13 Jun 2013 – One thing is very clear at the moment: Time has come to turn the light on in a darkened America! Edward Snowden leaked details of top-secret American and British government mass surveillance programs to the press. … Continue reading
The film follows the school’s Amnesty Youth Group as they organise a campaign against stoning in Iran. It will be shown across the globe to encourage people to join the human rights’ organisation. Can the Eastlea School Amnesty Youth Group … Continue reading
After the tragic deaths of over 1,200 Bangladeshi garment workers in factory fires and building collapses, U.S. retailers must take responsibility for the conditions at the factories that produce their clothing. The groundbreaking “Accord on Fire and Building Safety in … Continue reading
27 Jun 2013 – A Tunisian court has released three European feminist activists who staged a topless protest in Tunis last month against the government. Wednesday’s release of the three women, who are members of women’s rights group Femen, comes ahead … Continue reading
24 Jun 2013 – Until today, the network of pages of FEMEN has been one of the biggest women’s community on Facebook and was the main source of news about the activities of the movement. The formal reason for the … Continue reading
Now it´s up to you to film a revolution: In this video you will learn how to use a camera to defend yourself against the abuse of authority. Watch the video on Occupy The Movie
In a few weeks, on July 4th we call on all individuals to blockade, disrupt and disobey the architecture of repression in their own cities. We act against the surveillance state because we know that politicians, corporations and the ruling … Continue reading
18 Jun 2013 – Owing to police violence, government corruption, rising public transport costs and the expense of the 2014 World Cup, massive protests spread in Brazil. More than 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities this Monday to … Continue reading
Gestern nach dem Abenruf des Muezzins wird der Park von der Polizei brutalst gestürmt. So viele friedliche unbewaffnete Menschen sind im Park, viele Kinder darunter. Ich bin bei einer Freundin als es los geht, wir hatten nicht damit gerechnet. Von … Continue reading
Tausende Menschen wurden über Stunden von der Polizei festgehalten, nachdem sie sich zum Protestmarsch durch Frankfurts Bankenviertel trafen. Die Organisatoren der Demo sprechen von einer “vorbereiteten Falle”, die Polizei verteidigt das Vorgehen. Nun muss sich die Polizeiführung wegen des Einsatzes … Continue reading
Wolfgang Burggraf ist nun den dritten Samstag in Folge nach Frankfurt gekommen. Er berichtet von der neuen Ausstellung “Ohnmacht als Situation. Democracia, Revolutie & Polizey” im Frankfurter Kunstverein. Über die Geschichte der modernen Polizei und den ersten Tweeds von der … Continue reading
(Original version in German) 12 Jun 2013 And they’re back… Today at 7:30, the police came back, with a single goal: provocation. The media, which for 14 days has refrained from reporting what is actually happening in the park and … Continue reading
(Original version in German) 13 Jun 2013 Dear friends, Erdogan returned from his trip last night. We sat at the edge of our seats, anxiously watching his speech on the computer, which was of course broadcast on every channel. Unfortunately, I … Continue reading
12 Jun 2013 – Excluded from participating in Friday’s presidential elections, and with their leaders under house arrest, supporters of Iran’s reformist Green Movement might be forgiven for boycotting the elections. Hassan Rowhani is fast becoming the candidate the movement … Continue reading
12 Jun 2013 – Three FEMEN activists Josephine, Pauline and Marguerite were sentenced to four months in prison for staging a topless protest on May 29 outside the main courthouse in Tunis in support of Amina Sboui, a Tunisian FEMEN … Continue reading
(English translation) 12 Jun 2013 Und sie sind wieder da… Heute gegen 7.30 kommt die Polizei zurück, mit einem einzigen Ziel: Provokation. Medien die seit 14 Tagen nicht berichtet haben, was sich hier im Park und am Taksim-Platz tatsächlich ereignet, … Continue reading
11 Jun 2013 – TAZ.de – Mit einer ganz besonderen Waffe rüsten sich die Demonstranten in Istanbul gegen die brutale Gewalt der Polizei, Pfeffersprays und Wasserwerfern: Humor! Sprüche wie: „Der Wasserwerfer und ich sind seit zehn Tagen zusammen, das wird … Continue reading
Civilians are among dozens of people who have been tortured, killed and disappeared, including while in detention, since the launch of the French army’s intervention in the country five months ago, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today. … Continue reading
Wolfgang Burggraf erreicht – wie vor einer Woche – die Rückseite des Schauspielhauses. Für ihn ist es ganz anders, als freier Bürger an diese Stelle wiederzukehren. Als Wolfgang nach einer beeindruckenden Kundgebung für Grundrechte und Grundgesetz links um das Schauspielhausbiegt … Continue reading
People are wondering, if Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have the patience to wait for the possibility of the anti-government uprising that has swept Istanbul’s Taksim Square running out of steam. Turkey’s Islamic-rooted, conservative government responded on Sunday … Continue reading
(English translation) Ihr Lieben, Gestern Nacht ist Erdogan von seiner Reise zurückgekehrt. Wir saßen gespannt vor dem Rechner um seine Rede, die natürlich auf sämtlichen Sendern übertragen wurde mitzuverfolgen. Viel verstanden habe ich leider nicht und Gizem musste immer wieder … Continue reading
(Original version in German) Gezi Park has become a well of resistance. Even on work days, crowds of people flock here. Everything else has been relegated to second place: work, university, travel plans. One of my department’s seminars was relocated … Continue reading
Mobile internet users in Turkey are routing around suspected censorship by its government by downloading software that encrypts their connections to the outside world … More than 120,000 people inside Turkey have downloaded Hotspot Shield, a free mobile app that … Continue reading
Gemeinsam mit anderen Demonstranten ist sich Wolfgang Burggraf einig, gegen Festnahmen keinen Widerstand entgegenzusetzen. Dennoch wird er in den Polizeigriff genommen und von zwei gepanzerten Polizisten abgeführt. Sein Personalausweis wird kopiert, er wird mit einer Videokammera gefilmt und anschließend wird … Continue reading
Ceyda Sungur was among a small group of people who made their way to the park to defend it from the diggers that had moved in to flatten it. When Sungur arrived she found a line of riot police. One … Continue reading
›What can we learn from the beating heart of Gezi Park?‹ Look around! This is what democracy looks like. The future is being built as we speak. What will it be? Singularity, or Nightfall? A sane sustainable future or a … Continue reading
(English translation) Der Gezi-Park ist wie eine Quelle des Widerstandes. Auch an den Werktagen strömen so viele Menschen hier her. Alles andere ist gerade unwichtig: Arbeit, Uni, Reisepläne. Ein Seminar meines Instituts wird in den Park verlegt, Hausarbeiten und Klausuren … Continue reading
Justin Wedes is an educator and activist living in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. He was one of the original organizers of Occupy Wall Street, as well as one of the first to be arrested in Zuccotti Park. Now, he took some time … Continue reading
In 2009, Zahra and her family, along with millions of Iranians, took the streets to demand fair and free elections. Her son, Mehdi, disappeared and was later found dead. Zahra is running for the presidency of Iran so that future … Continue reading
People in Spain realize that the ›Spanish Rescue Package‹ will not help the average person, but only will save European banks. Against unemployment, poverty and racism, they fight for social peace and a United Europe for all people! This is … Continue reading
