The Burmese exiles living in India and their sympathizers had recently came to the street of India’s national capital to lodge a stronger protest against the government for supplying arms and ammunitions to the semi-military Burmese government at…
Ofog fortsätter märka ut var krigsförberedelser äger rum. Natten till den 29 juli tog sig två fredsaktivister in på flygbasen F21 i Luleå. Väl inne målade de ett fredstecken vid landningsbanan och skrev ”War Starts Here”, vilket är…
Rabbis protest for Palestine. It was a Palestinian legislator who made the most telling comment to the Israeli parliament last week as it passed the boycott law, which outlaws calls to boycott Israel or its settlements in the…
Tina Rosenberg, whose recent book Join the Club is a must read for activists, had a piece on the New York Times’ Opinionator blog yesterday criticizing the importance of social media in social movements. In keeping with the…
While putting up a progressive front, the Emirates of the Gulf have tackled any sign of unrest With its glistening skyscraper-lined highways so far untouched by the angry protesters who have filled the streets of other Arab cities,…
Police intervene to separate marchers and right-wing counter-protesters, despite organizers’ claim march went peacefully. Over 4500 Palestinians and Israelis took part in the «March for Independence» Friday, calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state. Although the organizers…
It appears as though Israel has thwarted the “flytilla” campaign by preventing hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists from boarding planes to Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv. This is the second “failed” campaign by foreign activists to enter the…
Teresita Cruz-del Rosario is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. (Illustration by Amarjit Sidhu) It is easy to explain the current protests in Malaysia as an instance of the winds of the…
As the second Gaza flotilla continues its attempts to leave Athens, Ruqaya Izzidien speaks to residents of Gaza about the significance of the action to breach Israel’s blockade Gaza flotilla activists hold a banner as they protest against…
Indigenous leaders Delfin Tenesaca, Jaime Vargas, Pepe Acacho, and Humberto Cholango.During three days in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, hundreds of representatives from several Latin American countries gathered to share experiences and strategies during the Continental Conference in…
