Essay: The challenge civil rights giants leave us
Sojourners’ JIM WALLIS and ADAM TAYLOR pay tribute to US civil rights giants John Lewis and CT Vivian…
South African activists hail ruling to protect poor residents from police raids
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation South African campaigners on Tuesday welcomed a court ruling that will make it harder for police to raid poor city dwellers’ homes, following recent protests over operations to enforce the coronavirus lockdown. The Johannesburg High Court ruling, which effectively bans police from raiding homes without a warrant, came after a series […]
Essay: Black religious leaders are up front and central in US protests – as they have been for the last 200 years
In an article first published on The Conversation, LAWRENCE BURNLEY, ordained minister and historian, looks at the role religious leaders have – and are – playing in the struggle for liberation and racial justice for black Americans…
Martin Gugino is a Catholic peace activist, not an “Antifa provocateur”, friends say
RNS Is Martin Gugino an Antifa provocateur? Or a beloved Catholic peace activist who was the victim of police brutality in Buffalo, New York? Martin Gugino bleeds on the sidewalk after being shoved by two Buffalo police officers Thursday, 4th June, in Buffalo, New York. PICTURE: Video screengrab via WBFO A Tuesday morning (9th June) […]
Judge sentences 80-year-old Catholic activist for breaking into nuclear submarine base
RNS A US District Court judge has sentenced an 80-year-old Catholic peace activist to time already served for trespassing onto the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St Marys, Georgia, more than two years ago as part of a symbolic nuclear disarmament action. Elizabeth McAlister, a former nun with the Religious of the Sacred Heart […]
POSTCARDS: IN SYDNEY, A PANEL CONSIDERS ACTIVISM AMONG EVANGELICALS TODAY
Last month, Australia’s Anglican Deaconess Ministries kicked off its annual School of Theology, Culture and Public Engagement 2020 with a panel discussion on ‘Evangelical Faith, Past, Present and Future’. CHRISTOPHER GILBERT was there…
PHOTO ESSAY: FAITH COMES TO THE FORE AT UN CLIMATE SUMMIT
Photographer ALBIN HILLERT was at the UN Climate Summit held in Madrid, Spain, for the Lutheran World Federation, over the past couple of weeks. Here’s a gallery of images that give a glimpse into some of the faith-based activism that went on…
ESSAY: UNDERSTANDING THE ‘GRETA EFFECT’
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, looks at the impact of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and her position at the forefront of what he calls ‘Generation Edge’…
Japan’s #KuToo campaigner turns spotlight on ‘lookism’
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation The actress who won the support of thousands of Japanese women for her #KuToo movement to stop bosses making women wear high heels to work said on Friday she is turning her attention to lookism – discrimination based on appearance. Nearly 20,000 women in Japan last week joined the #KuToo […]
Satellites to survivors: five goals for the anti-slavery fight in 2019
Thomson Reuters Foundation With global efforts mounting to combat modern slavery and human trafficking, activists say the world must sharpen its focus in 2019 to meet a United Nations goal of ending the ills by 2030. About 40 million people are estimated to be enslaved, mostly women and girls in forced labour and forced marriages, […]