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Connecting the dots between climate destruction and its financial backers
Standing on a mobile stage in a suburban Philadelphia park on July 3, Ugandan human rights activist Hillary Taylor poured a cup of dirt into a clay vase. “This soil represents all my communities in Uganda and Tanzania,” he said…
Why protests work, even when not everybody likes them
Organizers must learn to embrace the polarizing nature of protest in order to use it effectively. By Mark Engler and Paul Engler [Editor’s note: This article is the first in a two-part series about how movements can understand and harness…
Thousands mobilize in Washington DC in a historic day of action to protest Netanyahu’s visit
On July 24, tens of thousands of people from across the United States mobilized to Washington, DC to take part in a protest calling for the arrest of war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The prime minister arrived this…
Kenya: After protests and violent repression, the President opens the possibility of dialogue
Two people were killed, 35 arrested and around 200 injured in Kenya during protests in several cities against a government-backed bill to increase or introduce new taxes. The information was provided by five organisations, including Amnesty International (AI), and compiled…
United States, the violence of tin soldiers returns to universities
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming We’re finally on our own This summer I hear the drumming Four dead in Ohio. “Nixon and the Tin Soldiers are coming …”: on May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired from a great…
Columbia students occupy Hamilton Hall after school suspends students. New protest encampments all over the US
Students at Columbia University took over Hamilton Hall just after midnight after the school began suspending students who refused to leave the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which began almost two weeks ago. The hall was also the site of a historic…
Seder in the Streets: Hundreds Arrested in Brooklyn Protesting U.S. Arming of Israel
In Brooklyn, New York, police arrested as many as 300 Jewish activists who took part in a massive outdoor Passover Seder near the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Protesters were calling for the U.S. to stop funding Israel’s…
Five Activists Arrested After Attempting to Shutdown Travis Air Force Base for Fourth Time
In the early hours of the morning, a group of antiwar activists took on Travis Air Force Base, embarking on their fourth attempt to disrupt operations at the military installation that has directly attributed to the genocide in Gaza. By…
Hundreds Protest Biden in NYC, Arms and Military Sites in Chicago and California
Protests against the war are continuing throughout the U.S. Here in New York, at least 100 Jewish American activists and their allies were arrested Wednesday as they blockaded a road on President Biden’s motorcade route as he attended fundraisers. In…
Europe’s agricultural sector rises up against the crisis and reaches Brussels
Emmanuel Macron’s government has been forced to announce new measures in an attempt to defuse protests in the agricultural sector. The pulse of the sector points to the free trade agreement with Mercosur. The agricultural sector is in turmoil in…
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