosts 261 wineries, including 130 cellars, produces annually 140 million bottles of wine.
The local wine industry has also become a driver for tourism. Ningxia’s wineries receive over 3.7 million tourist visits annually, generating total benefits of over 50 billion yuan (approximately $7.3 billion). (ITALPRESS). -Photo Xinhua-
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WPS NewsChicago Streets (8 of 26): The General Assembly
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — April 16, 2031 — 21:05 PHST
The Circle
If LaSalle and Jackson was where Occupy Chicago stood, the General Assembly was how it spoke.
There was no stage.
No podium.
No microphone most of the time.
Just a circle.
People gathered, facing inward, trying to make something work that didn’t rely on a single voice controlling the rest.
How It Worked
The idea was simple.
Anyone could speak.
Anyone could bring an idea forward.
The group would listen, respond, and try to reach consensus.
Not majority rule.
Consensus.
That meant discussion. Clarification. Sometimes repetition. Sometimes frustration.
It was slower than most people were used to.
But it was intentional.
The Human Microphone
The “human mic” didn’t start as a philosophical choice. It started as a workaround. In New York, protesters were restricted from using amplified sound without permits, so they created a system where the crowd became the speaker. Short phrases, repeated outward in waves, carried a single voice across a space that otherwise would have silenced it. What began as necessity became identity.
When amplification wasn’t available, the group used what became known as the “human mic.”
A speaker would say a short phrase.
The people closest would repeat it.
Then the next ring would repeat it.
The words moved outward in waves until everyone heard them.
It wasn’t efficient.
But it forced attention.
If you wanted to be heard, you had to be clear.
What It Felt Like
From the outside, it could look disorganized.
From the inside, it felt like people trying—sometimes awkwardly—to figure out how to govern themselves without defaulting to hierarchy.
Some people were good at it.
Some weren’t.
Some had patience.
Some didn’t.
That was the assembly.
Where I Stood
I wasn’t there to lead it.
I wasn’t there to shape it.
I was there to record it.
Camera in hand, staying on the edge of the circle, capturing what I could without interfering with what was happening.
That was my role.
When It Worked
When it worked, it was something rare.
A group of people, most of whom had never met before, trying to reach agreement without someone taking control.
You could see ideas take shape in real time.
You could see people adjust, reconsider, refine.
It wasn’t perfect.
But it was real.
When It Didn’t
Consensus takes time.
And time isn’t always available.
Disagreements stretched. Personalities clashed. Patience wore thin.
What started as an attempt at shared voice could turn into repetition without resolution.
That tension never fully went away.
The Scale Problem
The larger the crowd, the harder it became.
What worked with a few dozen people became difficult with hundreds.
Voices got lost. Processes slowed. Energy shifted.
The assembly was strongest when it was small enough to function and large enough to matter.
That balance didn’t always hold.
What It Was
The General Assembly wasn’t just a meeting.
It was an attempt to answer a bigger question:
What does decision-making look like if you remove the usual structures?
Occupy Chicago didn’t solve that question.
But it tried to live inside it.
What Stayed
Even when everything else shifted—locations, numbers, conditions—the idea of the assembly remained.
A circle.
A voice.
An attempt.
That was enough to define it.
For more from Cliff Potts, see https://cliffpotts.org
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References
Potts, C. (2011–2014). Occupy archive. WPS News. https://wps.news/category/cliff-potts/occupy-archive/
Gitlin, T. (2012). Occupy nation: The roots, the spirit, and the promise of Occupy Wall Street. HarperCollins.
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