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August 2018

  • #FreeSentsov!!

    by Mitko August 23, 2018
    August 23, 2018

    Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov has been on a hunger strike in a Russian jail for more than three months. He was found guilty of forming a terrorist group and planning …

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  • Youth Creative Resistance

    by Mitko August 22, 2018
    August 22, 2018

    Every summer, French-born designer, art director, and photographer Pierre-Christophe Gam visited a new African country with his Cameroonian father and Egyptian-Chadian mother, and this multicultural heritage and upbringing shaped his …

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  • Mongolia’s shamanic rituals – in pictures!

    by Mitko August 21, 2018
    August 21, 2018

    Banned for 70 years under communist rule, the ancient practice of shamanism has been protected by Mongolia’s constitution since 1992 https://www.theguardian.com/…/mongolias-shamanic-rituals-in… [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

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  • “Our ancestors taught us only one thing: Love and respect the forest and it will take care of you. Here we don’t need money to eat and to live. This forest is our breath and our life.”

    by Mitko August 20, 2018
    August 20, 2018

    Check out this photo essay about how the indigenous Chenchu are being threatened with illegal eviction from their ancestral homelands: https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/…/if-a-tiger-kills-our…/ Take a stand for indigenous rights with our foundation, the …

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  • Almost three years later, the victims of the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history are still waiting for justice!

    by Mitko August 17, 2018
    August 17, 2018

    On November 5, 2015, a dam in Brazil’s Rio Doce basin collapsed, killing 19 people and harming indigenous communities and their land. Neither the government nor the involved mining companies …

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  • Delighted to bring BURKINABÈ RISING to UKRAINE/KIEV.

    by Mitko August 16, 2018
    August 16, 2018

    UKRAINE: I love doing cross-cultural work: get my SLAVIC friends to learn about AFRICA and get my AFRICAN friends to learn about SLAVIC culture. Come see our film and learn …

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  • Bringing our film Burkinabè Rising:  The art of resistance in Burkina Faso to TUNISIA this week!!

    by Mitko August 16, 2018
    August 16, 2018

    Honored to be a par to the Federation Tunisienne des Cinéastes Amateurs this Friday, 17 August 2018 invite your friends! 🙂 http://ftca.tn/ [Photo courtesy of Cultures of Resistance and FIFAK.]

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  • UKRAINE: I love doing cross-cultural work: get my SLAVIC friends to learn about AFRICA and get my AFRICAN friends to learn about SLAVIC culture.

    by Mitko August 15, 2018
    August 15, 2018

    Delighted to bring BURKINABÈ RISING to UKRAINE/KIEV. Come see our film and learn about the revolutionary spirit of positive change in BURKINA FASO, a landlocked country in WEST AFRICA that …

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  • You Will Want To Recycle Everything After Seeing These Photos!

    by Mitko August 14, 2018
    August 14, 2018

    http://www.thinkinghumanity.com/…/you-will-want-to-recycle-… [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

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  • Do you know about New Caledonia’s fight for self-determination?

    by Mitko August 13, 2018
    August 13, 2018

    The French territory is gearing up for an independence referendum in November! “If a majority of New Caledonia’s 275,000 inhabitants, 45% of whom are indigenous Kanaks who support autonomy, vote …

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Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action!

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Iara LeeIara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! Read more here.

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