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The Peoples’ Platform Europe will take place in Vienna from February 14-16, 2025. Under the motto “Reclaim the Initiative”, it aims to…
Alexandria Shaner
Originally from the US, Alexandria has lived most of her life in the Caribbean, as well as in Egypt and Central America. A sailor, writer, organizer, and street medic, she has been involved in community organizing, media, and education for over 20 years. Alexandria is currently a staff member of ZNetwork.org and a writer for Extinction Rebellion. She is also active with Caracol DSA: the Degrowth Ecosocialist Caucus and the Women's Rights and Empowerment Network.
Her work has appeared on ZNet, Common Dreams, Foreign Policy in Focus, CounterPunch, LA Progressive, Waging Nonviolence, Antiwar.com, The African, The Socialist Project, mέtaCPC, DiEM25, PeaceNews, Popular Resistance, Resilience, Grassroots Economic Organizing, Shareable, Dissident Voice, and various other outlets.
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Today I was able to speak to one of the (few) staff members of Z Network. She discussed her background, joining Z…
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The coming years are often referred to as our last chance to get on track to co-existing with our planet — the…
Earth Day 2024, Washington, DC | The red carpet had been rolled out from the high doors and down the polished steps…
Teargas for mega-mines Corporations and their government enablers prefer to keep the ecocidal and ethnocidal reality of extractivism hidden, but activists in…