Author(s): Quaker Peace and Service
Quaker Peace and Service, London, 1997, pp. 51
Assesses the impact of peace tax campaigns in the area of peacemaking and considers their possible future influence.
Author(s): Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP)
2003
A lot of the early debates (pre-internet) related to queer activism (as opposed to queer theory) took place in zines. The QZAP is aiming to make many of them available online.
Author(s): R. Claire Snyder
In: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol 34, No 1 (Autumn), 2008, pp. 175-196
Clear critical analysis of third wave feminism, which also provides a list of relevant texts
Author(s): R. Scott Kennedy
In: Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol 13, No 2, 1984, pp. 48-64
Account widely reprinted (including in both Ralph E. Crow, Philip Grant, Saad E. Ibrahim, Arab Nonviolent Political Struggle in the Middle East, Boulder CO, Lynne Rienner, 1990 , pp. 129 , and Maria J. Stephan, Civilian Jihad: Nonviolent Struggle, Democratization, and Governance in the Middle East (A. 1.b. Strategic Theory, Dynamics, Methods and Movements) , (above) of the (Syrian) Druze resistance to incorporation into Israel after the occupation of the Golan Heights in 1967.
Editor(s): R. Steinweg, and U. Laubenthal
Brandes & Aspel, Frankfurt am Main, 2011
Editor(s): R.K. Vishwakarma
Manak Publications, New Delhi, 2006, pp. 298
Prominent Maoist contributors.
Author(s): Rabab El-Mahdi
Pambazuka News2011
suggesting a non-western interpretation of events.
Author(s): Rachel A. May
In: Latin American Perspectives, Vol 26, No 2, 1999, pp. 68-91
Examines the impact of violence on popular movements and how they adapted.
Author(s): Rachel Avraham
In: The Hill, 2018
A brief overview of how the MeToo movement started to get support in Israel as a consequence of the release of the song ‘Toy’ by Israeli singer Netta Barzilai and her victory at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. The song points to issues around feminism and diversity, and has a strong emphasis on the harassment suffered by women. This article also addresses the lack of attention to the plight that Hindu and Christian women and girls in Pakistan suffer, the fact that they are compelled to convert to Islam and then subsequently forced to marry their captors.
Author(s): Rachel Boothroyd
In: Venezuelananalysis, 2017
Following the alleged murder of Caracas activist Sheila Silva, feminists and women’s movements in Venezuela launched a campaign demanding authorities take decisive action against gender-based violence and femicide. The activists’ initiative was supported by the Venezuelan government campaign ‘Peace Begins at Home: No More Violence Against Women’. The campaign saw various public landmarks lit up in violet light by night, aimed at promoting debate about the decriminalization of abortion and family planning, and also the need to criminalise domestic violence. These are all long-term demands of Venezuela’s feminist movements.
Author(s): Rachel Hartigan
In: The Nation, 2020
Activist Alicia Garcia discusses the history of the BLM movement and its future in light of the 2020 protests for racial justice in many countries in the world.
Author(s): Rachel Martin
In: Ms., 2018
The US feminist magazine reports that #quellavoltache (MeToo) was a central theme of annual Women's Marches and rallies in Rome, Milan and Florence. The Rome rally of hundreds of women was addressed by Asia Argento, who commented on the media abuse she had received after speaking out about being assaulted by Harvey Weinstein. Representatives from the International Women's House and the Network of Women Against Violence, as well as a refugee woman activist, also spoke.
https://msmagazine.com/2018/01/30/metoo-rallying-cry-womens-marches-italy/
Author(s): Rachel McMonagle
In: Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2021
Following President Joe Biden’s initiative to recommit to the Paris Agreement on climate change and the signing of an executive order halting the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline project, this article emphasises the role of indigenous people within the climate justice movement.
See also: Ambroiggio, Mia, ‘Why We Need to Center Indigenous Voices in Climate Conversations’, Loyola Phoenix, 3 February 2021.
