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South Africa and Bolivia: Two struggles, one story – Video

Narco News TV, May 15, 2013 In 1985, Mkhuseli "Khusta" Jack organized a consumer boycott in the city of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, which helped end racial apartheid. In 2000, Oscar Olivera was the spokesperson for a popular resistance that stopped t...

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Palestine: Daily struggles and triumphs under occupation

Noor Ali Moa'alla, Your Middle East, May 16, 2013 The discourse around the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in film has shifted recently from the wider scope of the conflict to the stories of communities and individuals that are struggling in their day to...

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German human rights commissioner on promoting democracy

Sven Pöhle, DW, May 14, 2013 Markus Löning, the German government’s human rights commissioner, said in a recent interview that nurturing democracy in other countries takes patience. When asked about what to do if democratization of countries like T...

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US civil rights-era leader Mary King says social movements expand space for other struggles

Alice Driver, School of Authentic Journalism, May 15, 2013 The important role Mary King played in helping to advance the struggle for women’s rights is a lesser known story of how the success of one social movement, the U.S. civil rights struggle, he...

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Kazakhstan: Theatre with a political edge

Joanna Lillis, EurasiaNet, May 16, 2013Avalanche is a tale of a village whose inhabitants walk on eggshells because their rulers have convinced them that if they flout strict rules governing their everyday lives, they will spark an avalanche that will ...

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Arts of the Political: New Openings for the Left

May 17, 2013
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Arts of the Political: New Openings for the Left

By Mark Trekson Arts of the Political: New Openings for the Left, by Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift, isn’t exactly beach reading, but to those interested in a novel effort to link a wide range of political theory to practical … Continue reading

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Is laughing the mic check of 2013?

May 15, 2013
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Is laughing the mic check of 2013?

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Last Thursday night’s event at the New York Public Library got a whole lot funnier when about 50 people staged a laugh-in against Mexican businessman Carlos Slim.

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Swaziland: Opposition calls for the disruption of elections

Claudine Renaud, Mail and Guardian, May 13, 2013 Voters have begun registering for elections in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, with unions calling for a boycott of a "rubber-stamp" poll of the autocratic rule of King Mswati III. "We call o...

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‘Syria Untold’: The storytelling of the revolution

Leila Nachawati Rego, Global Voices, May 13, 2013 More than two years into the Syrian uprising as the battle continues on the ground, a new outspoken and creative Syria has emerged after decades of isolation and silence. From strikes to sit-ins, from c...

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China: Daughter of a detained rights activist speaks

Didi Kirsten Tatlow, NY Times, May 13, 2013 Liao Minyue last saw her mother, the rights activist Liu Ping, in mid-April, a few weeks before Liu was taken away by security officials on charges of subversion. “Now I’m waiting for any news of her tria...

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Sri Lanka’s Tamils: A people victimized by the violence done on their behalf

Aatish Taseer, NY Times, May 11, 2013 Four years ago this week, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam announced that their struggle for an independent homeland in northern Sri Lanka had “reached its bitter end.” The Tamil defeat has less to do with ...

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Israel: For West Bank protesters, legal knowledge is power

Raghad Jaraisy, +972 Magazine, May 13, 2013 In the Occupied Territories, protestors can and need to stand up for their rights and fight for the opportunity to demonstrate. When the automatic suppression of protests is the norm, it is important to know ...

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Backbenchers’ voices might mean new political opportunities

May 14, 2013
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Backbenchers’ voices might mean new political opportunities

Political sociologists and social movement scholars have often commented on the overly broad definition of “political opportunities.” Many have called for specifying the nature of political opportunities especially so as to better operationalize and link political opportunities to policy outcomes … Continue reading

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The Hand That Feeds: Get your tickets today!

May 14, 2013
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Happy Mother’s Day to all our New York City friends. As you celebrate all the powerful women and mothers in your life, take a minute to become a supporter of Waging Nonviolence — and receive a free ticket to an early preview screening of Robin Blotnick and Rachel Lears’ documentary The Hand That Feeds.

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Might a Global Events Dataset Contribute to Social Movements Research?

May 14, 2013
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Might a Global Events Dataset Contribute to Social Movements Research?

Alex Hanna has a recent post over at Bad Hessian about the potential value of a newly released dataset, GDELT, for the study of social movements.  GDELT stands for Global Data on Events, Location and Tone, and is a news-based events … Continue reading

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Sunshine

May 13, 2013
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Every once in a while I come across something that gives me hope for our energy future. It cries out, "people are smarter than we seem." The latest example comes from an article in "Sierra" magazine.  Jong Bok Kim, a researcher in chemical ...

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