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Media likes brave female protesters

There seems to be a fascination with protest photos of brave women facing up to violent men. Several such photos circulate.

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Tuesday, April 25, 2017

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Activist campaign Creative resistance Media

Dramatic protest in India by farmers

Very dramatic images from protests in India (and the farmers have reasons to be dramatic).

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Friday, April 28, 2017

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Creative resistance Humour Media

Creative action of irony (Video)

Creative action of today (although the video is old, I saw it again today and fell in love again …): Postcolonial satire

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Thursday, September 8, 2016

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Media Nonviolent action

Radio interview with Endowed Chair in Nonviolent Resistance

I am interviewed by the radio station WHMP in Northampton for 30 min about the Black Lives Matter workshop at UMass, Amherst (on Sat 7 PM), and my book launch party at Amherst Books (at Mon 5 PM).

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Tuesday, March 22, 2016

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Activist campaign Media

Hundreds of thousands protest corruption in Iraq

Unfortunately the civil resistance going on in Iraq since many years is very little known. The war news take all the attention in the West.

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Saturday, February 27, 2016

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Activist campaign Media

Breaking media silence on Western Sahara anti-colonial struggle

When I visited the military occupied part of Western Sahara and the brave struggling Sahrawi people earlier this year, I…

Posted by Stellan Vinthagen on Tuesday, August 25, 2015