North Dakota, (TFC)— Swaths of former Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protesters have been cleared of charges over the last month. Despite this, Morton County prosecutors forewarn that some may be recharged. These courtroom drama’s continue a saga of failed, controversial…
United States (TFC)— Throughout the last election cycle, money in politics became a prominent talking point. Both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, in their own ways, highlighted the corrupting influences of fortunes on legislation. US campaign finance laws are notoriously flexible…
World (WNV) – As alumni of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street phenomenon might tell you, more preparation might have expanded Occupy’s impact. Such a “movement moment” is inevitably marked by improvisation, but bringing lessons learned from previous uprisings is bound to…
World (WNV) – For major protests today, it is standard to have a media strategy. For example, there can be individuals assigned to media liaison. The location and timing of an action can be chosen with an eye toward media schedules.…
United States (TFC)— In Standing Rock’s wake, many looming questions perforate the airwaves. A new one was raised through a Greed Media opinion piece, questioning the psychological stability of DAPL (Dakota Access Pipeline) officers. Former Baltimore police officer and Marine Corps…
Kyrgyzstan (EAN) – The Interior Ministry in Kyrgyzstan is pushing for new rules that would allow them to expel foreigners from the country without need for a court ruling, thereby streamlining the process. Officials say revisions to the law are intended…
Ecuador (WNV) – The runoff election for Ecuador’s next president is on April 2, and it will be the first time in 10 years that Rafael Correa — the popular current president, who has served two terms — isn’t on the…
Russia (GV) – Every time Russia’s political opposition manages to hold its act together long enough to stage mass demonstrations, the nation’s pundits and activists announce to their compatriots that they’ve “woken up in a new country.” The thirst for an…
World (WNV) – Whistleblowers from within institutions, corporations, government departments, police or military can be critical to movement success, and their testimony is often the key to exposing and resisting injustice and creating change. Institutions clamp down on and deter whistleblowing…
Azerbaijan (EAN) – Nizami Ramazanov is a rare beast in Azerbaijan: an animal rights activist. An animal lover since he was a child, the 32-year-old Ramazanov recalls collecting signatures for a petition to the government to create animal shelters and…
Syria (NI) – He is repeatedly attacked by both sides in the Syrian conflict, but Abdullah Al Khateeb sees no reason to quit. Abdullah Al Khateeb can’t believe journalists never ask him about his love life. By the time I interview…
Palestine (OpenDemocracy) – The organisation that filmed the notorious incident of an Israeli medic shooting a wounded Palestinian teenager in the head, is at the crest of an exciting new wave of creative resistance. When an Israeli medic shot a wounded…
India (NI) – The latest attack came on 13 December 2016. At a bend in the road a lorry blocked the route along which S Mugilan was travelling with an activist colleague and his three children. They were driving back at night…
Washington DC, (TFC)— Trump’s Administration has been quietly slashing environmental protections since day one. And no, he didn’t stop at gutting the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) website, and then its funding. Now, the largely disliked President has removed the Rusty…
Standing Rock, North Dakota (TFC)— The Fifth Column News contacted Michael Wood Jr. regarding his organization Veterans Stand and it’s Standing Rock operations. Wood responded shortly before the government issued eviction orders, then raided the remaining camps. He relayed Veterans…