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  • Haitians are rising up!

    by Mitko October 12, 2019
    October 12, 2019

    The great Edwidge Danticat on the growing protests in Haiti: “The young men and women demonstrators, when speaking to both local and foreign journalists, sometimes speak of their desire for …

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  • Help rebuild this school in Mali that was burned down by arsonists over the summer!

    by Mitko October 2, 2019
    October 2, 2019

    Help rebuild this school in Mali that was burned down by arsonists over the summer! In early 2012, Northern Mali underwent a period of civil unrest, resulting in terrorist threats …

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  • The UK Labour Party just voted to recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland!!

    by Mitko September 26, 2019
    September 26, 2019

    The UK Labour Party just voted to recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland!! “‘Labour Party members have said in one voice to the Palestinian people …

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  • URGENT ACTION:

    by Mitko September 11, 2019
    September 11, 2019

    “Don’t all kids love Nutella? Well, probably… except for those who are forced into slavery to make it. Today, more than 2 million children in Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire work …

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  • Our friend, photographer VLAD SOKHIN, was featured on CNN!

    by Mitko September 5, 2019
    September 5, 2019

    One of the photos from Vlad Sokhin Photography’s “Warm Waters” exhibition, which is accompanying our film Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia, was featured on CNN!

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  • #FreeValsero

    by Mitko August 30, 2019
    August 30, 2019

    A prominent Cameroonian hip-hop artist and human rights activist has been imprisoned, alongside 130 other activists, since participating in a nonviolent protest in January!! He is currently facing 8 charges, …

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  • West Papuans are taking to the streets in greater numbers than we’ve seen in years!!

    by Mitko August 27, 2019
    August 27, 2019

    “The groundswell of anger that has fuelled the demonstrators was sparked by an incident in the Javanese city of Surabaya on the weekend, where nationalist groups goaded Papuan students with …

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  • Keep defending indigenous rights in the Amazon with Associação Indígena Pariri – Munduruku, Médio Tapajós!

    by Mitko July 18, 2019
    July 18, 2019

    The Pariri Indigenous Association fights for the physical and cultural survival of seven Munduruku villages of the Middle Tapajós. Its main mission is to defend indigenous rights and to improve …

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  • #IAmTheSudanRevolution

    by Mitko June 11, 2019
    June 11, 2019

    Solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Sudan!! keep strong!! “The bodies of dozens of slain protesters have been pulled from the Nile in Khartoum and taken to an unknown …

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  • Trees need to be spared from the chainsaw, and we need to plant more—lots more

    by Mitko March 22, 2019
    March 22, 2019

    https://www.theguardian.com/…/the-last-great-tree-a-majesti… See how you can get involved with tree-planting initiatives via the Cultures of Resistance Network: https://culturesofresistance.org/tree-planting [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.] 

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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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