Social Movements

Farmers begin 75-hour stir in Lakhimpur Kheri seeking sacking of Union Minister Ajai Mishra Teni The New Indian Express09:01Lakhimpur Kheri Farmer Protests India

US says it is 'studying' the case of a Saudi student sentenced to 34 years in prison for… Business Insider06:58Protest Issues Saudi Arabia Middle East

Pro-Trump FBI protest in DC cancelled after conspiracy it was a ‘trap’ The Independent08:29FBI Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago

Armed Trump supporters protest outside FBI office in Phoenix The Independent10:41FBI Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago

Extinction Rebellion vandals fill golf course holes with cement in sprinkler protest Daily Star12:32Extinction Rebellion Climate Crisis Global Warming & Climate Change

French activists fill holes with cement in protest at watering exemptions EU Reporter06:06Extinction Rebellion Climate Crisis Global Warming & Climate Change

After PMO intervention, UGC to disburse national fellowships for disabled till September 30 The Hindu11:43India

Alternative mechanism to transfer scholars’ grants soon Deccan Herald20:03India

'I thought the police would immediately begin an investigation': #MeToo plaintiff Radio Free Asia10:59#MeToo China Beijing

Chinese court rejects plaintiff’s appeal in landmark sexual harassment case against TV host Deadline Hollywood12:21#MeToo China Beijing

Iranian women protest arrest, alleged forced confession over hijab offense Radio Free Europe11:53Iran Protests Protest Issues Iran

Video of Iranian activists protesting woman's arrest over hijab goes viral Radio Free Europe10:26Iran Protests Protest Issues Iran

Vietnam courts reject appeals by two prominent activists Radio Free Asia01:53Vietnam Asia Protest Issues

Vietnam rejects activist's appeal against jailing for 'anti-state' videos Reuters08:07Vietnam Asia Protest Issues

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Activists Arrested While Protesting 'Dirty Pipeline Deal' Outside Schumer's Office Common Dreams17:55 19-Aug-22

Justice for Sexual Assault Survivors: New Law Offers Healing WebMD17:53 19-Aug-22

Nigeria Activists Concerned as Secular Court Upholds Islamic Court Trial for Blasphemy Voice of America17:35 19-Aug-22

IllumiNative is helping to reclaim Indigenous narrative at Santa Fe Indian Market KUNM17:34 19-Aug-22

Protesters in Argentina Demand Relief from Poverty and High Inflation Havana Times17:12 19-Aug-22

Black activists say Florida's new election laws and map weaken Black voting power NPR17:11 19-Aug-22

Yesterday

NY Governor Was Mum on Pro-Abortion Firebombing. Now She’s Calling Pro-Life Activists… The Washington Free Beacon16:48 19-Aug-22

How Should We Tell The African Story? – A Conversation with Fisayo Soyombo BellaNaija15:59 19-Aug-22

Starbucks Is Court-Ordered To Rehire Activists It Previously Fired NowThis15:52 19-Aug-22

Farmers meet ‘brothers’ in jail, eye Delhi rerun The Telegraph, Calcutta15:51 19-Aug-22

Statements on the retirement of Senator Ronald Rice New Jersey Globe15:47 19-Aug-22

‘Recalibrating activism’: Defiant resilience under Taliban rule Christian Science Monitor15:27 19-Aug-22

University of Maryland seeks ‘anti-racist’ activists for tutoring job The College Fix15:24 19-Aug-22

Religious Institutions and Social Change Pakistan Today15:12 19-Aug-22

Loophole in Police Oath Fosters ‘Woke Policing’: Former Officers The Epoch Times15:10 19-Aug-22

Seattle activists protest Inflation Reduction Act at Sen. Murray's office KUOW Public Radio14:08 19-Aug-22

Sanders: “It Is Absolutely Imperative” for Progressives to Not Back Down Truthout13:41 19-Aug-22

Sen. Ron Rice, N.J.’s longest-serving Black lawmaker, to retire after 35 years NJ.com - The Jersey Journal13:23 19-Aug-22

Five Guinean journalists attacked by demonstrators while covering protests Committee to Protect Journalists12:36 19-Aug-22

Activists, experts train and advise parents on engaging with their kids' education Fox News12:33 19-Aug-22

Nine Cambodian journalists and activists arrested for environmental reporting Reporters Without Borders12:24 19-Aug-22

Iranian Activists Say Khadirzadeh Health Worsening Since Attempt On Life Radio Free Europe11:46 19-Aug-22

New film shares the stories of Black and brown students CBS 46, Georgia11:36 19-Aug-22

Progressive writer admits real reason for anti-gun lawsuits Bearing Arms (Weblog)11:36 19-Aug-22

A Case That Pits Gun Rights Activism Against Federalism Reason11:06 19-Aug-22

Yahaya Bello receives Kogi #EndSARS panel report PM News, Nigeria11:04 19-Aug-22

Palestinians condemn US environmentalists' tours to Israel The New Arab10:47 19-Aug-22

