#activists
In the fall of 1985, a small group of #Haida people stood on a muddy #logging road on #LyellIsland —and refused to move. What followed was a landmark act of peaceful #resistance that helped spark a nationwide reckoning around land, #sovereignty and #environmental #justice. Drawing from over a hundred hours of electrifying #archival footage, The Stand immerses us in the tension, #courage and quiet #humanity of that moment.
Directed by Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time), the film honours the #Elders , #activists and supernatural spirits who helped shape a new future for the #HaidaNation — and for all of #Canada.
Parade: #Queer Acts of #Love & #Resistance is a bold and unflinching documentary that charts the rise of Canada’s #2SLGBTQI+ rights movement through powerful first-person testimony and rarely seen archival footage. From drag shows and community organizing to police raids and protests on Parliament Hill, the film honours the elders and #activists whose defiance helped shape a more #inclusive society. Director Noam Gonick brings audiences to the frontlines of a decades-long struggle, reminding us that the rights hard-won through #grassroots #resistance are far from guaranteed. At once enraging, hopeful and celebratory, Parade is a vital reminder of queer resilience and a rallying cry for renewed #solidarity today.
#sexuality #SexWork #activism #activists #archives
'The Norma Jean Almodovar Papers, covering the years 1918 to 2022, document her decades of advocacy for sex worker rights and include materials from her personal life, activism, and the nonprofit she founded.'
https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/unlv-libraries-acquire-groundbreaking-sex-work-activism-archive
#Israel keeps slaughtering #journalists because they hate the #FreePress and #FreedomofSpeech. Its why #Zionist #Jews here in the #US worked with #Trump and #Christian #Evangelicals to deport #Palistinian #activists. They hate the #truth and will do anything to cover up their #genocide in #Gaza!
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:j53tav4pdcpfxyx2gcfr5fhb/post/3lw3hsgomf22t
https://www.europesays.com/2318385/ Violent new demonstrations against ICE in Los Angeles #activists #Aliens #america #California #demonstrations #GavinNewsom #ice #ImmigrationProtests #LAImmigrationProtests #LAProtests #LosAngeles #NationalGuard #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #work
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/05/lord-dannatt-urged-ministers-to-crack-down-on-palestine-action-at-request-of-us-firm. "A member of the House of Lords urged ministers to crack down on #Palestine Action at the request of a US defence company that employs him as an adviser. Richard Dannatt, a former head of the British army, wrote privately to 2 separate Home Office ministers asking them to address the 'threat' posed by the group after its #activists targeted a factory in 2022." So, this is how the decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a "terrorist" organisation was made, @palestine.
Touchdown
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pyta1J4FJJg
Amazon labor activist Chris Smalls returns home from Israeli jail after trying to bring aid to Gaza.
"Saying sex #work is inherently degrading DOES make you a #SWERF actually and you ARE more alligned with #rightwingers than mainstream #feminism and 30-40 years ago was the fucking 80s and 90s when queer #activists invented the concept of #safe sex and mainstreamed condom usage to prevent STDs so maybe shut the fuck up and learn some goddamn #history"
Israeli colonists carried out a violent attack on Thursday evening in the village of Susiya, located in Masafer Yatta, south of #hebron - setting fire to a vehicle belonging to foreign solidarity #activists, as well as household furniture and water tanks
Several homes were attacked, including one housing a group of international volunteers
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#palestine #news
Report WAFA Ramallah AUG-01
"[S]tudent #activists at #Columbia demanded an end to the #genocideInGaza and called for a ceasefire. The response? Intimidation, suspensions, wrongful arrests, and, in Mahmoud’s case, being illegally detained by #ICE and threats of #deportation.
"How and why did the current #studentMovement begin? What were the consequences of speaking out on #Palestine?"
#DianaButtu speaks w/ MahmoudKhalil
#USpol #stateRepression #PalestineSolidarity #studentProtests @palestine
https://www.europesays.com/2280871/ Suncoast activists host immigration issues forum #activists #Bradenton #Forum #HumanRights #Immigration #ImmigrationIssues #ImmigrationStatus
#Activists lock the gate of the #Egyptian Embassy in #Finland, denouncing Egypt’s enablement of the starvation of more than two million #Palestinians in the #Gaza Strip by #Israel
The #TrumpRegime justifies its attempted #deportation of #student #activists by claiming #antisemitism. However:
"[John Armstrong] conceded that his office, which plays a key role in revoking student visas, has been operating without a working definition of 'antisemitism.' In effect, this means that chants such as 'From the river to the sea, #Palestine will be free,' or denouncing #Zionism, or calling for an arms embargo on #Israel, among other common activist demands, could be grounds for a revocation."
As far as the #Trump admin. is concerned the goal is to be achieved first; the justification will be constructed afterward. (If at all.)
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A Federal Trial Reveals the Sprawling Plan Behind Trump’s Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Students - http://archive.today/3slON
#Trump DOJ targets #AntiICE #activists in #SpokaneWA
by Garrett Owen
Wed, July 16, 2025
"Federal prosecutors are accusing nine people in Spokane, Washington, of violence against federal agents in the wake of an anti-ICE mass demonstration in June.
"On Tuesday, #FBI agents began arresting people involved in the protest, following a grand jury indictment on July 9, as reported by The Spokesman-Review. Among those detained was former Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart, who was charged with engaging in conspiracy to impede or injure law enforcement.
"The eight others face similar charges, though two are also charged with assault on a federal officer, per the Department of Justice.
"The move by the Trump administration has drawn criticism from local and national leaders. U.S. Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., called the arrests a 'gross abuse of federal resources' and a 'disturbing perversion of justice.'
"Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown referred to the DOJ’s actions as a 'politically motivated action.'
" 'The Trump Administration’s #weaponization of #ICE and the #DOJ is trampling on the #USConstitution and creating widespread fear across our community,' Brown said in a statement Tuesday.
"The mass demonstration on June 11 was in response to the detention of two young asylum seekers in Spokane by ICE who were present in the U.S. legally. Stuckart posted a call to action on social media, creating a large protest which swelled to hundreds in the streets of Spokane and led to Stuckart’s arrest for blocking an ICE vehicle.
"Among those arrested on Tuesday was #BajunMavalwallaII, who allegedly blocked a driveway when federal agents tried to leave the area. He was arrested early in the morning while staying at the home of his father, #BajunMavalwalla Sr.
" 'I demanded a warrant, they refused and wouldn’t show it until everyone left the home. My son was protesting on June 11, they said he assaulted officers,' Mavalwalla Sr. said. 'My son worked in cybersecurity and was deployed to Afghanistan. He has no problems with the law.'
" 'This is a scare tactic,' Mavawalla Sr. said. 'This is what they’re doing now.' "
Source:
https://www.salon.com/2025/07/16/trump-doj-targets-anti-ice-activists-in-spokane/
The #British police have dropped the case against the #Palestine Action “#activists” who slashed and defaced a 1914 portrait of Lord Balfour at Cambridge's Trinity College last year.
No charges. No accountability. A deliberate attack on history met with silence
Heavily armed immigration agents descend on #MacArthurPark in #LosAngeles
By Melissa Gomez, Rachel Uranga, Brittny Mejia, Richard Winton and Ruben Vives
July 7, 2025 12:16 PM PT
"Dozens of immigration agents, some on horseback, others carrying rifles in armored vehicles, swept through MacArthur Park on Monday in an extraordinary show of force at the heart of Los Angeles’ #immigrant community.
"Heavily armored #BorderPatrol officers with a fleet of white minibuses partially blocked the streets surrounding the park, which has become a source of crime and drugs in the area in the last few years. #Activists with megaphones were able to warn locals at the park before the contingent arrived, according to police sources.
"The move comes days after President Trump signed a budget that will provide a mass infusion of funds to the Department of Homeland Security to ramp up its immigration enforcement to levels unseen before in the United States. Los Angeles has become the poster child of Trump’s mass deportation plan, as more than 1,600 people have been arrested between June 6 and 22.
"The agents appeared to arrive around 10:30 a.m. after amassing at nearby locations. Once they were at the park, they were met with crowds of people screaming 'get the f— out!' and 'get out!' #MayorKarenBass also showed up to the park, which sits just west of downtown Los Angeles. Activists, who have been on high alert for weeks, appeared to be prepared to deploy lawyers to the scene.
"At some point, Assistant Chief Patrol Agent David Kim handed his cellphone to Bass. Speaking to the other person over the line she could be heard saying, 'You’re getting ready to leave? Can you leave ASAP?'
"Demonstrators began to chant, drowning out her conversation. When asked to comment, Bass said the federal immigration agents needed 'to leave and they need to leave right now, they need to leave because this is unacceptable.'
"When asked who she was talking to on the other end of the line she said it was 'the head of customs.'
"Bass handed the phone back to a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Shortly afterward, she boarded a black SUV and left the area.
"It’s unclear if anyone was arrested during the sweep.
" 'This was just one big, perverse publicity stunt,' said #RonGochez, a member of #UniónDelBarrio, an independent political organization advocating for immigrant rights and social justice. 'It was just to show force, it was just to take pictures.'
"The chaos on #WilshireBoulevard around MacArthur Park had mostly calmed by 11:30 a.m., though a few protesters and members of the news media lingered afterward.
"Mikema Nahmir, 28, said he was out for his morning walk at 11 a.m. when he saw two women running down the street yelling that '#LaMigra' was at MacArthur Park.
"Nahmir joined the group of #protesters who chased and yelled after the #military-style trucks. At one point, he said, someone from the truck shot out an #irritant toward him and another protester.
" 'L.A. is ours, this is our city,' Nahmir said. 'This is what my morning walk turned into. They’re terrorizing our neighborhood.'
"Live video from the scene Monday morning broadcast on social media showed a line of white vans that have been used to transport arrestees as well as several agents on horseback. Agents cleared the scene by 11:20 a.m. and it was not immediately clear how many people they had taken into custody.
"U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Greg Bovino, who has been leading the operations on the ground in Los Angeles, was present during the operation.
"Bovino, who is based near the U.S.-Mexico border along with others in the Trump administration, was sued last week by immigrant rights groups seeking to block what it calls an 'ongoing pattern and practice of flouting the #Constitution and federal law' during immigration raids. They say raids have targeted individuals based on race, lack #DueProcess and some practices are akin to #kidnapping rather than legal enforcement. A hearing is set for later this week in federal court.
"Asked for comment on whether any arrests had been made, a senior DHS official, said, 'We don’t comment on ongoing enforcement operations.' "
The Monthly Roundup
Our #Right To #Protest In The #UK
#Gaza: The Deadliest Place for #Journalists
#HongKong: #Protect Exiled #Activists
https://email.amnestyuk.org.uk/q/1eXJzfTSGh5nffVoVNQO0ho/wv
#StopWars #CeasefireNow
British RAF tanker after it was & damaged at the air base Brize Norton by #Palestine Action #activists.
British MPs just voted 385-26 in favor of proscribing Palestine Action as a #terrorist organization, making membership or support punishable by up to 14 years in prison