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Large placard with '15 months in prision for a peaceful protest? "Seriously Australia?" #FreeVioletCoco ' written on it and a photo of Deanna Maree “Violet” Coco. Two people are in the background but you can only see the lower parts of their bodies.

Governments are pushing back against climate activism with violence, anti-protest laws and prison sentences. But we can resist...

Illustration: someone with short hair holds their head in their hand as they look at a to do list

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If you’re the only one pulling your weight in an activist group, is it time to step away? Our Agony Uncle gives some advice...

Afghan women organize protests in Kabul, following the undemocratic takeover of the state apparatus by the Taliban.

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Ritu Mahendru speaks to Afghan women at the forefront of resisting the Taliban’s oppression, including on...

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As opposition and protest continues against a new high-speed rail network in the UK, Denise Laura Baker...

US pop star Madonna reacts during the opening of her Mercy James hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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Andrés Jiménez and Paul Cullen politely disagree on this tricky issue

A McDonald's employee holds a banner in protest of the Statutory Sick Pay offered by the goverment as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

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Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation, argues...

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Danny Chivers explains how those outside Latin America can act in solidarity with forest defenders.

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Can pacifism work as a strategy against violence and injustice? Tim Gee and Rahila Gupta tussle it out.

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Citizens’ Assemblies are being promoted as the preferred democratic tool of a new generation of activists, Brett...

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Make the Future is the latest in flimsy greenwash PR from an oil company pretending it can save the world from oil companies...

A screenshot from Lush’s spycops campaign

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Lush’s exposure of spycop wrongs will improve policing, Jenny Jones argues.

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A global social movement is rising. It is open, participatory and public, writes Jamie Kelsey-Fry.

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The French government has abandoned plans to build a controversial airport – but is still evicting the ZAD protesters....

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The Stansted 15 have exposed the hypocrisy of Britain, Ann Pettifor argues.

Sand dredgers

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In Koh Kong province, Cambodia a band of Mother Nature activists have scored a victory in the battle against environmentally...

This article is more than five years old.

Norwegian activists are challenging ‘white-saviour’ attitudes that over-simplify poverty writes Tom Lawson...

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