Civil Unrest

Hong Kong’s Mask Ban Is Just a Cover for a Police Crackdown

Hong Kong’s Mask Ban Is Just a Cover for a Police Crackdown Hong Kong’s Mask Ban Is Just a Cover for a Police Crackdown

The government is using a colonial-era law to impose Beijing’s authoritarian will.

Oct 4, 2019 / Wilfred Chan and JN

hong kong lost generation

Hong Kong’s Lost Generation Hong Kong’s Lost Generation

What does it mean to grow up fighting a superpower?

Oct 2, 2019 / Benjamin Haas

Palestinian soccer team

Israel Canceled the FIFA Palestine Cup for No Apparent Reason Israel Canceled the FIFA Palestine Cup for No Apparent Reason

Many think it was done to drive a wedge between the West Bank and Gaza in order to thwart the aspirations to nationhood of the Palestinian people.

Sep 26, 2019 / Dave Zirin

‘I’m Only 6 Years Old. I Don’t Want the World To End Yet.’

‘I’m Only 6 Years Old. I Don’t Want the World To End Yet.’ ‘I’m Only 6 Years Old. I Don’t Want the World To End Yet.’

Strikers took to the streets around the world today to demand climate action now.

Sep 20, 2019 / Alice Markham-Cantor

athens protest

Hands Off Exarcheia: Athens’s Anarchist Community Fights Back Hands Off Exarcheia: Athens’s Anarchist Community Fights Back

The police and Airbnb threaten to transform Athens’s radical enclave into a “tourist-friendly caricature.”

Sep 19, 2019 / Ella Fassler

23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today

23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today 23 Reasons to Climate Strike Today

Take to the streets.

Sep 19, 2019 / Bill McKibben

There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt

There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt

What Extinction Rebellion, the grassroots civil disobedience movement, teaches us about transforming hopelessness into action.

Sep 9, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

South Africa unrest in Johannesburg

Soccer Becomes a Casualty of South Africa’s Violence Soccer Becomes a Casualty of South Africa’s Violence

Zambia and Madagascar are saying no to playing in South Africa as long as anti-immigrant violence is a part of the political picture.

Sep 6, 2019 / Dave Zirin

China CCTV flag salute

How Do People in China Really Feel About Hong Kong? It’s Complicated. How Do People in China Really Feel About Hong Kong? It’s Complicated.

Not everyone in China believes the state-run media.

Sep 6, 2019 / Nation contributor

A Luxury Facility for Military Contractors Endangers Afghan Civilians

A Luxury Facility for Military Contractors Endangers Afghan Civilians A Luxury Facility for Military Contractors Endangers Afghan Civilians

The recent attack at Kabul’s Green Village illustrates how private contractors turn communities into targets.

Sep 6, 2019 / Mohammed Harun Arsalai and Mohsin Khan Momand

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