Ã山ǿ¼é News - activism /channels/news_feeds/all/term/activism/rss en Environmental activists: at high risk of violence and assassination /channels/channels/news/environmental-activists-high-risk-violence-and-assassination-322997 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Activists protesting against environmental injustices around the world suffer from high rates of criminalization, physical violence and murder, according to a study published this week in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102104"><i>Global Environmental Change</i></a>. Indeed, despite the fact that they primarily use nonviolent forms of protest, activists are victims of violence in 18% of environmental conflicts, and of murder in 13% of these conflicts. When Indigenous Peoples are involved, violence is especially frequent.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 25 Jun 2020 17:50:28 +0000 webfull 161674 at /channels Aziz Choudry & Salim Vally book chapter, "History's Schools: Past Struggles and Present Realities", available via South African History Online /channels/channels/news/aziz-choudry-salim-vally-book-chapter-historys-schools-past-struggles-and-present-realities-286940 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/historys-schools-past-struggles-and-present-realities-aziz-choudry-and-salim-vally"><img alt="Home" src="https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/sahobanner6.png" style="float:right; height:81px; width:466px" /></a>The website of South African History Online has made the first chapter of Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally's recent co-edited book, <em>Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements: History's Schools, </em>available online at no cost.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:30:06 +0000 webfull 137708 at /channels