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Indian police have banned protesters from Jantar Mantar, the go-to protest site in New Delhi, as protests against election fraud continue. The road beside the historic Jantar Mantar observatory has been used for mass demonstrations for over 30 years
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Does activism really make a difference… or are these Pro-Palestine activists just screaming into the wind? Meet someone who once worked at the UN, but gave it all up for more guerrilla forms of direct action.
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The Israeli government posted an AI music video titled “Jews from Judea” – using the likeness of singer and rapper Diana Adelaide (IAMDDB) without her consent.
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For Gen Z, rent, jobs, education and political exclusion increasingly feel less like separate personal problems and more like symptoms of institutions failing to deliver a stable adulthood. From Delhi to Paris, collective action in the streets shows governments that people can’t be ignored.
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Why is the U.S. right so obsessed with Hasan Piker?! @denatakruri asked Hasan Piker – and he had A LOT to say.
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“I wish I had slept between you … so I would have been killed with you.” Dima Yassin is now one of over 60,000 children who’ve lost one or both parents during Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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French police are inflicting “war-like” injuries on young protesters – causing severe injuries to students protesting for better conditions in schools.
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Can a 3,500-mile trip change U.S. Zionists’ minds? @yusufomarsa is reporting from the Freedom Convoy 2026 as it travels from LA to DC.
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Across Europe, student protesters are flooding the streets – and bringing high energy with them.
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Workers in Pakistan are fainting from extreme heat while making clothes for global fashion brands. Despite safety pledges, heat-stress protocols under the International Accord remain under review.
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From the Arab Spring to what some are calling the “European Spring,” music has been a central element in youth uprisings. AJ+ spoke to music journalist @DanielGHajjar about the role music plays in rebellion.
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Albania is tearing up its own streets to try and fend off student protestors, after more than 130 days of mass uprisings in the country.
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“Our daughter has no arms.” Israel’s genocide consumes every aspect of life in Gaza – impacting babies before they are even born.
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65 years after a brutal police massacre of Algerian protesters in Paris, French police continue to use violence against young protesters.
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This Albanian protester stood in front of a water cannon to protect her fellow demonstrators. Students have flooded the streets of Albania’s capital to condemn the high costs of education, corruption, environmental threats and more.
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What if moral rules help your brain save energy? Psychologist Jordan Theriault-Brown argues they make other people’s behavior easier to predict – which may help explain why we react so strongly when someone breaks them.
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As Israel heads to the polls, the public discourse against Palestinians has become more extreme – and increasingly genocidal. How have right-wing politics shaped popular opinion? And what are the consequences facing Palestinians forced to live under Israeli control?
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“In Greece, as in France, there is the same need for education, for justice, for social cohesion and equality.” Greek students sang the French revolutionary anthem “L’Internationale” while protesting for better education, as the youth rebellion spreads across Europe.
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Why is everyone coming for UK reparations? Was a significant part of their wealth built on the backs of slavery or something? 🤔
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