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“You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train”: Remembering Howard Zinn at 100
“To be neutral … is to collaborate with whatever is going on, to allow it to happen.”
As Settler Colonialism and Genocide Continue, So Too Does Indigenous Resistance
Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock.
Will Iranian Protests Grow Into a “Nationwide Revolution” Despite Crackdown?
The UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss a proposal to establish a fact-finding mission on the crackdown.
COP27 Is Over But Alaa Abd El-Fattah Remains a Political Prisoner
El-Fattah’s mother and sister discuss his health, his case, his family and his hopes for freedom.
5 Dead in Colorado LGBTQ Club Shooting on Eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance
Denver mayoral candidate Leslie Herod describes a “clear connection” between hateful rhetoric and anti-LGBTQ violence.
Russia’s Uranium Sales Help Fund Ukraine War, Exiled Environmentalist Says
If the U.S. and Europe continue to pay Putin, that means more people will die in Ukraine, says Vladimir Slivyak.
False Corporate Solutions at COP27 Further Entrench Capitalism and Colonialism
COP27 sidelines human rights to advance false corporate solutions, says Indigenous Climate Action’s Eriel Deranger.
Global South Demands Reparations From Rich Nations in Form of Climate Financing
However, the U.S. has said it would not support a “legal structure that is tied to compensation or liability.”
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Gather at COP27 as Climate Crisis Devastates Africa
The summit is now a “sales and marketing conference for more pollution,” says Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate.
Groups Protest Against Repression and Climate Inaction at COP27 Summit in Egypt
Nigerian environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey says African delegates to the UN summit feel largely excluded.