Fighting the World’s Largest Criminal Industry: Modern Slavery
Modern slavery and human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries and one of the biggest human rights crises today, according to the United Nations.
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We Can Do Better Than Capitalism
In America today, three people control as much wealth as the bottom half of us. So, are we stuck in this deadly spiral toward ever greater concentration of economic power? No, we can do better. We know we can because some of us already are. Worldwide, one in 10 employed people works in a co-op; and 1 billion in 96 countries are members of coops.
Organizing Against Sexual Violence in India: An Interview with Soni Sori
For her work to get justice for survivors of rape by security forces and the police, Soni Sori received the 2018 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. In this interview, she talks about why the state wants to erase Adivasi identity. "We have to keep fighting," she explains. "If we choose to be mute spectators, it would be the victory of evil and injustice."
What Does it Mean to Be a War Resister in Israel?
“I’ve thought the occupation of Palestine was immoral at least since I was in eighth grade,” Israeli refusenik Hilel Garmi explains. “But it was the March of Return that played a large role in sustaining the courage to say no to military service.”
Why we Need a European Green New Deal
If socialism in one country was a pipe dream, so will be the idea of an ecological transition in one country. To make it work, the Green New Deal will have to be internationalized.
Neo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine
Five years after the Maidan uprising, anti-Semitism and fascist-inflected ultranationalism are rampant.