In December 2010 Australia’s Prime Minister appointed an expert panel to lead the country in a «conversation» about the constitutional recognition of the country’s Indigenous peoples. Such a move is welcome, particularly in light of the historic and contemporary disadvantage…
Over the last week, Global Voices reports that there has been a surge in arrests of pro-democracy activists in Morocco, including of blogger and anti-corruption campaigner Mohamed Douas, rapper Moad Belghouat— whose alias is Haked (Arabic for The Vindictive or…
Members of the the Standby Volunteer Task Force (SBTF) Satellite Team are currently tagging the location of hundreds of Syrian tanks and other heavy mili-tary equipment on the Tomnod micro-tasking platform using very recent high-resolution satellite imagery provided…
When Leon Panetta, the new United States defense secretary, declared on September 6 that it was only «a matter of time» before an Arab Spring-style revolution came to Iran, it seemed to smack of wishful thinking. Such predictions,…
This summer, as I was sipping coffee with a friend in downtown Guatemala City, I was introduced to a news reporter who agreed to take me with him as he visited murder sites. The next day I arrived at…
Cherán and Ostula, Michoacán; and San Luis Acatlán, Guerrero. Indigenous communities in different parts of Mexico are organizing to secure their territory outside of government and all institutions, demanding the right to self-defense of their towns. And it’s not…
‘What makes civil disobedience compelling and a cause for the general public to reflect on is the courage of the individual to follow his or her conscience over the law…’: Bruce Cox, executive director of Greenpeace Canada. Forty…
More than 1,000 Jordanians demonstrated in central Amman on Friday to demand “satisfactory” constitutional reforms as parliament debates amendments proposed last month. Several hundred environmental activists and homeowners packed the sidewalks outside a natural gas industry conference in Philadelphia…
Opponents of the weapons trade are to protest on Tuesday as one of the world’s biggest arms fairs opens in London‘s Docklands. The biennial Defence and Security Equipment International at the ExCel Centre has attracted hundreds of companies, ranging…
Mexican riding bicycles in Mexico City. Photograph: David R Frazier Photolibrary, I/Alamy After an outburst from a journalist, a demonstration took place to raise awareness of the difficulties cyclists face Last month a journalist in Mexico City called…
