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Over the course of the last several decades, anti-oppression politics have risen to a position of immense influence on activist discourse in North America. Anti-oppression workshops and reading groups, privilege and oppression checklists and guidelines, and countless books...
Common Cause Ottawa
Trump's plan to reverse ban on transfer of military equipment to police denounced by civil rights groups as "exceptionally dangerous and irresponsible"
Jake Johnson
The images from Houston and its environs are heart-breaking and we at Informed Comment wish all those affected a speedy and safe return to normality.
Juan Cole
Immigration is a new chapter in one's life, a chapter with unexpected events that can take one's life down paths different from the one imagined. This film is an autobiographical account of the director's experience with immigration.
4 min
In this four-part series filmmaker Matthew Cooke joins Patricia Arquette to explore the state of democracy in the United States.
17 min
Taking direct action against the dirty fossil fuel industry and for a clean energy future, Ende Gelände is a mass action movement focused around Germany's massive lignite mines and associated infrastructure. This video is from the second day of four days of direct action...
2 min
'Kids play with mud. They build sandcastles. It's like building your own little fortress. It's not rocket science.'
Ross and Kathryn decided that they were not going to get into debt buying a big house. Instead, they spent a year building it themselves. They made use of...
2 min
We all can agree that if Earth dies, we die. So why do so many people keep denying climate change and our impact on this planet? Why do we take our time here for granted? Whether it's the food we eat, companies we support, our daily habits or how we vote, we have the power to...
4 min
After the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, many people are asking themselves what they should do if Nazis rally in their city. Should they put their bodies on the line in counter demonstrations? Some say yes.
Laurie Marhoefer
Heather Heyer is the latest casualty in a number of deaths at the hands of white nationalists. Foreign Policy recently published an FBI and Department of Homeland Security bulletin that concluded white supremacist groups were "responsible for 49 homicides in 26 attacks from...
12 min
The Relevance of Radicalized Peacebuilding to Antifa Praxis
Emmi Bevensee
We asked rapper Akala about education, didn't realise we'd find out the secret to eternal youth. Thanks Akala!
4 min
Just another clicktivist petition pushed by corporate NGOs with no connection to grassroots struggle? Not this time – West Papuans are risking beatings, arrest, and even death to sign a petition for their right to self-determination, coordinated with international support...
Connor Woodman
Will progressives accept the empirical data behind the efficacy of nonviolence?
This comic originally appeared exclusively in my second Zen Pencils book collection (available from all good retailers!) in 2015. I really enjoy writing t
Gavin Aung Than
Antifa’s horizon is in toppling the legitimacy of extraction and ownership anchored in presumably natural foundations
Angela Mitropoulos
Farming and farmers are the heart of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's work. In his latest film HUMAN, this theme takes a central space. In the continuity of this work, and in collaboration with France Agrimer, he goes beyond it with a sensitive film, dedicated to all those men and...
41 min
And why the struggle for a new economic paradigm is about to get real
Nafeez Ahmed
Despite protests, the Israeli government will displace the Bedouin population of Umm al-Hiran to a temporary area until a new neighborhood is built for them nearby. However, residents won't be welcome to return to the new Jewish-only city of Hiran.
14 min
The rise of fascism has injected new venom into an old debate, preventing activists from seeing movement strategy clearly.
Ben Case
Musician and poet Joshua Idehen took to Twitter and helped us all make sense of the many terms by our society using analogies based around your mum washing your clothes. Genius.
Joshua Idehen
An engineer in Algeria has developed an ingenious new house building technique on a desert refugee camp. He wanted to build a home for his grandmother that would beat the heat and sandstorms, and plastic bottles were readily available. Filled with sand and straw and encased...
Jeremy Williams
Trump's "plan" for America's longest war will almost certainly increase terrorism and cause civilian deaths to skyrocket, analysts argued
Jake Johnson
Many of humanity’s greatest problems stem not from a shortfall of technical or financial intelligence, but what we term emotional intelligence. It is through the acquisition of Emotional Intelligence that we stand to become better lovers, workers, friends and citizens. We are...
5 min
Following the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a powerful message to President Trump, suggesting what he should have said.
“In fact, as president of this great country, you have a moral responsibility to send an...
4 min
Maz Saleem’s father who killed by a neo-Nazi terrorist, who then went on a bombing campaign - but you’ve probably never heard of him. Why?
4 min
Director Toby Amies visits Pascal Brault's verdant South of France garden set amid a range of mountains.
5 min
Pie doesn't in any way have another go at Trump.
2 min
"The Boston counter-protest is now perhaps the largest anti-racist protest this year."
Jake Johnson
Court ruling "gives hope across the country for people facing the onslaught of oil and gas infrastructure."