'Just Stop Oil' activists remanded in custody after storming track at F1 Grand Prix at… Mail Online10:31 19-Aug-22

Myanmar’s Executions Have Turned the Country’s Struggle Into a Zero-Sum Game The Diplomat09:37 19-Aug-22

More tear gas in Colombo as Sri Lanka detains 20 activists Tamil Guardian09:11 19-Aug-22

AIA Chicago announces finalists for the Roberta Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award Archinect09:08 19-Aug-22

Kogi #EndSARS panel submits report to Yahaya Bello Peoples Gazette09:06 19-Aug-22

A "Dangerous Paradox" in Human Services Psychology Today08:23 19-Aug-22

Outrage over militant protest exposes timidity of the SNP Socialist Worker08:08 19-Aug-22

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—August 19 National Review Online08:07 19-Aug-22

IUPUI students plan rally to protest state's new abortion law WRTV, Indiana07:57 19-Aug-22

Saudi Arabia: Release activist jailed for 34yrs for tweets: Salma al-Shehab Amnesty International (Press Release)07:37 19-Aug-22

Biden's Visit 'Emboldened' Saudi Arabia to Crack Down on Dissent—Activists Newsweek07:21 19-Aug-22

History education shouldn't just focus on past evils Washington Examiner07:10 19-Aug-22

‘I Am Scared’: LGBTIQ and Abortion Activists Respond to Kenya’s Elections Byline Times06:40 19-Aug-22

Kazakh Activist Released After Serving 16 Years In Prison Over Protest Case Radio Free Europe06:24 19-Aug-22

Myanmar’s shadow government deserves more help The Economist06:21 19-Aug-22

CCC Demands Immediate Release Of Jailed Activists The Zimbabwean05:30 19-Aug-22

Cutting down trees to build homes in Derry ‘ecocide’, claim activists Belfast Telegraph05:04 19-Aug-22

Fuel price hikes, scarce rice add to hardship in Myanmar Digital Journal03:47 19-Aug-22

UC Santa Cruz grad student targeted for trans activism Inside Higher Ed03:12 19-Aug-22

How a grassroots group is reimagining community activism in east London Big Issue02:48 19-Aug-22

It’s not always the perpetrator who pays for sexual harassment at work — research The Irish Times02:35 19-Aug-22

EndSARS: Nigerian Youths Do Not Begin, End In Lagos – ... Olori Supergal02:22 19-Aug-22

Boomers and Zoomers CounterPunch01:35 19-Aug-22

Cutting down trees to build homes ‘ecocide’, claim activists Belfast Telegraph01:30 19-Aug-22

World Humanitarian Day: Women fighting for social justice Care International (Press Release)01:09 19-Aug-22

Stranded Tourists Protest at Chinese Resort Island NTD News00:23 19-Aug-22

Sri Lankan government unleashes brutal police attack on student demonstration World Socialist Web Site00:22 19-Aug-22

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Reports of NYC’s Demise are Greatly Exaggerated Dissident Voice23:34 18-Aug-22

Alternative mechanism to transfer scholars’ grants soon Deccan Herald20:03 18-Aug-22

Social justice has become ‘new religion,’ making politics feel ‘like we are in hell already:’… Fox News19:46 18-Aug-22

Second Niger Bridge ready before Christmas [Photos] PM News, Nigeria19:25 18-Aug-22

Linking social and democratic struggles in Israel - interview with Uri Weltmann Workers' Liberty18:39 18-Aug-22

Sexual Abuse and the Shadows of the Fall University of Notre Dame18:37 18-Aug-22

Fact-Checking a Clinical Activist National Review Online18:04 18-Aug-22

Earth Matters: CA sets huge offshore wind goal; heat waves hit Black, Latino communities harder Daily Kos (Weblog)17:47 18-Aug-22

Boston BLM activist Monica Cannon-Grant asks court to allow her to apply for unemployment… Mail Online17:32 18-Aug-22

Starbucks illegally fired Memphis union activists, judge says Daily Kos (Weblog)17:17 18-Aug-22

‘It’s a dangerous time for African Americans.’ Florida activists talk to UN panel Stripes16:34 18-Aug-22

Kamchatka Activist Calls on World Leaders Not to Legitimize Putin by Talking with Him or Aiding … Window on Eurasia (Weblog)15:51 18-Aug-22

University of Maryland Wants ‘Anti-Racist’ Activists to Work as Writing Consultants for Students, Faculty The Epoch Times14:59 18-Aug-22

The She-Hulk Episode 1 Scene That Was Really Special To Tatiana Maslany Looper14:56 18-Aug-22

Ahead of assembly polls, unspent Rs 950 cr alocated for SC welfare schemes The Economic Times14:48 18-Aug-22

Group to empower school children with learning materials Blueprint Newspapers14:33 18-Aug-22

