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There’s a Sniper on the Roof of the School Where I Studied Authoritarianism
There’s a Sniper on the Roof of the School Where I Studied Authoritarianism On student protests and principled defiance. There are snipers on the roof of the school where I got my MA. There are police beating students at the school where I got my PhD. At each school, I studied authoritarian regimes and how […]
Did Lockdowns Set a Global Revolt in Motion?
Did Lockdowns Set a Global Revolt in Motion? “The intellectual parlor game is over. This is a real-life struggle for freedom itself. It’s resist and rebuild or doom.” My first article on the coming backlash – admittedly wildly optimistic – went to print April 24, 2020. After 6 weeks of lockdown, I confidently predicted a political revolt, a movement […]
The Psychological Battle for Truth – And the Power of the Farmers’ Uprising. The WEF’s “Disaster Agenda”
The Psychological Battle for Truth – And the Power of the Farmers’ Uprising. The WEF’s “Disaster Agenda” The ‘deep state’ has no power over you. None. It can only try and make you believe it does. And in this it is very clever, using sophisticated psychological techniques that give the impression of holding the dominant […]
Revolution In Air As Brits Burn Power Bills Amid Historic Energy Crisis
Revolution In Air As Brits Burn Power Bills Amid Historic Energy Crisis Energy prices for millions of households across the UK rose on Saturday. Soaring power bills amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation led to a continuation of growing discontent ahead of the dark winter. Thousands of Brits marched in London and other […]
The Struggle For What’s Essential
President of the Pueblo Shuar Arutam of Ecuador, Josefina Tunki, during a protest along with other Shuar women. (Photo: Comunicación PSHA) THE STRUGGLE FOR WHAT’S ESSENTIAL Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break […]
‘Climate Revolution’: Scientists Launch Global Civil Disobedience Campaign
Scientists hold a sign reading, “Climate Revolution Or We Will Lose Everything” at a rally. This week, scientists around the world will occupy universities to demand a “Climate Revolution” following the release of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Photo: Twitter/@ScientistRebel1) ‘Climate Revolution’: Scientists Launch Global Civil Disobedience Campaign “Scientist Rebellion will […]
Canadian Police Arrive To “Remove” Freedom Convoy Protesters From Ambassador Bridge
Canadian Police Arrive To “Remove” Freedom Convoy Protesters From Ambassador Bridge Following Friday’s ‘state of emergency’ declaration in Ontario, which empower police to finally clear the protesters blocking the Ambassador Bridge (of course, the Canadian government could have just rolled back the COVID restrictions that inspired the protests to begin with, although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
Why is the world protesting so much? A new study claims to have some answers.
Why is the world protesting so much? A new study claims to have some answers. Activists wearing cutouts of world leaders’ faces outside the COP26 summit on Nov. 2 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Peter Summers/Getty Images) Are we in a historic age of protest? A new study released Thursday that looked at demonstrations between 2006 and 2020 found that […]
Extinction Rebellion: From the UK to Ghana and the US, Climate Activists Take Civil Disobedience World-Wide
Extinction Rebellion: From the UK to Ghana and the US, Climate Activists Take Civil Disobedience World-Wide More than 100 people were arrested during a week of action across the UK as protesters demanded the government treat the threats posed by climate change as a crisis and take drastic steps to cut emissions to net zero […]
UK scientists risk prison to urge action
UK scientists risk prison to urge action Orangutans are among the most endangered ape species. Image by Erik-Jan Leusink on Unsplash A group of British scientists and their supporters is willing to risk a prison term to press governments to tackle climate change and environmental crisis. LONDON, 31 October, 2018 − A growing number of […]
As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown
As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown Our politicians, under the influence of big business, have failed us. As they take the planet to the brink, it’s time for disruptive, nonviolent disobedience Illustration by Bill Bragg It is hard to believe today, but the prevailing ethos […]
The Coming Collapse
The Coming Collapse Mr. Fish / Truthdig The Trump administration did not rise, prima facie, like Venus on a half shell from the sea. Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay. He is a product of our failed democracy. The longer we perpetuate the fiction that we […]
Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience
Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience A new first-in-the-nation law will shield residents from arrest as they use direct action to stop fracking-wastewater injection wells. A tiny community sitting on a 27-square-mile piece of Western Pennsylvania wanted to send a big message to the energy company planning to deposit […]
Meet Alexandra Elbakyan – The 27 Year Old Student Who Put 50 Million Stolen Research Articles Online
Meet Alexandra Elbakyan – The 27 Year Old Student Who Put 50 Million Stolen Research Articles Online The issue of academic journals and whether or not they should be available to everyone for free online was a topic that catapulted into the national consciousness a little over three years ago with the untimely and tragic […]
Climate Activists Announce Global Campaign of Civil Disobedience to “Break Free From Fossil Fuels”
Climate Activists Announce Global Campaign of Civil Disobedience to “Break Free From Fossil Fuels” Climate justice and environmental campaigners announced plans today at COP21 in Paris to escalate the number of non-violent civil disobedience actions against fossil fuel projects over the next year. The groups are planning a concentrated week of global actions in May of 2016. […]
