Activism
Hope is a discipline
An interview with prison abolitionist, educator and activist Miriame Kaba by the Beyond Prisons podcast.
Month: September 2020
Asia
Legal cannabis referendum looms in New Zealand
If reducing harm to society is the goal, a cost-benefit analysis shows cannabis prohibition has failed.
Asia
India’s urban sex workers and COVID-19
The pandemic has compelled Indian sex workers to come forward and seek their rightful status as legal workers in India.
Europe
A Vida Negra Importa
The uprising for Black life sparked off by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has found echo in Portugal
Asia
As Russia faces an economic downturn, migrant workers are paying a brutal price
Over the past month, migrant workers in Russia have faced retaliatory round-ups, harassment and brutal treatment at the hands of police.
Middle East
Disaster aid distribution after Beirut explosion reflects Lebanese societal divides
A first hand consideration of how solidarity actions can reproduce inequality in Lebanese society.