Activists

Every Bullet Has a Name: Impunity for Israeli Crimes Against Palestinian Human Rights Defenders

The lives of Palestinians, be they unarmed activists or fighters, be they children, women, men, or the elderly, are only worth the price of the bullet that carries their name. And while we will talk and write about the next Palestinian who is killed for a few days, their children will remain orphans for life.

An Open Invitation: Women’s March on the Pentagon

In direct response to ongoing military aggression and mind boggling increases in military funding that pass with bipartisan support in the United States, as well as the absence of the issue of war in the popular Women’s Marches held in 2017 and 2018, anti-war activists are calling for a Women’s March on the Pentagon, akin to the 1967 anti-war event in Washington D.C. and subsequent march on the Pentagon. The march is slated to take place on October 20th and 21st 2018, the 51st anniversary of the anti-war march that drew upwards of 50,000 people.

Canada Engaged in Widespread Surveillance of Its Indigenous Communities

Researchers and journalists have begun to reveal the extent to which Indigenous activists and organisations in Canada are subject to surveillance by police, military, national security intelligence agencies and other government bodies. While security agencies have long looked beyond ‘traditional’ national security threats and set their sights on activists – even in the absence of evidence linking these individuals or organisations to any violent criminal activity – this reality is increasingly the subject of media and public scrutiny.

Reactivating Activists: The Failure of Modern Protest Movements

21st Century Wire says…
Why are modern activist movements failing miserably?
That question and much more is discussed in the following video interview, touching on why modern protest movements are mostly a failure, the possibility on President Donald Trump being impeached, and why focusing on the fake news Russian election interference “scandal” is entirely the wrong move:

Hunger Strikers At UN Headquarters Call For End To Yemen War

Yemenis present documents in order to receive food rations provided by a local charity, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, April, 13, 2017. A Saudi-led coalition launched a campaign in support of Yemen’s internationally recognized government in March 2015. The war has pushed the Arab world’s poorest country to the brink of famine. (AP/Hani Mohammed)
Peace activists are holding a week-long vigil and hunger strike at United Nations headquarters in New York City to demand an end to the U.S.-backed, Saudi Arabia-led war in Yemen and humanitarian aid for the country’s starving population.