A year ago this month, Bangladesh witnessed its largest student protest movement in history. After the government responded with violent suppression that left hundreds dead and countless more wounded, the protests surged into a mass anti-government, pro-democracy campaign. Students and ordinary citizens from different sectors in society stood together against a repressive regime, and on
Young people are the future keepers of memory in communities whose voices are never heard, who have experienced war and displacement. They can reclaim erased histories through education, activism, and storytelling, and in doing so, empower our communities and create a more just future.
A Thai activist offers advice and reflection on his years of standing up to injustice. As a student activist from Thailand, I have spent the past decade involved in movements for educational reform, democracy, and anti-gentrification. I am also Thailand’s first conscientious objector to military service, and I am currently facing up to three years
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The women without whom Bangladesh’s July uprising could not have succeeded — the ones who organized, led, fed, treated, and fought — have been cast out of the new political order.
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In a world saturated with digital media and competing historical narratives, My Child Lebensborn shows that empathy is a form of knowledge, while care, despite being noble, is often exhausting.
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Notes on Hope in the Political [World] and toward Black Refusal.
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A new administration has taken power in the United States. They are challenging every freedom that the US stood for. We are more divided than ever before. The American people truly cannot fathom what the “other” is thinking.
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Cambodian activist Samady Ou shares how social media and grassroots organizing can offer a solution to crackdowns on free speech in Cambodia while also connecting voices across international borders.
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In many ways, Tibet is a case study in just how far authoritarian power can reach. But the Tibetan Freedom Movement is a case study in just how far resistance will go.
A genuine solidarity with Palestinians will require us not to compromise their agency.
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