Articles by Nika Knight | Films For Action

'Disaster': Trump Administration Signs off on Keystone XL Pipeline

Nika Knight · 'Donald Trump only cares about making his special interest pals richer even though our children will inherit a world ravaged by climate change'

'Healthcare Is a Right': Bernie Sanders Finds Common Ground in Trump Country

Nika Knight · In rural McDowell County, West Virginia, a crowd of Trump supporters cheered progressive senator's call for universal healthcare

Supporters 'Ecstatic' After Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence

Nika Knight · Whistleblower to be released from military prison in May

Dakota Access Pipeline Permit Denied

Nika Knight · 'For the first time in Native American history, they heard our voices.'

Corporate Giants' "Sustainable" Palm Oil Revealed as Sham

Nika Knight · Nestlé, Kellogg's, Procter & Gamble, Unilever and others are linked to child labor and forced labor in Indonesia

Filmmaker Faces 45 Years in Prison for Reporting on Dakota Access Protests

Nika Knight · "They threw the book at Deia for being a journalist."

Massive Uprising by Polish Women Just Forced Right-Wing Government to Drop Abortion Ban

Nika Knight · Ruling far-right party surprised opponents by reversing position on draconian abortion ban

'Five-Alarm Threat to Our Food Supply': Monsanto-Bayer Merger Advances

Nika Knight · Chemical and GMO giants agree on takeover offer worth $66 billion; mega-merger to be reviewed by antitrust agencies worldwide

TTIP Has Failed Says German Economic Minister

Nika Knight · 'Negotiations with the U.S. have de facto failed, because of course as Europeans we couldn't allow ourselves to submit to American demands'

Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Devastating Use of Incendiary Weapons in Syria

Nika Knight · Proposed joint U.S.-Russia airstrikes against rebel groups will spell further doom, aid worker says

Pope Francis: Capitalism Is 'Terrorism Against All of Humanity'

Nika Knight · Pope Francis argues that modern economy's worship of 'god of money' leads to disenfranchisement and extremism

Scorching Global Temps Astound Climate Scientists

Nika Knight · As wildfire rages in California, flooding affects millions in India and China, and eggs are fried on sidewalks in Iraq, scientists say global climate catastrophe is surpassing predictions

DNC Leak Reveals Party Insiders Promised Access to Obama in Exchange for Cash

Nika Knight · Emails appear to violate White House policy

Demonstrations Against Police Violence Occupy Streets in US and UK

Nika Knight · Amid heightened tensions and fear for safety after deadly Dallas sniper ambush, Black Lives Matter protests against police violence took to the streets in major American cities and the UK

With the Release of Chilcot Report, Critics Intensify Calls for Tony Blair to Face 'Reckoning'

Nika Knight · There 'has to be a judicial or political reckoning' for Blair's role in Iraq War, one critic charges

Pandemonium and Upheaval as World Responds to UK's Brexit

Nika Knight · Cameron resigns, markets roil, and right-wingers cheer as Brexit becomes reality

Activists, Farmers, Indigenous People Rise up to March Against Monsanto

Nika Knight · 'The fight against corporate control of our food is global'

When the System Feels Rigged, How Surprising Is Convention Mayhem?

Nika Knight · Nevada's Democratic convention devolved into mayhem on Saturday as party pushed controversial new rules and disqualified Sanders delegates

'Status Quo': Shell Spews Nearly 90,000 Gallons of Oil Into Gulf of Mexico in Latest Spill

Nika Knight · 'This spill shows why there is a new and vibrant movement in the Gulf of Mexico for no new drilling'

Brazil's Elite Move Ahead With 'Coup' as Rousseff Impeached by Lower House

Nika Knight · Workers' Party president Dilma Rousseff is not accused of any crimes—while right-wing politicians voting to impeach her are investigated for corruption

Joseph Medicine Crow, Last Crow War Chief and Living Link to Battle of Little Bighorn, Dies at 102

Nika Knight · Devoted Indigenous rights advocate and chronicler of Plains Indian history died this weekend in hospice in Billings, Montana

Climate Coalition Vows 'Peaceful, Escalated' Actions Until 'We Break Free From Fossil Fuels'

Nika Knight · 'For years, communities on the front lines have led that struggle, and this May we can join them.'

As Rivers Run Black in Peru, Indigenous Tribes Left Cleaning Big Oil's Disaster

Nika Knight · "Those responsible, where are they?" Water supply and delicate ecosystem contaminated by spate of oil spills in Amazon

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