Angered at the violent repression unleashed by police against teachers, unions in Mexico have put their members on maximum alert. A teachers’ union in Mexico announced Thursday that it will escalate its tactics, declaring itself on maximum alert and preparing…
Lehavim Junction in the northern Negev in Israel has been the backdrop to protests against home demolitions in Bedouin localities for the past four and half years. Every Sunday, inhabitants of the Bedouin village of Al Araqib and their supporters…
Furious campaign groups across the UK have rejected the government’s proposed ‘pay to protest’ measures, warning they will not hire private companies to facilitate anti-government rallies. Their announcement on Thursday came shortly after Scotland Yard told protest groups it will…
A Darwin woman opposed to a program to eradicate banana freckle in the Northern Territory has declared she is willing to go to jail to save her plants. Diana Rickard told 105.7 ABC Darwin she was mounting a «Ghandian civil…
The intent of Rafael Correa’s government to evict the principal indigenous organization from its building shows the contradictions of the “citizen’s revolution.” What’s in play is the country’s plan, a neo-developmentalism anchored in mining, oil and major hydroelectric projects…
Leaders of Concerned Citizens for Justice said at a press conference on Thursday morning that 2015 is a «year of resistance and civil disobedience» in response to «state violence against black lives.» Ash-Lee Henderson said, «We are gathered here…
