Tag: protest

When else in a marginal democracy have so few done so much damage to so many in such a short time?

The eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal Martín in Madrid, after an investment fund bought her apartment building and more than tripled her rent, has become a symbol of Spain’s rising cost of living and sparked nationwide protests against corporate greed and wealth inequality. Over 600 protesters are now camped outside Madrid’s regional government headquarters demanding new tenant protections. “What we have is a lot of furious people, enraged people, that are demanding from the government and from the public institutions that they give us give us some sort of solution,” says Sabina Carrau, a spokesperson for the Madrid Tenants’ Union, which is supporting the “Maricarmen decree” named after Abascal, set to be debated by Spain’s government this week. Housing in Spain, as in much of the world, “is really connected to tourism, really connected to having and buying a house to make a speculation,” says socialist parliamentarian Tesh Sidi, who is calling instead for the guaranteed right to housing and “the right to have an affordable life.” Sidi, the only Sahrawi member of the Spanish parliament, also comments on Spain’s colonial relationship to Western Sahara and the state of Sahrawi rights and self-determination.

Flotillas have become symbols of peace—acts of humanitarian direct action, civil resistance, and cross-border solidarity.

We saw in Minneapolis what we’ve long seen in U.S. peace movements: Women bringing innovation, moral clarity, caregiving and an insistence on justice.

In response to systematic censorship by Meta and other platforms, Palestinians and their allies have built an innovative new playbook of tactics to beat the algorithm.

“We are engaging in the most American activity in the world, which is coming together in peaceful protest of our government.”

Organizers say more than 2,110 protests across all 50 states will build on June’s nationwide actions, as Trump expands National Guard deployments, ICE raids, and rhetoric about cities as “training grounds.”

Officials vow court action while communities organize, citing billions for militarization and warnings of secrecy and civil rights violations.

No Kings Day: An event to remember.

A discussion about the current healthcare crisis in the United States and why it is imperative that people organize now for a solution, such as national improved Medicare for all.