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A Prayer to the Gods

A Prayer to the Gods

Bakchos was attacked by four men, he had a pillowcase placed over his head, a noose around his neck and petrol poured over him, whilst all sorts of abuse were hurled in his direction, including terms such as ‘nigge ...

Abandoning The Great Illusion

Abandoning The Great Illusion

By abandoning the great illusion, we come to terms with ourselves through hardship and perseverance, and we embrace the reality that our immortality starts when others change their behaviors in response to our selfle ...

Who is @PurePapua and what does he stand for?

Who is @PurePapua and what does he stand for?

Can @PurePapua achieve what he and many others have decided decades ago? West Papuans risk their lives, their families, their livelihood, their way of life ~ they risk everything, to be free from the yoke of slavery, ...

Guerilla Cultural anti-bank action from Madrid: TapiaBankia
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Guerilla Cultural anti-bank action from Madrid: TapiaBankia

De Norte a Sur de Este a Oeste… #TapiaBankia cueste lo que cueste. ...

Reporters Without Borders Concerned by Series of Media Freedom Violations in Indonesia

Reporters Without Borders Concerned by Series of Media Freedom Violations in Indonesia

Reporters Without Borders is concerned by a series of media freedom violations in Indonesia in the past few days. ...

PNG: Shifting Island Feels Cyber Seismic Shift

PNG: Shifting Island Feels Cyber Seismic Shift

As it has in the rest of the world, social media and the sudden explosion of mobile phone technology is bringing about profound changes in PNG culture, and its impact on politics is only beginning to be explored and ...

5 Papuan Activists Indicted For Treason- Face Life in Prison

5 Papuan Activists Indicted For Treason- Face Life in Prison

An Indonesian court on Monday indicted five Papuan activists for treason for raising an outlawed Papuan flag and declaring the region independent. The men, who led a peaceful pro-independence celebration attended by ...

ASEAN: The Piss-Pot of Human Rights

ASEAN: The Piss-Pot of Human Rights

ASEAN, the consortium of South East Asian nations was formed in 1967, and we are now living at the start of 2012. What pressing issues do they emphasize every year? Simple. Economic power and how to sustain it. ...

Embracing and Breathing Activism

Embracing and Breathing Activism

From the earliest days to the present, activists have been deeply moved by beauty in all its forms: in music, language and art, in the innocence of children, in Nature, and in the bravery of the elderly. Beauty stirs ...

Missing Persons of Kashmir
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Missing Persons of Kashmir

Since the insurgency began in the 1980s, local people started going missing. By now, it is estimated that the total number of people missing in Jammu and Kashmir amounts to over 10,000. ...

Dogma of Domination and Supremacy

Dogma of Domination and Supremacy

The protests and the riots. What were the powerful motives that induced human beings to proceed on such self-hazardous undertakings? ...

Prejudice Of A Nation

Prejudice Of A Nation

Has the Malaysian government been consistent in defining and prioritizing developmental issues, such as eradicating poverty and homelessness? ...

The Chinese Government is Not in Control of the Script

The Chinese Government is Not in Control of the Script

Xi Jinping is still some two years away from taking over as President of China- but already he is playing up his xenophobic, colonialist credentials by publicly threatening to “smash” separatism in Tibet. ...

Ai Weiwei’s Release– The Challenge for Activists

Ai Weiwei’s Release– The Challenge for Activists

The release of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, after more than two months in detention on trumped up charges of tax evasion, has been welcomed around the world. The most high profile victim of the CCP’s la ...

Belarus: Lukashenko’s Crackdown Continues With Imprisonment of Polish Blogger

Belarus: Lukashenko’s Crackdown Continues With Imprisonment of Polish Blogger

Continuing his Crackdown of political opposition, Belarus' president Lukashenko arrests Polish Journalist and blogger-activist. ...

Egypt’s Revolution 2.0

Egypt’s Revolution 2.0

"The army didn't get the message the first time, so we're taking to the streets. Again." ...

The ‘Real’ Princes of Persia

The ‘Real’ Princes of Persia

The uprisings popularly called the 'Arab Spring' have seen regional power in the middle east wrestled away from pro-American Regimes ...

Belarus: Lukashenko Cracks Down on Political Opposition

Belarus: Lukashenko Cracks Down on Political Opposition

The police crackdown on the Minsk demonstration, in which hundreds of opposition activists and dissidents were rounded up, was condemned by rights groups and Western governments that said Lukashenko’s re-election w ...

Bahrain: Pro-Democracy Activists Will Stand Trial

Bahrain: Pro-Democracy Activists Will Stand Trial

Shia comprise about 70 per cent of Bahrain’s population, but are excluded from top government and security posts. More than 30 people have died in the unrest. ...

How To Create An Effective Political Flyer

How To Create An Effective Political Flyer

Steps to follow in order to put together an effective flyer that gets your message across, even on a tight budget. ...

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