Movimiento 15-M: “A strategy for active participation” On 15th of May 2011, only one week before the elections, non-violent demonstrations started to occur in Spain. This movement called “Los Indignados” or “Movimiento 15-M”, criticizes the socio-economic and political decisions made by … Continue reading
John Jackson is a writer, commentator, founder and director of several human rights campaigns. Together with Steve Crawshaw, he wrote “Small Acts of Resistance“, a collection of stories that show how courage, perseverance and ingenuity can change the world. For … Continue reading
This beautiful interview by Global Voices with Afef Abrougui, a Tunisian blogger and activist allows some insight into ongoing developments in Tunisia. The interview has two parts, the first one is the video above recorded in July in Nairobi, Kenya, … Continue reading
The video shows an intervention by Engagement Citoyen: The Return of Ben Ali. On January 14th 2011, they chased former Dictator President Ben Ali out of Tunisia. Since then many had lost interest in politics. After many uneffective attempts to … Continue reading
This beautiful interview by Global Voices with Afef Abrougui, a Tunisian blogger and activist allows some insight into ongoing developments in Tunisia. The interview has two parts, the first one is the video above recorded in July in Nairobi, Kenya, … Continue reading
Flamenco Flash Mob by flo6x8 inside a bank in Sevilla, Spain, to protest against the financial system.
“This is not our budget”—Several thousand people gather in front of the Portuguese parliament to demand the resignation of the government following the announcement of a new budget. The article resumes the summer of crisis in Europe, and the focus … Continue reading
The video by “Ministério da Verdade” (Ministry of Truth) summarizes the siege, which started at 6 p.m. The following article gathers videos, pictures and impressions of that day.
Peru’s Feminist Activist-Artist: María María Acha-Kutscher Women Working for Women. The tribute is about María María Acha-Kutscher who was born in Peru in 1968, and has a triple role as an activist, feminist, and visual artist. https://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/08/23/maria-maria-acha-kutscher-perus-feminist-activist-artist/
Blogger Faisal Kapadia about Citizen Media in Pakistan Matisse Bustos Hawkes´ (Witness) video conversation with Pakistani blogger Faisal Kapadia is about how citizen journalists and others are using video.
This freeze (flash mob) in Rabat 06.03.2011 was organised by the „mouvement 20 février“ in order to make the oppression to marocain people visible.
Ronny Edry of Israel accidentally created an online movement for peace in the Middle East when he posted a Facebook image that declared “Iranians, we will never bomb your country.” In this video he is talking about the project. “Iran … Continue reading
“Iran Loves Israel” turned into the Peace Factory: A non profit, non political organization promoting peace in the middle east by making connection between people, opening new communication line, making people get to know each other, re-humanize people from “the other side”. Iranians, … Continue reading
The Jan Satyagraha 2012 March Campaign is a large non-violent walk that was organized by Ekta Parishad and carried out by millions across the globe in October 2012. In the main action people, representing different rural communities, especially tribal, landless … Continue reading
Nadine Bloch writes about nudity in protest and the different movements that use naked protest as a method of creative non-violent resistance worldwide, such as Femen. The article also focuses on the history of naked protest and was edited by … Continue reading
Monica Hunken and Amin Husain are part of the founders of “Occupy Wall Street” in New York. Monica is working as actress, teacher and playwright. She’s also really popular for her atypical interventions. She worked for the Living Theatre and … Continue reading
