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Climate and financial justice?!

This is one of the few groups I know of that makes a clear connection between financial systems and climate, demanding economic justice as well as climate justice, pointing to the common denominator of the top 1 % that destroys the fabric of social solidarity and ecological life.

Currently, hundreds of climate and social justice activists are shutting down San Francisco’s financial district with mass civil disobedience at the front door of climate profiteer Bank of the West.

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Monday, September 28, 2015

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Justice demanded for missing students in Mexico

Yesterday there were increased demands for justice for the missing students in Mexico, the students that most likely…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Sunday, September 27, 2015

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Activist campaign Everyday resistance

Resistance against harassments

Resistance in the everyday against sexual threats in Cairo. A new group has started to do interventions against…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Sunday, September 27, 2015

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Conference/Meeting

Networking between resistance researchers?

The next American Sociology Association conference in Seattle Aug 20-23, 2016, will focus on research on social…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Sunday, September 27, 2015

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Literature Resistance research

Special isse on ‘resilience’ and resistance

PACO is an Italian/International journal specialized in social and political studies. Vol 8, No. 2 (2015). Special Issue: Between Resilience and Resistance

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Friday, September 25, 2015

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Creative resistance Resistance research

The law as a tool of resistance?

Understanding how we can use the law as a means of resistance is important. The law is created by the elites in the…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Tuesday, September 22, 2015

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Activist event

Driving a tank up to the house of the UK prime minister …

The fashion designer and former punker Westwood decided to drive a tank to the home of prime minister Cameron in the UK…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Sunday, September 20, 2015

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Activist event

First Nation Direct action in defence of Treaty Rights

Direct action is useful to uphold your rights. In Minnesota First Nation American Indians of the Anishinaabe were…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Saturday, September 19, 2015

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Activist campaign

Climate Justice Gathering in New York

2000 attended the climate justice gathering in Brooklyn, New York. Hopeful.

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Friday, September 18, 2015

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Activist campaign Effective

Unions are proven to be good for workers

Not a big surprise, but worth reminding about, especially in the US where only some 10-20 % are organised …

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Friday, September 18, 2015