Writer, activist and educator  has been working for social justice for more than 30 years. She grew up in Washington, D.C., and, as the daughter of Mexican American teachers, was exposed at an early age to issues of cultural identity. Martínez’s experiences during the Civil Rights Movement as…

A Brief Definition for Activists by Elizabeth Martinez and Arnoldo Garcia, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights “Neo-liberalism” is a set of economic policies that have become widespread during the last 25 years or so. Although the word is rarely heard in the United States, you can clearly see…

A documentary on the Kurdish female and male fighters of PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party). As of 2014, they have become the only force capable of fighting the ISIS (Islamic State) on the borders of Kurdistan, especially in Kobane in the West Kurdistan (Rojava), its branch, People’s Defense Units…

Canan Bayram (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) click here for the video.  zeigt sich enttäuscht, dass der Antrag der Opposition zur Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer abgelehnt wird. Man hätte hier eine gute Möglichkeit gehabt, vom Abgeordnetenhaus das Signal zu senden “Berlin unterstützt Menschenrettung”. Sie nutzt die Debatte, um erneut auf die Situation…

The philosopher-activist and professor was hunted down by the FBI for a crime she didn’t commit, jailed in 1970, and freed in 1972. While serving her sentence in a California jail, she gave a thoughtful interview (later included inThe Black Power Mixtape) about the state of the Black Panthers…

The Nigerian government has taken the historic step of outlawing the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), in a move campaigners describe as “hugely important”. Nigeria – a cultural and political powerhouse in Africa – introduced a new federal law banning the practice, which involves removing part or…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2_wfMrz9_mY?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent It is unbelievable that the lives of so many human beings depend on the minds of these men and women, who surely see themselves as the ultimate peacemakers! Striking a distinctly different note for a military alliance meeting, European officials ended a Nato gathering with a spirited…

The defeat of Muammar Gaddafi and his regime after four decades of often brutal rule could not have been achieved without Western air support largely orchestrated by David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy. In the chaotic aftermath, Britain, France and the international community walked away. Now the European Union…

by The Alarm Phone • 23 April 2015 On April 20, the Joint Foreign and Home Affairs Council of the EU released a ten-​point action plan outlining their response to the recent deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. Many other proposals have also been made over the last few days.…