Yemen: Saudi Coalition Claims 'Tactical Withdrawal" After Houthi Forces Retake Key Province
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-27
Saudi forces have called their defeat in the face of the Houthi advance a "tactical withdrawal" amid scathing criticism and sarcasm by activists and media pundits.
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Minneapolis builds solidarity with Iraq's mass movement against U.S. occupation
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
Minneapolis, MN – On January 25, around 150 anti-war activists and members of working class and community groups united to protest the U.S. military in Iraq and threats of war against Iran. Part of a global day of protest, the action came two days after millions of Iraqis overcame political disunity to fill the streets of Baghdad and demand an end to 17 years of U.S. occupation. | The Minneapolis event was held in front of the K-Mart at the busy Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue intersection. Protesters chanted, gave speeches, held banners and brought their message of peace and anti-imperialist solidarity to thousa…
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Tampa says: No war with Iran and U.S. out of the Middle East!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
Tampa, FL – Activists and community members came together January 25 to demand "No war with Iran and U.S. out of the Middle East." The protest took place in downtown Tampa and coincided with hundreds of protests around the United States and the world in an International Day of Action against the Trump administration's war mongering. The event was hosted by ANSWER Suncoast, Tampa Bay SDS and the Tampa Anti-War Committee. | Gareth, a member of Tampa Bay SDS, explained why they attended the protest: "We need to center the people living under these conditions and having to face these horrible atrocities carried out b…
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Blocking Trains and Removing Coal, Climate Activists Fight to Close One of New England's Largest Power Plants
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert, Arnie Alpert | commondreams.org | 2020-01-26
Four #NoCoalNoGas campaign activists block a coal train near Worcester, Massachusetts on Dec. 7. (Twitter/Jay O'Hara) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Southern Peace Activists Help Soldiers Become Conscientious Objectors
Olivia Paschal | commondreams.org | 2020-01-25
The "more I do this work," said Steve Woolford, "the more I would say the people who wind up serving the military aren't just pawns, but a lot of them are victims of warmaking themselves." (Photo: Friends for Peace/cc/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Protesters say no war on Iran
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-25
anti-war Kerry SmithIssue 1251 Australia No war on IranJanuary 25, 2020Activists joined in a global day of action against war in Iran, initiated in the United States by United National Antiwar Coalition. One hundred people took part in Sydney on January 25. | The protest took…
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'We Apologize' for Trump's Reckless Aggression, US Peace Advocates Say in Open Letter to Iranian People
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-24
The letter, from activist group CodePink, comes ahead of peace demonstrations scheduled Saturday in 200 cities around the world. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Animated by Conspiracy Theories, Far-Right Extremists Seize Opportunity to Rally Around Guns in Virginia
splcenter.org | 2020-01-23
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'Abolish the billionaires' say high school climate activists
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-23
Climate Pip HinmanIssue 1250 AustraliaJanuary 23, 2020″It is time to abolish billionaires … because we cannot afford them, the planet cannot afford billionaires," Kenyan climate activist Njoki Njoroge Njehu told 10,000 protesters in Lausanne, Switzerland on January 17. She is right. It is the billionaire class that is blocking moves to make t…
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4 Years Seeking Justice: Daughter of Slain Indigenous Environmental Leader Berta Cáceres Speaks Out
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-17
In Honduras, a new report by the Violence Observatory at the Honduran National Autonomous University says that at least 15 women have been murdered in the first 14 days of this year. Violence against women, LGBTQ people, indigenous leaders and environmental activists has skyrocketed in Honduras under the U.S.-backed government of President Juan Orlando Hernández. The report comes nearly four years after the Honduran indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead inside her home in La Esperanza, Honduras, by hired hitmen. Last month in the capital of Tegucigalpa, seven men were sentenced to up to 50…
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Conspiracy Theories, Threats of Violence Loom Over Coming Gun Rally in Richmond
splcenter.org | 2020-01-16
Gun-rights activists and antigovernment extremists are planning a protest in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday fueled by antigovernment conspiracy theories and accompanied by online calls for violence.
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