Cultivating Climate Justice: A Tale of Two Cities
For many of us, taking out the recycling is something we do because we know it’s good, but it’s not something whose impact we can immediately feel. For the folks of CERO in Boston and Zero Waste Detroit who are making city-wide recycling programs work, the impacts are clear.
Woman-Made: How Rethinking Pregnancy and Childbirth Could Undermine Sexism and Honor Women’s Reproductive Rights
Our fundamental beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth shape how we think and feel about reproductive rights including not only what rights birthing women should have but also abortion rights. And these beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth are, for most of us, shaped by an often subtle yet deeply embedded and potent patriarchal worldview.
Beyond Darren Wilson: Challenges to the System Starting in Ferguson and St. Louis
After the grand jury announced that Wilson would not be indicted, challenges to prevailing systems of justice have been launched from activists across the country.
The Rise and Fall of Palestine’s Socialists: Soul-Searching in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
When news reports alleged that the two cousins behind the Jerusalem synagogue attack on November 18 were affiliated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a level of confusion reigned. Why the PFLP? Why now?
Walmart Workers’ Movement Gains Momentum as Black Friday Looms
“Are you ready to strike and refuse to work this Thanksgiving and Black Friday to protest Walmart's bullying?” That is this year’s rallying call from the Organization United for Respect – better known as OUR Walmart – as they try once again to convince Walmart associates across the county to strike on Black Friday.
SOA Protest: Grassroots Mobilizations Connect Struggles against State Violence and Injustice
2,500 human rights activists braved the rainstorms on Sunday, November 23 and converged at Fort Benning to call for an end to militarized state violence in the US and abroad. Featured presenters came from Mexico, Colombia, Honduras, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Venezuela, and the US.