by Lynn Travnikova “SILENCE = VIOLENCE” It has been scrawled in black letters on cardboard placards around the country. You can even buy a mask bearing it. Under this slogan, a new generation understood that inaction is an action which aligns you with the status quo. It understood how oppression…

The last few weeks have seen millions of people from multiple and diverse identities and backgrounds taking action to reimagine a world in which the needs, interests, rights and aspirations of black communities are honoured and given priority. …

An open letter to the left and all forces fighting for our lives from the People’s Strike coalition (USA) “We say many things about the changing aspects of our lives We say that since change is inevitable, we should direct the change Rather than simply continue to go through the…

“The fight for climate justice is the fight of our lives, and we need to do it right.” This letter was collaboratively written with dozens of aligned groups. As the weeks of action called by Extinction Rebellion in the Spring of 2019 were coming to an end, our groups came…

The Wretched of the Earth collective’s speech at the London Climate Strike on September 20, 2019. Thank you. All of us at Wretched of the Earth feel very inspired by all the energy that is present here today. We are not alone, we are standing on the shoulders of giants who got us here today. I want to start by acknowledging those who aren’t here with us. I want to acknowledge our ancestors and all the people who have been killed fighting in defence of life and mother earth.

Day after day we wonder, when will we hug again? Craving that connection with our friends and family, we jump on calls wishing we could be together. We spend hours looking at our loved ones, in a bizarre kind of intimacy. Able to linger on their faces far longer than…