Activism
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Yvette Lundy: French Resistance member who survived Nazi camps dies at 103
Authorities said she died on Sunday in the northern French town of Epernay. BBC News Ms Lundy supplied fake papers…
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Morrison’s boycott plan sparks free-speech furore
Civil liberties groups warned of the “wanton infringement” of individual rights under the plan to stop environmental groups targeting companies…
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Scott Morrison threatens crackdown on protesters who would ‘deny liberty’
Scott Morrison has branded environmental protesters “anarchists” and threatened a radical crackdown on the right to protest in a speech…
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Activists urge tobacco-style curbs on oil and gas lobbying in EU
Activists are calling on the EU to place curbs on lobbying by the oil and gas industry similar to those…
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Indigenous musician and activist Archie Roach gets Victorian Australian of the Year gong
The 63-year-old was on Wednesday named the 2020 Victoria Australian of the Year ahead of AFL champion Neale Daniher, journalist…
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Azerbaijan: Peaceful Rallies Dispersed Violently
(Berlin) – Azerbaijan police violently dispersed two peaceful protests in central Baku on October 19 and 20, 2019, Human Rights…
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New exhibition celebrates Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, the 1980s predecessor to Extinction Rebellion
Greenham Women Everywhere will be touring the UK until December, and will be shown in Goldsmiths London between November 11…
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I’m an Extinction Rebellion protester and I’ll be disrupting your work commute. Here’s why
They will do so under the name of Extinction Rebellion (or XR for short), a new environmental movement. Chloe Adams…
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‘We fear Hong Kong will become just another Chinese city’: an interview with Martin Lee, grandfather of democracy
A practising barrister, former parliamentarian and founding chairperson of the United Democrats, Hong Kong’s first political party, Lee played a…
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Hong Kong’s Political Crisis Deepens After the Worst Day of Violence in Decades
Suited office workers joined young, black-clad activists in marching through the streets of Central district chanting “Fight for freedom! Stand…
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UN urges Australian government to release Tamil family from Christmas Island
The United Nations has urged the Australian government to release a Tamil family-of-four from detention on Christmas Island while they continue…
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Thunberg hits back at critics, addresses Montreal rally
The 16-year-old Swede also told a huge Montreal rally that world leaders had disappointed young people with empty words and…
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We come from different nations and generations, but we’re allies in the climate fight. Here’s why we’re optimistic.
We come from two different generations, backgrounds and cultures — one of us is a young Muslim immigrant from Tehran…
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Morrison responds to Greta Thunberg by warning children against ‘needless’ climate anxiety
Scott Morrison has responded to an impassioned speech by the Swedish teenage climate activistGreta Thunberg at the United Nations by…
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With 15 other children, Greta Thunberg has filed a UN complaint against 5 countries.
Yesterday, climate activist Greta Thunberg joined 15 other children from around the world to submit a complaint – or “communication”…
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Hong Kong’s Summer of Unrest Has Been Drawing Inspiration From Ukraine’s Winter on Fire
They watch footage of riot police advancing towards protestors. Hillary Leung TIME They are gathered — along with people at…
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