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2021/02/why-we-need-to-center-indigenous-voices-in-climate-conversations/
Author(s): Rachel Rojas
In: Venezuelananalysis, 2017
Following the alleged murder of Caracas activist Sheila Silva, feminists and women’s movements in Venezuela launched a campaign demanding authorities take decisive action against gender-based violence and femicide. The activists’ initiative was supported by the Venezuelan government campaign ‘Peace Begins at Home: No More Violence Against Women’. The campaign saw various public landmarks lit up in violet light by night, aimed at promoting debate about the decriminalization of abortion and family planning, and also the need to criminalise domestic violence. These are all long-term demands of Venezuela’s feminist movements.
Editor(s): Rachel Sieder
Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 304
Author(s): Setayesh Rahmanipour, Shannon Kumar, and Rachel Simon-Kumar
In: Culture, Health & Sexuality, Vol 21, No 2, 2019, pp. 837-852
Sexual violence within minority ethnic communities is endemic in Aotearoa/New Zealand, but grossly underreported. This paper presents the results of two small-scale qualitative studies that explored why. In-depth interviews were undertaken with academics, specialist sexual violence practitioners and community/social workers. Two main factors that led to underreporting were first, internalised barriers as a result of a ‘white’ and ‘male’ gaze; and second, the cultural relativism of meanings of violence. The authors discovered that issues of stigma, defensiveness about traditional norms, especially concerning gender roles and the referencing of minority group identity were deterrents to disclosure and reporting. The paper also explored the implications of underreporting for women seeking help and for the collection of robust evidence of sexual violence among minority ethnic women. The paper concludes with recommendations for improved strategic efforts to encourage safe disclosure among women in minority ethnic communities who experience sexual violence.
Author(s): Rachel Volgestein
In: Council on Foreign Relations, 2017
On the week marking the United Nations Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Council on Foreign Relations published a link featuring six publications from the Women and Foreign Policy Program. The publications are:
- CFR Discussion Paper: Countering Sexual Violence in Conflict (Include PDF);
- ‘Sexual harassment and gender-based violence in the workplace’ (http://fortune.com/2017/11/17/sexual-harassment-legal-gaps/);
- ‘Rape as a tactic of terror’ (https://www.cfr.org/event/countering-human-trafficking-and-sexual-violence-conflict) inclusive of a discussion with human rights activist, Yazidi survivor to ISIS’ sexual slavery and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nadia Murad. The link provides both the video and its script);
- ‘The economic costs of violence against women’ (https://www.cfr.org/report/closing-gender-gap-development-financing);
- ‘Ending gender-based violence in conflict’ (https://www.cfr.org/blog/its-time-end-gender-based-violence-conflict);
- ‘Addressing gender-based violence in peace agreements’ (Link not retrievable).
Author(s): Vibhuti Patel, and Radhika Khajuria
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, New Delhi, 2016, pp. 40
Analyzes the current feminist actors, organizations and debates around gender equality and feminist perspectives in order to provide an overview of feminist ideas and actors in India. It shows that feminism today is the constant questioning of the world we perceive and the boundaries we encounter.
Author(s): Radical History Network
In: Radical History Network, 2009
Concise outline of campaigns by group distinct from the better known international organization. See also: John Vidal, McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial (A.4.c. Food and Drink Multinationals) for their epic struggle against McDonald’s.
http://radicalhistorynetwork.blogspot.com/2009/10/london-greenpeace-history-of-ideas.html
Author(s): Radosveta Vassileva
In: Green European Journal, 2020
Vassileva, an activist and legal scholar, responds to questions from the Green European Journal explaining the origins and causes of the protests that broke out in July 2020, including the nature of corruption and the role of the prosecutor's office.
See also:
Vassileva, Radosveta, 'Bulgaria: 100 Days of Protest', New Eastern Europe, 28 October 2020.
https://neweasterneurope.eu/2020/10/28/bulgaria-100-days-of-protests/
Provides a brief commentary explaining how the Prosecutor raided the President's office with the aim of impeaching him (i.e. tried to 'orchestrate a coup') and so precipitated over a 100 days of protest. The author also comments on the role of the EU Parliament (unlike other EU institutions) in passing a resolution very critical of Borissov.
https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/europes-blind-spot-the-movement-against-corruption-in-bulgaria/