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As hundreds of thousands of people were dying at the peak of the opiod crisis, the US’s drug distributors were spending over $102 million lobbying Congress to create a more…

To get involved in campaigns supporting the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination, visit SAUSA – Sahrawi Association in the USA, an organization started by Sahrawis living in the United States: https://sahrawiusa.com/…

Meaning women can finally drive, vote, and now movies in public spaces are no longer illegal. and I so much want to show our resistance films there. any brilliant idea…

Unusual wave patterns created by ‘cross-sea.’ While they are indeed stunning to take a look at, the cross-sea is incredibly dangerous to be in, as the riptide is stronger than…

I am cheering for all my mountain friends who are hands-on enviro activists, working to save the nature of BULGARIA: #SavePirin #спасипирин Learn more http://www.independent.co.uk/…/bulgaria-pirin-national-park… [Photo credit: Maria Teneva, Unsplash.com.]  

Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991, but the world has largely failed to recognize Somaliland as its own state. In 1960, the northern region of British Somaliland joined with…

Launched in the UK in 2004 by exiled West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda, the campaign fights for the self-determination of the West Papuan people. West Papua, together with Papua…

Shahidul Alam’s arrest on 5 August 2018 shines a light on the dangerous escalation of the government’s crackdown on dissenting voices! https://www.amnesty.org/…/bangladesh-release-photographer-…/ [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

Our friends at Freemuse are campaigning to free Ferhat Tunç, who has been the target of numerous government investigations because of his music. Despite a February 2015 ruling by the…

Ramón Esono Ebalé, an illustrator and comics author from Equatorial Guinea, has been held in detention without charge since September 16. Our friends at Freemuse, Amnesty International, and Human Rights…