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How did young activists help Lula pull off a historic comeback against Brazil’s right? From student protests to viral WhatsApp campaigns, here’s how grassroots organizing helped turn an election … and what the rest of the world can learn.
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The youth are at the forefront of the protests in France against poor school conditions and rising costs of living. 📍Here’s a POV from Porte d’Italie to Porte de Vincennes on Oct. 24.
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A Lebanese couple celebrated their love surrounded by olive trees in southern Lebanon, symbolizing their connection to the land as Israel continues its attacks on the south.
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Why won't King Charles just say sorry? Caribbean nations are increasingly demanding the British government pay reparations for slavery. But Britain has never even apologized.
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“They’re literally kicking him out of this place because he's good at soccer.” Ms. Rachel and others are standing up for 3-year-old Nevada after U.S. police were called during his football match.
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“Israel is a terrorist state.” Japanese pro-Palestine activist Yusuke Furusawa confronted an Israeli man who showed an image of himself amid the destruction in Gaza.
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This is what collective punishment looks like: Israeli forces are putting Hebron on lockdown – displacing families, levelling homes and cutting families off from the rest of the occupied West Bank.
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This Trump official claimed “there is no blockade” on Cuba at the UN General Assembly. Cuban officials called him a “liar.”
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This is what your childhood would look like if you were a Palestinian living in Hebron, a town in the occupied West Bank where your every movement is controlled by Israel. w/@salwa_sadek
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A shipwreck. Resistance to colonial rule. Forced exile. The Garifuna people survived it all — and kept their musical traditions alive. Discover their remarkable history through Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective's Wátina (2007).
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As Israeli voters head to the polls on Oct. 27, journalist and analyst Amjad Iraqi unpacks why Palestinians have so little power to change the political system shaping their lives.
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U.S. midterm elections are around the corner, and somehow we’re the ones who should be nervous. Because what happens in the U.S., doesn’t stay in the U.S. #GlobalSouthProblems
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On Macklemore’s Free Palestine Tour, Irish performer Hozier demanded Ireland grant student visas to 55 Palestinians from Gaza – after it rejected over 80% of applications.
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Israeli settlers reportedly attacked Palestinian citizens of Israel who were trying to cast their votes, amid reports of voter intimidation, delays and incitement against them.
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Authorities in India have been removing mosque loudspeakers, calling them noise pollution. It's part of a larger pattern of destroying Muslim religious sites across India.
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Far-right groups across France have been attacking protesters in front of police and then running behind police lines to safety. Hundreds of thousands across the country marched to protest austerity measures and rising costs of living on Oct. 24.
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A WhatsApp channel with over 10 million followers – Lula’s Army – mobilized to flip Brazil’s elections and helped deliver the incumbent president an unexpected fourth term.
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Iranian Jewish Israeli activist, Orly Noy, wants Netanyahu out. But Israel is shutting out voices like hers.
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Indigenous organizers took Brazil’s election fight to the timeline. 📱 After Lula lost the first round, Indigenous groups ramped up social media and grassroots organizing to help reelect him. Now they’re pushing him to deliver on Indigenous rights.
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