The Periphery Strikes Back: The 2020 Khabarovsk Protests and Its Impact on Protest Movements and Regionalism in Russia NYU Jordan Center14:27 18-Aug-22

WWII hero and brave gay rights activist Rupert 'Twink' Starr turns 100 New York Post14:24 18-Aug-22

Nearly 30 activists plead guilty to 'subversion' in Hong Kong security case Radio Free Asia14:19 18-Aug-22

Crackdown Continues: Hong Kong Activist Denied Jury Trial The National Interest14:11 18-Aug-22

Data and online privacy under attack in Southern Africa: Showcasing the will and commitment of those fighting Association for Progressive Communications14:03 18-Aug-22

Starbucks Must Offer to Rehire Fired Activists, Judge Rules Bloomberg14:02 18-Aug-22

Banks can't always remain silent on important issues American Banker13:59 18-Aug-22

California mental health care workers launch indefinite strike to protest ‘patient assembly line’ Waging Nonviolence13:46 18-Aug-22

BLM activist leader of shuttered Boston charity requests unemployment benefits amid federal… Fox News13:34 18-Aug-22

Jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah escalates hunger strike in Egypt, family seeks help Reuters13:22 18-Aug-22

Who's above the law? How about Hunter Biden, Hillary Clinton and BLM rioters, for starters The Washington Times13:20 18-Aug-22

Peter Obi: The underdog and Nigeria’s elections Blueprint Newspapers13:13 18-Aug-22

Mailchimp is still silencing activists in Russia Access Now13:01 18-Aug-22

Low garlic prices leave bitter taste in farmers' mouths Deccan Herald12:56 18-Aug-22

Canadian immigration: We sponsor spouses — why not friends? The Conversation (Canada)12:30 18-Aug-22

Activists expect new wave of arrests in Saudi The New Arab12:12 18-Aug-22

Activists except new wave of arrests in Saudi The New Arab12:05 18-Aug-22

Qatar detains workers who held rare protest over unpaid salaries Middle East Eye11:53 18-Aug-22

Bella Hadid says she lost jobs over Palestinian activism The New Arab11:42 18-Aug-22

Lakhimpur Kheri protest: AAP accuses Modi Govt of delaying justice to farmers The Statesman11:36 18-Aug-22

State Dept. ‘Studying’ Case Of Saudi Activist Jailed For 34 Years NBC News - YouTube10:56 18-Aug-22

'Incongruities In Morality': Biden's Climate Activist Allies Aren't Happy With Massive Spending … The Daily Caller10:54 18-Aug-22

Pro-Choice Activist: Sometimes a woman has to kill her baby National Right to Life News10:48 18-Aug-22

Indian women protest against release of gang rapists of pregnant Muslim woman Morning Star10:41 18-Aug-22

Farmers begin three-day protest in Lakhimpur, want MoS Ajay Mishra sacked The New Indian Express10:22 18-Aug-22

Regional Overview: United States and Canada 6-12 August 2022 ACLED10:17 18-Aug-22

The creative ways Chinese activists protest pollution The Economist10:09 18-Aug-22

Exclusive: Republicans Demand Answers About Activists Appointed To Department Of Education… The Daily Caller10:03 18-Aug-22

Myanmar’s government-in-exile deserves more help The Economist10:00 18-Aug-22

Jeff Baena Wanted ‘Spin Me Round’ to Be Giallo Version of ‘Under the Tuscan Sun’ with #MeToo Twist IndieWire09:31 18-Aug-22

Farmers declare a three-day protest against the govt in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP NewsX09:20 18-Aug-22

Why The North Should Vote For Asiwaju Bola Tinubu As Nigeria’s Next President Leadership, Nigeria09:12 18-Aug-22

MILCK Created Her Powerful New Anthem 'We Won't Go Back' Using a Pro-Choice Protest Chant People09:02 18-Aug-22

Farmers begin 75-hour stir in Lakhimpur Kheri seeking sacking of Union Minister Ajai Mishra Teni The New Indian Express09:01 18-Aug-22

Freedom Rides bring reproductive rights activists to Chicago WBEZ Chicago08:26 18-Aug-22

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—August 18 National Review Online08:14 18-Aug-22

A media activist from Daraa died due to torture in a Syrian regime detention center, August 16 Syrian Network for Human Rights08:03 18-Aug-22

Russian anti-war protesters in Cyprus defiant after 'memorial collage' threat Reuters07:57 18-Aug-22

When racist assumptions replace scrupulous investigation Morning Star07:48 18-Aug-22

Extinction Rebellion to hold action over Greenwashing this week The Falmouth Packet07:44 18-Aug-22

Disadvantaged most at risk as energy stress rises SBS07:43 18-Aug-22

How Social Justice Became a New Religion The Atlantic07:21 18-Aug-22

Ben & Jerry’s joins forces with tony’s chocolonely to make chocolate 100% slave free Fairtrade Foundation (Press Release)07:11 18-Aug-22

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