Jessica Corbett
In the wake of the Charlottesville incident, we must understand that the kind of work that needs to happen now, in order for racial healing to take place, will not be held by the combative punditry of CNN or be championed by the White House and the mass culture of occlusion...
How far can body positivity take us in the fight for women’s liberation?
VICE News attends the memorial service held for Heather Heyer, who was killed during the rally on Saturday when a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters. Elle Reeve speaks to Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer after the memorial.
6 min
I would like to make what I hope is my last post on this before I try to go forward with my life after this weekend.
Lisa Moore
Christian Picciolini, former White Nationalist and founder of Life After Hate, talks to NPRs All Things Considered about his reaction to what unfolded in Charlottesville over the weekend, and about the divisiveness that's been growing in the country over the past several months.
Stacey Vanek Smith
Sex workers in Mozambique are providing health support to those at the margins of society. They face political and financial challenges, but against the odds they are helping thousands. Jules Montague reports.
Jules Montague
President Trump is facing widespread criticism for his latest comments on the deadly white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. Speaking at Trump Tower on Tuesday, Trump said the violence was in part caused by what he called the "alt-left." President Trump’s...
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We must be very wary of any attempts to excuse or normalize white supremacy.
Stanislav Vysotsky
Dr. Gerald Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of racism in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, international relations and war...
12 min
Isn’t it time for the media to be honest and call white supremacists the domestic terrorists that they are?
Zenobia Jeffries
An annoymous poster to Antifa International writes:
you antifa guys are actually more hateful and violent than any neo nazi group in the 21st century. its fucking disgusting and you should be branded as terrorists just as much as the KKK
Antifa International...
Antifa International
On Saturday hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and neo-Nazis traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to participate in the “Unite the Right” rally. By Saturday evening three people were dead – one protester, and two police officers – and many more injured.
“VICE...
22 min
Nowhere is the sharp injustice of gentrification so grossly demonstrated as in Stokes Croft. With its world renowned street art and buzzing local scene, this area is the main fount of culture and creativity, which has propelled the city of Bristol to international fame. For...
Fabian Frenzel and Armin Beverungen
Peter Joseph is the founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, a grassroots, worldwide organization that advocates an alternative economic system based on sustainability, cooperation and human need. His most recent book, ‘The New Human Rights Movement,’ delivers a startling exposé...
45 min
In this Viewsnight, anthropologist Jason Hickel asks if economic growth really makes our lives better. He is the author of The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions.
2 min
Twitter user @JuliusGoat posted this incredible thread in response to the Unite The Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, and quickly got hundreds of thousands of retweets and likes. Read it and share widely, it's epic!
Julius Goat
"I want her death to be a rallying cry for justice and equality and fairness and compassion," says mother of Heather Heyer. "No mother wants to lose a child, but I'm proud of her."
Jon Queally
The times certainly are a-changing.
Juan Manuel and Martin Kirk
Once-celebrated author and thinker Daniel Pinchbeck can't find an audience for his new book. He has a few ideas why.
Katie Bain
Even though Creative Commons licenses have been around for more than a decade, I am always surprised to learn that many progressive-minded activists, artists and academics – the people who should be most enthusiastic about the licenses – know nothing about them or at least...
David Bollier
In the shadow of Santa Monica’s legendary “Chain Reaction” monument, a clear message was sent to the unelected interloper in the White House: RESIGN!!!
Harvey Wasserman
"Patricio's candidacy and radical vision for Mexico challenges conventional politics and marks a new phase for the Zapatista and indigenous struggle in the country."
Benjamin Dangl
“What does a world that respects Indigenous peoples look like, that’s working towards ending racism, colonialism, and other intersecting oppression on a global scale?”
4 min
In order for the Democratic Socialists of America’s 2017 Convention to be successful, three major tasks needed to be accomplished this past weekend.
1. Members needed to develop meaningful relationships with comrades from around the country.
2. Members had to participate in...
Michael Stivers
A film on the illusion of trees...and people.
2 min
A plea deal is an arrangement to resolve a case without going to trial. This is an option most often taken by those who cannot afford bail and want to go home instead of wait days, months, even years locked up in jail. An estimated 177,624 innocent Americans pleaded guilty in...
6 min
Cooperatives are businesses owned by the people who use their services. Many communities look to their local food co-ops as a way to maintain greater control over their food. Garlic is isolated as just one of many foods that can communicate the importance of retail food...
5 min
Sabine Lichtenfels speaking at "Defend the Sacred - Envision a Global Alternative" in Tamera (7th August).
29 min
My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Americans think they live in a democracy. But their workplaces are small tyrannies.
Elizabeth Anderson