Empire and injustice are not abstract concepts ā they shape our daily lives. Awareness alone wonāt change that. We can read the…
Human rights defenders gather at an encampment to demand justice for Honduran land defender Berta CĆ”ceres, who was assassinated in 2016. Photo:…
[This article is part ofĀ ZNetwork.orgās series,Ā Activist Diaries.] How to handle scarcity It’s the end of May, and a storm is brewing. The…
The corner shop near where I live in Puebla, Mexico, keeps its plastic bags hidden under the counter. Cashiers only bring them…
Last Saturday night, I sat by a fountain outside the International Museum of the Baroque here in Puebla, Mexico, reflecting on how…
Thousands of migrants are sleeping on the streets of Mexico, waiting to get an appointment for an interview at the U.S. border,…
The US midterms just took place, and the whole world knows about it. But how many people in the US are aware…
Our worldhome is critically ill and on fire, but the politicians and economically powerful are fluffing about with rockets, gleefully banning abortion,…
Mega corporations are making around 494 times what they spend by bottling water in Mexico and selling it back to locals who have no choice but to buy it
At 1:20 am, under the cover of darkness, the security forces arrived, blocked the road in front of the factory, entered by force, threatened those inside, then removed them and tore down the protest camp
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