UDW editorial note by Armando Carmona: From May 2nd to May 9th the Zapatistas hosted a tribute to fallen comrades, a celebration of resistance, and a seminar to “provoke thought, reflection, critique.” On May 2nd and May 3rd 2015 the…
On Saturday, June 20, authorities came to the home of Observer and Angola activist Luaty Beirão. He was arrested in a sweep that included 14 other activists. Their crime? Reading subversive literature, which the state has linked to “rebellion”, “attempted…
Lene Brenna i Porsgrunn er død, hun ble 69 år gammel. Lene var en drivkraft i lokalt FMK- og annet fredsarbeid i Grenland fra ca. 1979 og i mange år framover.
Susan Ahyed’s long fight for justice, culminating in an Supreme Court victory last week, began with a rather morbid thought. A former New Yorker, Ahyed had been attending an old friend’s funeral in her hometown of Netanya in early 2011,…
Bolivian President Evo Morales escalates the stakes in the debate over extractivism as an anti-poverty strategy. On May 20, Bolivian President Evo Morales issued Supreme Decree 2366, opening up Bolivia’s national parks—which are protected under the Constitution as ecological…
PÅ BARRIKADERNE FOR FRED INSPIRERENDE HISTORIER OM IKKEVOLD Majken Jul Sørensen 302 kr — En usædvanligt vellykket folkeoplysende bog, der klart viser at ikkevolden er mere effektiv som positiv forandringsmetode end krig, interventioner og…