Since February 22, Algeria has been rocked by huge and overwhelmingly peaceful protests against the regime of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The epicentre of this movement has been the city of Algiers. There have been large protests every Friday, to which the police have had to take a conciliatory attitude because of their sheer size, despite street protests being illegal in the capital.
Arctic Indigenous Peoples already face increased food insecurity. By 2050, 4 million people, and around 70% of today鈥檚 Arctic infrastructure, will be threatened by thawing permafrost.
Famous British singer Joss Stone performed a concert in the largely-Kurdish region of Rojava in northern Syria after sneaking across the border.
Spain鈥檚 April 28 general election will be 鈥渆xistential鈥 for the Spanish state, according to outgoing Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) foreign minister Josep Borrell 鈥 the scourge of the Catalan sovereignty movement. It will be a 鈥渞eferendum on the secessionist menace鈥, according to People鈥檚 Party (PP) opposition leader Pablo Casado.
Feminists have often felt neglected or patronized by socialists. A good portion of feminist writing and politics in the 1970s and 鈥80s, for example, dealt with women鈥檚 experience of condescension from socialists, some of whom saw feminism as a form of identity politics that distracted from the real issues of economic and class inequality in capitalist societies.
The reaction to the attacks on Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib indicates that many people are increasingly questioning the US consensus on backing Israel.
Following the terrorist attacks on two New Zealand mosques on March 15, vigils and rallies against Islamophobia were organised across the world.
The following speech was given by community advocate to a solidarity rally outside the New Zealand Consulate in Sydney on March 17.
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In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 50 people were killed, some of the comments from those with a public platform have been breathtakingly offensive.
Why is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an broadcasting the video of the Christchurch mosque attack? The reason lies within the deep contradictions shattering Turkish politics and growing popular opposition.
The School Strike 4 Climate features in this week鈥檚 Activist Report along with coverages of the latest protests in Australia.
editor Ian Angus looks at five new books that take on where climate change may lead, the global water crisis, Europe鈥檚 Little Ice Age, the human costs of Haiti鈥檚 unending catastrophes, and why we should be against constructing nature.
