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‘WHAT MUST BE DONE’ FOR THE PLANET

The Campaign to Shut Down New England’s Last Coal Plant by Arnie Alpert, Waging Nonviolence There’s one form of power that’s generated when hot water turns turbines to create electricity. There are other forms of power held by investors, property… Read more‘WHAT MUST BE DONE’ FOR THE PLANET

ANTI-ASIAN PERSECUTION IN CALIFORNIA’S CANNABIS COUNTRY

by Bill Weinberg The government of Antioch, Calif., in June issued a public apology for the anti-Asian pogrom in the Bay Area city in 1876, in which Chinese residents were driven out, their homes put to the torch. It was… Read moreANTI-ASIAN PERSECUTION IN CALIFORNIA’S CANNABIS COUNTRY

THE TRAGEDY OF AHWAZ

Forgotten by History and the World by Rahim Hamid, Dur Untash Studies Centre The protests in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan region have won some international media attention. But coverage has not noted that this region, known to its Arab inhabitants as Ahwaz,… Read moreTHE TRAGEDY OF AHWAZ

AFGHAN WOMEN WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT

by Robyn Huang, The New Humanitarian Before the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan on Aug. 15, some of the country’s loudest voices for peace belonged to women. In southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, for example, seated demonstrations in July drew hundreds… Read moreAFGHAN WOMEN WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST CONFRONTS A DIVIDED BANGLADESH

by Andy Heintz, CounterVortex Shireen Huq has never shied away from taking a stand. Huq, founder of the women’s rights organization Naripokkho (meaning Pro-Women or For Women), has been on the front line of feminist causes in Bangladesh since the group was… Read moreWOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST CONFRONTS A DIVIDED BANGLADESH

MEXICO: WILL CANNABIS DECRIM DE-ESCALATE DRUG WAR?

by Bill Weinberg, Project CBD Two years and counting after Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the country’s Congress to legalize cannabis, the high court justices ran out of patience with the legislative paralysis and issued a new ruling — this one… Read moreMEXICO: WILL CANNABIS DECRIM DE-ESCALATE DRUG WAR?

ROHINGYA FEMINIST SEEKS INTER-ETHNIC UNITY

Razia Sultana Speaks by Andy Heintz, CounterVortex Razia Sultana has seen and heard things that have once again revealed human beings’ disturbing capacity for sadism and cruelty that mere words fail to describe. While much of the world has read… Read moreROHINGYA FEMINIST SEEKS INTER-ETHNIC UNITY

IRAN: A NEW WAVE OF MASS PROTEST

by Frieda Afary, Iranian Progressives in Translation Iran is experiencing another wave of mass protests and strikes as economic, social, political, environmental and health problems make it impossible for the large majority of the population to have the bare minimums… Read moreIRAN: A NEW WAVE OF MASS PROTEST

SRI LANKA’S ANIMAL EMBLEMS

How they Exacerbate Ethnic Tension by Samir Pasha and Naga Kandiah, Jurist Much controversy surrounds the use of the flags associated with the Sri Lankan peoples, mainly because they are loaded with ethnic symbolism in a country recovering from a… Read moreSRI LANKA’S ANIMAL EMBLEMS

BURMA’S GENOCIDE —THE VIEW FROM BANGLADESH

by Andy Heintz, CounterVortex The Burmese military’s murderous repression hasn’t just affected its home country, it has also had consequences for neighboring Bangladesh. It has been four years since Burma’s military, known as the Tatmadaw, launched an assault against the country’s Rohingya Muslim… Read moreBURMA’S GENOCIDE —THE VIEW FROM BANGLADESH

ANARCHY IN BELARUS

Anti-authoritarian Voices in Uprising against the Dictatorship by Bill Weinberg, Fifth Estate The former Soviet republic of Belarus exploded into angry protests last August in the wake of contested presidential elections that resulted in a totally implausible landslide victory for… Read moreANARCHY IN BELARUS

U.S. MILITARIZING BORDERS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

by Kevin Lapp, Jurist The Biden Administration recently came to agreements with Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala to increase their border enforcement. These agreements aim to reduce the number of migrants who are able to make their way to the US-Mexico border… Read moreU.S. MILITARIZING BORDERS IN CENTRAL AMERICA