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The Dunblane massacre took place in 1996, when a gunman killed sixteen students and one teacher before killing himself.
by MitkoIt remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history. Afterward, the government passes very restrictive gun laws. There have been no school shootings in the UK since. http://www.independent.co.uk/…/dunblane-massacre-headteache… [Photo credit: …
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I believe we need to accomplish both, without having to exclude indigenous people from their land. Our next support for SURVIVAL INTL will go to SURVIVAL BRASIL to ensure that …
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العقل السليم في الجسم السليم a sound mind in a sound body [Photo courtesy of Iara Lee.]
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Let’s take the positive energy from yesterday’s celebration, and translate that into united advocacy!! Women of the world unite! [Photo credit: Samantha Sophia, Unsplash.com.]
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Today we will be celebrating International Women’s Day by partnering with the Caribbean Fashion and Arts Feature Festival’s for the CFAFF Arts Impact Initiative to End Violence, with a focus …
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“Dramatically carved into the landscape of a Sumatran oil palm plantation that borders one of the world’s most unique rainforests are three ominous letters: SOS. “The message stretches half a …
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What will we say when hundreds of millions of climate refugees show up at the border during a global food crisis, demanding to be let in?
by Mitko“They found that, under all the same assumptions, 12.5 percent of the global population would be forced to migrate at least 1,000 kilometers, and up to a third of the …
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We brought the excitement of BURKINA FASO to NYC and just received the BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD last night at Winter Film Awards. Cheers to resistance, resilience, revolution! My interview for …
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Association JUMP (Jeunesse Unie pour un Mouvement Positif) is a collective in Burkina Faso that is using artistic creation to increase awareness in areas such as education, respect for the …
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Upon turning 18, Mohammad Kalhor was sentenced to death, despite a medical examiner’s report stating that he was not mentally mature when he allegedly committed murder at age 15. “According …
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Honored to have supported the SOMALILAND marathon where girls got to run too, despite parents’ reluctance, due to fear that women runners could have their uterus fall off.
by MitkoLuckily, no such thing happened. . I had similar obstacles when promoting cycling for girls in PAKISTAN. Parents would not allow their daughters to come, with fear they would lose …
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…when i was sick with malaria but still trying to play my role of ambassador to BURKINA FASO!
by MitkoDragged my ill body to the studio and poured my heart to discuss the power of the people when united for change! And btw, viva Black History Month!!! Interview for …
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Feeling helpless in the face of Syria’s humanitarian crisis? Take action with our ally Molham Volunteering Team!
by MitkoThe Molham Volunteering Team is an all-volunteer relief organization helping Syrian refugees by providing a list of urgent cases and ways that you can help. One of their latest was …
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Apartheid was legal. Slavery was legal. Colonialism was legal. Legality is a matter of power, not justice! [Photo credit: Zulmaury Saavedra, Unsplash.com.]
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Animals are the main victims of history, and the treatment of domesticated animals in industrial farms is perhaps the worst crime in history.
by MitkoThe march of human progress is strewn with dead animals. Even tens of thousands of years ago, our stone-age ancestors were already responsible for a series of ecological disasters. When the …
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The Diamond Child School of Arts and Culture is an educational center in Freetown, Sierra Leone, that works with the area’s most vulnerable youth. Our foundation, the Cultures of Resistance Network, …
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The fantasy is that we can somehow transcend our horrible condition of being human through these shining black boxes. — Jaron Lanier
by MitkoTomorrow London screens part three of the retrospective at the Deptford Cinema!! Feature documentary Synthetic Pleasures was produced in 1995, but the exploration of how reality, technology, and culture intermix …
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Just hours ago, at 9:10 pm in Idleb, the hospital run by our allies at Syria Relief and Development (SRD) in Hass, Idleb was completely destroyed by 5 aerial bombs. …
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Due to the film we made about the MOROCCAN occupation of WESTERN SAHARA, most likely I will be deported, banned if I try to enter MOROCCO, but luckily we have …