Category: Global
Christian Gives Water, Dates to Fasting Muslims in Gaza During Ramadan
Gaza City, Palestine — For the fifth consecutive year, Ehab Ayyad passes out water and dates to cars during evening rush hour in the month of Ramadan. Standing at busy intersections in Gaza City in the besieged Gaza Strip, Ayyad, a Christian, welcomes fasting Muslims…
Exclusive Interview with French Media Collective Cerveaux non Disponibles
As media organizations continue to consolidate and the need for independent media grows, Cerveaux non Disponibles (CND) is filling an important role in France. Cerveaux non Disponibles — “Unavailable Brains” — is a radical independent media collective based in France.
CND’s popularity soared as the…
‘Colorful Neighborhood’ in Gaza Celebrates Ramadan with Vibrant Colors
Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine — Palestinians celebrating the holy month of Ramadan 2023 are greeted by colorful art-filled walls lining the streets and corridors down some of the oldest lanes of the ‘old city’ in the Gaza Strip.
Walls bear a bright, artistic, colorful painting…
‘Marielle, Presente’ – March Marks Feminist Struggles in Brazil
International Women’s Day, celebrated annually on March 8, is an historic date that seeks to highlight the importance of women’s struggle for gender equality all around the world. In Brazil, the date is celebrated annually with actions that aim to remember the social, political and…
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‘It was a crime, not an accident!’ – Deadly Greek Train Crash Sparks Justice Movement
The InterCity 62-passenger train departed from the Athens central station for the Athens – Thessaloniki route at 19:22 on Tuesday, February 28, 2023. At 23:09 it departed from Larissa station carrying 340 passengers and 12 staff, a total of 352 people. At 23:21 the IC62…
The French People Battle Pension Reform in Paris
Paris, France — More than 100,000 people demonstrated in Paris, France during a nationwide 24-hour strike on March 28 to protest French President Emmanuel Macron’s forced pension reform plan that raises the retirement age.
In January, Elizabeth Born, the Prime Minister of France, announced a…
Administrative Detention and ‘Medical Neglect’ in Israeli Prisons Lead to Deaths and Protests
Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine — Around 4,700 Palestinians are jailed in dire conditions in Israeli prisons with at least 866 of those prisoners being held indefinitely on ‘administrative detention’ without charges, trial or release date. Deaths inside Israeli prisons since 1967 have risen to 235,…
#FeesMustFall – South Africa’s Student Movement for Free Education
Durban, South Africa – Beginning in October of 2015, South Africa’s #FeesMustFall movement has gone on to send shockwaves through a country struggling with the ever persistent issues of shrinking public budgets, mass unemployment and poverty. As a result, almost every year since, tens of…
Dancing Revolution: How ’90s Protests Used Rave Culture to Reclaim the Streets
Thousands gathered on May 16, 1998 in Birmingham’s famous Bullring district, located in the city center. They were instructed to meet by the New Street Station subway stop and make their way towards the Bullring’s roundabout. The mood soon became nothing short of intoxicating as…
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Triple Bank Collapse hits Silicon Valley & NY amid Economic Downturn
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed on Friday, March 10, after a wave of bad news rattled investors and depositors. While SVB was not “systemically important” to the U.S. economy, it was roughly the 16th-largest bank in America, by deposits, and was at the heart of…
What is the Lukov March and Why Was it Banned in Bulgaria?
As it happens every year, one of the less-known events of the European far-right was scheduled to take place in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The Lukov March, as it is called, was supposed to occur on February 25, 2023, as a memorial demonstration and…
‘Don’t Let Them Kill Vio.Me.’ Decade-Long Greek Factory Occupation Threatened
Thessaloniki, Greece – In a surprise announcement on Feb. 3, the workers of the reclaimed worker-run factory of Vio.Me. in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, disclosed that the land on which the factory stands has quietly been sold at an online auction. The buyer is Acsion Limited,…
Israeli Forces Kill 11 Palestinians and Shoot Over 100 During Raid on Nablus
Nablus, Occupied West Bank, Palestine – At least 11 Palestinians were killed on Feb. 22, 2023, in a large Israeli army incursion into the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Three of the dead were elderly and one was a child. More than 100 were…
Over 100 Families Occupy Abandoned Apartment Complex in Brazil
In the Brazilian state of Paraná more than 100 families have taken over a set of abandoned buildings. Squatting the Residencial Golden Ville, located at 1850 Avenida Independência in Paiçandu, one of the Bolsonarist strongholds in the country, families are seeking to secure their housing…
‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ – Iran is Undergoing a Revolutionary Process
A specter is haunting Iran – the specter of revolution. The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) is experiencing the largest, most radical and most intense opposition movement in its 43-year history. Its motto is “Woman, Life, Freedom,” coined from the Kurdish movement. At least 500…
Families in Gaza Live Among the Dead
Gaza Strip, Palestine – A growing number of families in the densely populated and besieged Gaza Strip are living in squatted sections of cemeteries due to the lack of housing.
One of the many families staying in the Sheikh Saban cemetery, the oldest in Gaza,…
Mass Protests by Climate Activists Follow Eviction of Occupied German Village
Lützerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany – Thousands protested the planned expansion of an immense open-pit coal mine, one of the largest in Europe. The forceful eviction of climate activists who were occupying Lützerath for more than two years and the demolition of the village itself became…
Prisoners in Greece: Hunger Strike as a Weapon
Responding to the Greek government’s continuous attack on prisoners’ rights, inmates have waged seven hunger strikes in prisons across Greece over the last three years — many of which have been successful.
According to the prisoners and their supporters, authorities target certain incarcerated people and…