Democracy Now!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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
