#activism

#activism

During 2024's "Bloody July," hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis rose up against corruption, class stratification, nepotism, and exploitation under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party, the Awami League. Protests began on June 5, 2024, with small student demonstrations against preferential access to civil service jobs at a time when 30 percent of young people who aren't students or in job training programs are unemployed. Protests grew throughout July and August, incorporating the working and middle class.

"When Michael Seltzer first got involved in progressive and then gay activism in the 1970s, it was mostly funded through passing the hat at meetings and through low dollar fundraisers," Gay City News notes. "More than any other individual, Seltzer turned that around over the course of decades of work, from serving on boards of major gay organizations from 1980 onwards to creating and running organizations that exponentially increased philanthropy to gay and AIDS causes."

Ever since Arundhati Roy's writing made her famous after her first novel won her the Booker Prize nearly 30 years ago, she's used her words and her celebrity to write on injustice, minority rights and the human condition. And that's been met with wrath and attempted censorship from the Hindu nationalist government in her native India. She's been found guilty of contempt by the country's Supreme Court and is currently facing prosecution for something she said over a decade ago under the country's anti-terrorism law.

Kanimba expresses that through her activism and concern for digital privacy, she learned how Bitcoin serves as a vital fundraising tool, especially under oppressive regimes.

There is no one magical thing that can be done to stop them, and no set of actions any single person can take to halt the enshittification of our country.

Ortiz recalls being taught by his mother to always stand up for himself and not to take any bullying, which significantly influenced his activism.

Russell T Davies emphasized that the LGBT community should respond with terror, anger, and action against the rise of Reform UK, which threatens their rights.

Wohl states, 'The real meaning of Women's Liberation is, to me, about treating all people equally and recognizing the dignity and humanity of every person on earth.'

"He can be arrested at any time on his way to work or home and deported to Afghanistan, like so many others," said Zahra.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition stated that Chris Smalls, an activist, was detained by Israeli forces in international waters while en route to Gaza, leading to accusations of assault and discriminatory treatment in custody.

"The suspect in a bombing at Target in San Ramon last week has been tied to a $4 million, multi-state ATM heist crew that allegedly used disguises, power tools, and blowtorches to rob banks across the West Coast."

"The exterminating force of Project 2025 is plowing through the culture, the government and people's hearts and bodies like a drunk on a violent tear."

Mutual aid for me is a practice. It's not just something you do during an emergency. ... The emergency is 100% of the time at this point.

The city has been flattened, the backs of its bridges broken, but is slowly coming back to life.

Lee Ballance dedicated his life to healing and caregiving, prioritizing not just individual patients but the health of the community and the world.