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‘Sniper Tourists’

The siege of Sarajevo included allegations of wealthy foreigners paying to harm Bosnians in what has become known as “sniper tourism.”

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International Israeli Occupying Forces Volunteers: Today’s ‘Sniper Tourists’ - PopularResistance.Org

“I think those are bullet holes.” Those were the first words I muttered to my classmate on the bus into Sarajevo, Bosnia, during a brief visit in 2019. We had flown in from Frankfurt, Germany, as part of a study abroad program researching the interactions between the European Union (EU) and the post-Yugoslav and post-Soviet spheres. The program, as we quickly learned, amounted more to a lesson in how the German-dominated EU exploited the people of former communist projects for its own economic gain. Still, in the moment, all we could think of was how beautiful and, at the same time, damaged the city we were entering truly was.

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DoomsdaysCW 4d ago

Not on #ItsGoingDown's list is #PopularResistance! They are definitely on my list!

"With the corporate takeover of federal and state governments, growing state violence and oppression, a widening wealth gap and the climate crisis, more people are becoming politically active in new and creative ways.

A growing culture of resistance is utilizing #NonviolentDirectAction and #CivilDisobedience as primary tactics, and is forming real democratic organizations to empower local communities—as opposed to working within the corrupt government dominated by a two-corporate party system and within an unfair, big finance, #capitalist economy.

PopularResistance.org is a resource and information clearinghouse for this movement of movements. We provide a daily stream of resistance news from the United States and around the world, and a national events calendar."

https://popularresistance.org/news/

#Antifa #Antifascism #Movements #GrassrootsMedia #FarRight #USPol #WorldPol #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #FreeGaza #Disobey #Resistance #ResistanceNews #HumanRights #AntiCapitalist

News - PopularResistance.Org

Ukraine: War And The Challenge Of Human Rights In The US And Beyond March 27, 2022 Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Barbados, Human Rights, Ukraine, Wars and Militarism Images of burnt flesh from napalm bombs, wounded and dead soldiers, scenes of U.S. soldiers burning the simple huts of Vietnamese villages, eventually turned the public […]

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Charlie McHenry Aug 9

This is my worry too. Wake up folks, the proverbial feces has not only hit the fan… it’s covering the country and all of us in it. Mobilization and resistance are mandates. Our best weapons are will and solidarity in this critical moment. #resist #resistance #ResistFascism #USPol #USPolitics #Republicans #fascism #PopularResistance #USA

A.Stringer Mar 19

"In fact, #popularresistance in #Trump’s first term accomplished more than many observers realize; it’s just that most wins happened outside the spotlight. In my view, the most visible tactics – #petitions, hashtags, occasional #marches in Washington – had less impact than the quieter work of #organizing in communities and workplaces.

#activism
#localactivism
#progressivemovements

Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize
https://theconversation.com/social-movements-constrained-trump-in-his-first-term-more-than-people-realize-248843

Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize

Pushback works.

The Conversation

Justice for Willie Simmons Jun 13, 2024

Inmates Challenge Motion To Dismiss In Alabama Forced Labor Federal Lawsuit

> The inmates claim they were coerced into labor through threats and physical restraint, arguing that state officials and employers benefited from this forced labor in violation of the TVPA. They refute arguments that the TVPA does not apply to state actors and maintain their right to bring these claims.

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Justice for Willie Simmons Jun 8, 2024

Doctors Demand Biden End Solitary Confinement In Immigration Prisons

Hundreds of physicians and other health professionals are demanding the Biden administration end the use of solitary confinement in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prisons. The letter comes after reports of multiple suicide attempts by immigrants incarcerated at a privately run ICE facility made national headlines.

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bs2 Mar 18, 2024

> .. neoliberal years.. rural Nicaragua gave birth at home to “as many children as God would give us.” Today..[with] free universal health care, sexual health education and.. free family planning, maternity rates in Nicaragua have.. dropped to 2.38 per woman.. women are choosing to space their babies five or even 10 years apart.
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-wont-go-back-into-our-cages-celebrating-womens-day-in-nicaragua/
#Nicaragua #SandinistaPolicies #RuralWomen #RuralNicaragua #Znetwork #BeccaRenk #PopularResistance

We Won’t Go Back Into Our Cages: Celebrating Women’s Day in Nicaragua

“We have painful stories, stories of marginalization, a history of being trampled because we are women and even more because we are rural peasant

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The Public Source Dec 14, 2023

As #Israel's war on #Lebanon intensifies, The Public Source returns to 2006 to tell the story of Samidoun.

We retrace how a movement of civil resistance, rooted in self-organized solidarity, blunted the edge of Israel’s offensive and contributed to its defeat.

Reporting by Simon Assaf
Edited by Sintia Issa
Photo by Marwan Tahtah

https://thepublicsource.org/samidoun-civil-resistance-lebanon-2006-war
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Samidoun: Lessons From the Civil Resistance to the 2006 War

As the war on Lebanon intensifies, Simon Assaf returns to 2006 to tell the story of Samidoun: how a movement of civil resistance, rooted in a long tradition of self-organized solidarity during wars and crises, blunted the edge of Israel’s offensive and contributed to its defeat.

The Public Source