“When I decided to become an activist, I didn’t stop writing. I initiated the Migrant Workers Writing Movement (Gerakan Buruh Migran Menulis) with Migrant CARE and discovered the incredible stories of women migrant workers and their families. Since then, I have gradually understood feminism and gender injustice, not from fancy theoretical concepts but from the experiences of the people I met. At that moment, I knew exactly my path in fighting for what was most relevant to me: women’s liberation. […]”

“I was born and raised in the northeastern region of Thailand, in a province known as Isan. I grew up in a society that identified itself as the “Red Shirts,” a grassroots movement striving for political and economic democracy. When I turned sixteen, I left Isan to attend high school in Bangkok. It was during this time that I was introduced to feminism and began reading about the struggles faced by women and LGBTQ+ communities in their fight for self-affirmation and the recognition of their traumas.” […]

The working group of the Institute for Peace (IPP), “Civil resistance, nonviolence and the culture of peace”, focuses on three concepts or approaches that intersect both in their theoretical dimensions and in their practical expressions. The aim of the group is to develop its research axes and to pursue targeted activities for the academic, activist, media, associative and political communities, with an emphasis on educational materials. We aspire to bring together diverse Francophone communities of thought and practice, to broaden the horizons of a still very young field of study, and to promote the work that has been produced on our subjects in French over the past several decades. […]

Una delle prime cose ad avermi colpito quando mi sono unita a un gruppo di Extinction Rebellion (XR) Francia è stato che c’erano molti meno studenti rispetto alle mie aspettative. Invece, il gruppo era costituito anche da molte persone anziane, professionisti full-time, mamme lavoratrici. Poco dopo avrei scoperto da un mio amico che ha frequentato XR a Leiden, che nei Paesi Bassi, in realtà, il movimento ha organizzato dei blocchi stradali di alcune delle autostrade principali del paese con una partecipazione rilevante di over-60. […]

There is a paradox in climate justice today. It is that we must be highly focused on local, short-term campaigns to even have a chance of achieving our goals, which are usually at the global scale (curb global warming, put an end to rising sea levels, etc.). Having participated in an XR local chapter in Lille, France for five months, I wrote this post to explore three characteristics of XR more broadly, which I believe can help environmental movements navigate this great paradox. […]

I became visually impaired two years after my birth due to a genetic disorder resulting from consanguineous marriage. This compelled my family to move to Riyadh in hopes of finding a glimmer of hope for my treatment, which unfortunately did not happen. Nevertheless, my father’s work led us to settle in the Saudi capital. In 2011, multiple revolutions erupted in several Arab countries, including Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen and my homeland, Syria. […]

” في هذه البقعة من الأرض يمكن لك أن تكون عصامياً، لكن يستحيل أن تصبح بطلاً، لأن همومك هي هموم الملايين وأنت لست وحدك”

“For organizations that are considering initiating movement support activities, what it comes down to “knowing thyself”, strategically assessing the organization’s inner strengths and weaknesses; getting creative and looking outside the box for ways initiate genuine activist engagement based in a practice of solidarity and respect for grassroots agency. As organizations like ICNC and many others can vouch for, it is extremely rewarding work to engage with movements, and it helps your organization grow in ways you never would have imagined. […]”

“لم أكتب مقالاً واحداً منذ أن بدأت حرب الإبادة الجماعية على أهلنا في غزّة. لأشهر عدة تجنبت هذا اللقاء مع الكتابة. فعندما بدأت بممارستها في أواخر عشريناتي في عكا، كان ذلك عن قناعة مني بدور الكتابة في فعل شيء أوسع منها، حتى لو كانت كتابةً شخصيةً، وفي أن تؤثر، وتُغيّر. الكتابة عندي فعل مقاومة في وجه الظلم، ومحاولة لرفع صوت المقهورين والمقهورات”.