Young activists from four continents talk about their local struggles and what motivates them.
Seventeen Russian regions went to the polls this week. Activists and politicians have, however, been met with significant pressure and restrictions at polling stations.
The unlikely alliance between the FARC and the Trans Community Network in Colombia provides grounds for hope in the building of peace and a dignified existence for transgender people. Español
Red Pepper, Lacuna, openDemocracy, battling under-representation/ mis-representation of people of colour in the UK media. All people of colour welcome at Brighton meeting, 23/9/17 - 3pm ( during Labour Party conference).
“They used to insist that they were sufficiently conversant with the issues. How would they know unless they discuss with us, or at least ask us?”
(Or, why is the world allowing the Rohingya to be slaughtered?) There is a genocide happening before our eyes. If only we can bear to look.
Treating gender-based violence as a type of discrimination leaves many women trapped under violent bosses with nowhere to turn.
DiEM25 needs to create a Janus-faced, progressive union out of the cooperation of every individual – individuals who in turn need to willingly relax their egos for the bigger cause.
The Philippines, as much as Iraq and Syria, is a measure of the "war of terror" in 2017.
