Tag: protests

People can only be squeezed so much before they rise up and say, “enough!”

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization, but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights."

So what was it about the Parkland killings that tipped the scale? This is among the questions we teachers have been asking one another at school recently.

The upcoming student days of action should force the issue into the spotlight even further – compelling Americans of all ages and political stripes to choose a side.

How in the world did we ever get to this low point in our history when the fear of being killed is now planted into the minds of our children?

Individual admissions officials took to Twitter to let students know that joining such demonstrations wouldn't "affect their college acceptance decisions."

Donald Blakney is the third counter-protester to be arrested and charged for events connected to the rally. All three of these individuals are black, and all three were attacked at the rally.

“This latest attempt by Big Oil to silence dissent is no surprise.”

Together, we can build popular power that will effectively challenge the elite power holders.

There is a lot for us to do, and unless we have public space, we can’t do the work of building a different kind of society and a different kind of world.