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Mother City: a tough, passionate film about the battle for affordable housing in CapeTown
Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk, University of Cape Town
The filmmakers followed the Reclaim the City campaign for six years to document their struggle for accommodation in Cape Town’s elite ‘city bowl’.
Calls for divestment from apartheid South Africa gave today’s pro-Palestinian student activists a blueprint tofollow
Amanda Joyce Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara
In the 1980s, university administrators called the police on anti-apartheid protesters, threatened to revoke their scholarships and ordered staff to demolish encampments.
For many American Jews protesting for Palestinians, activism is a journey rooted in their Jewishvalues
Atalia Omer, University of Notre Dame
Jewish activists have been central to protests against how Israel is conducting the war with Hamas, and not just on campuses – the movement goes back decades.
What is it about Gaza? Wars are raging around the world, so why are young people so passionate about thisone?
Erin O'Brien, Griffith University
The situation in Gaza undoubtedly requires urgent international attention and a peaceful resolution. Yet it is not the only armed conflict or humanitarian crisis in the world.
How a digital archive is preserving Canada’s history of LGBTQ+activism
Pascale Dangoisse, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Constance Crompton, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Michelle Schwartz, Toronto Metropolitan University
The Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada project uses a new online database to record the events, places, people, organizations and publications that have formed Canada’s LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Three reasons to support environmental defenders
Emily Barritt, King's College London
Protestors’ actions are intentionally borderline but environmental defenders insist their actions are nothing compared to the risks that political inaction pose. Our expert explains.
How self-compassion can help activists deal withstress
Sophie Olivia Hanson, University of Manitoba
Activists can face a lot of stress and even burnout campaigning for the causes they care about. Showing themselves self-compassion can help them deal with that stress.
Taxes are due even if you object to government policies or doubt the validity of the 16th Amendment’s ratification
Michele Frank, Miami University
Some people refuse to file tax returns or pay all of their income tax due to moral or ethical concerns. The IRS warns that they, like more selfish tax scofflaws, may face penalties.
Climate activists aren’t just young people – dispelling 3 big myths for EarthDay
Dana R. Fisher, American University
Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.
Israeli peace activists are more anguished than ever − in a movement that has always been diverse and divided, with differing visions of‘peace’
Atalia Omer, University of Notre Dame
Secular Jewish groups have historically made up the majority of solidarity and peace groups. But Palestinian citizens and observant Jews are also key.
Climate comedy works − here’s why, and how it can help lighten up a politically heavy year in2024
Maxwell Boykoff, University of Colorado Boulder and Beth Osnes, University of Colorado Boulder
Jokes can be a healing contagion as they expose hypocrisy, spark laughter and open minds.
Navalny dies in prison − but his blueprint for anti-Putin activism will liveon
Regina Smyth, Indiana University
Alexei Navalny, a persistent thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died on Feb. 16, 2024, in prison, authorities said.
From throwing soup to suing governments, there’s strategy to climate activism’s seeming chaos − here’s where it’s headednext
Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
Three trailblazing women in media who’ve been forgotten – untilnow
Elena D. Hristova, Bangor University and Aimee-Marie Dorsten
Mae D Huettig, Romana Javitz and Shirley Graham DuBois were instrumental in their respective media fields but very few of us will be aware of their individual contributions.
Mr Bates vs The Post Office is perfect social realism: it speaks directly to thepublic
Lewis Kellett, Sheffield Hallam University
Like the exemplars of social realist cinema, Mr Bates vs The Post Office follows stories of individual plight facing a social problem filmed in a naturalistic manner.
Long after Indigenous activists flee Russia, they continue to face government pressure to remainsilent
Laura A. Henry, Bowdoin College
More than six years after Pavel Sulyandziga, an Indigenous activist from Russia, left the country to seek political asylum in the US, he continues to face harassment by the Russian government.
At a time when journalism needs to be at its strongest, an open letter on the Israel/Hamas war has left the profession diminished
Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne
Hundreds of Australian journalists signed an open letter to news organisations calling for better coverage of the war. It calls their impartiality into question.
Black Friday: parody adverts target unbridled consumerism with an environmental message
Eleftheria Lekakis, University of Sussex
Spoof advertising, rooted in environmental concerns, use humour and poetry to grab attention.
Queer archives preserve activist history and provide strategies to counterhate
Amber Dean, McMaster University
Anyone concerned about 2SLGBTQ+ struggles today can learn from the history of resistance and activism preserved in these archives.
Should businesses consult shareholders before taking a stand on socialissues?
Amanda Spry, RMIT University
Shareholders accused companies that campaigned during this year’s Voice referendum of wasting time and energy that could be better used increasing their returns.
