Disability Rights Activists Are Even Invisible Getting Arrested on Capitol Hill | Common Dreams. by Janine Jackson Elite media’s selective disdain for public activism is well known. Still, you’d think some things would garner a word or two. Like 300…
Ugandan Women Protest against High Food and Fuel Prices Uganda women’s civil society organizations have joined the band wagon in condemning the excessive use of force in quelling the “Walk to Work” protests over the past one month by security…
Hmong Stage Mass Protests. One group claims 28 protesters are dead amid a military crackdown. hemis.fr Hmong people gather at a weekly market in Vietnam’s Ha Giang province, March 26, 2010. Minority ethnic Hmong in Vietnam have staged mass protests…
As Strategy Gains In Popularity, Hunger Strikers Broaden Their Scope Bibigul Bektursynova, an education worker, conducts a hunger strike in Kazakhstan May 08, 2011 By Courtney Brooks, Natiq Zeynalov Some take it in shifts. Others start one, only to give…
Crackdown on Khimki Activists | Common Dreams. by Adam Federman The battle to save an old growth forest outside of Moscow has reached its endpoint. Environmental activists have been fighting for years to stop the construction of a highway that…
Reflecting on the World Development Report: Lessons from 15 years of peacebuilding. The World Bank’s 2011 World Development Report (WDR) on Conflict, Security and Development is a seminal report on addressing the challenges of organised violence in the 21st century.…
Hundreds of workers walked off the job in protest, which rocked the headquarters of Southern Oil Company in Bab al-Zubayr in the southern city of Basra. The workers have come from oil fields in Basra; from North and South Rumaila,…
Supporting revolutions | Independent World Report. The nonviolent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt dominated international news in early 2011. Given their adherence to the principles of nonviolence and massive public participation, these revolutionary movements are unique and extraordinary, as we…
Palestinian youth: New movement, new borders – Features – Al Jazeera English. Reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah may present the first victory of a nascent Palestinian youth movement, which earned its moniker, the March 15th movement, from the first day…
Non-Violent Resistance Winning in Palestine With all eyes on the upcoming United Nations General Assembly meeting in September when 191 UN member states will vote on whether or not to recognise a Palestinian state, it is surprising that there is…
