#political-activism

#political-activism

No president has ever sent troops into the Democratic cities across the country saying full force. No president, as far as I know, has tried to control the Federal Reserve, the central bank. He is amassing power in a way that will destroy our democracy. And so were going to stand up. Were creatives. Were storytellers. We can do it creatively. We can have a good time while we do it.

Dixon, an associate professor of Asian and Middle Eastern studies, used to be a member of Silver Valley Redneck Revolt, a chapter of the antifascist, antiracist, anticapitalist political group Redneck Revolt. The group was formed in 2016 and some members, including Dixon, were present at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., to provide armed security and medical assistance to counterprotesters. Redneck Revolt disbanded in 2019 and has no active chapters, according to its website.

In the fourteenth verse of the first chapter of the Gospel of John, the text explains Jesus Christ's entry into the world in two brief sentences: "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

One Battle After Another is top-tier Paul Thomas Anderson - not as good as There Will Be Blood or Phantom Thread but so much better than the average movie that it seems to belong in a different medium entirely. It sprawls across genres and tones and defiantly refuses to anchor itself to a single character. Leonardo DiCaprio is its biggest star,

On the afternoon of August 3, a few hundred people gathered at the Nursery, the intimate outdoor extension of Brooklyn's stylish Public Records, to hear DJ Sprinkles. I think it's fair to say most of us knew what to expect: Sprinkles, an alias of queer producer and cultural critic Terre Thaemlitz, blends deep thoughts and deep house into languorous, embodied critiques of everything from Madonna's use of Vogue culture to British trade union organizing to laws restricting public dancing in Japan, where Sprinkles lives.

More than 500 people are expected to hold up placards supporting the proscribed group in Parliament Square, as the ban on Palestine Action remains in effect.

The book, 'Becoming Baba', chronicles the experience of having Muslim parents and raising Muslim children in a frequently hostile environment, reflecting the author’s personal heartbreak over incidents in Gaza.

AOC FUNDS GENOCIDE IN GAZA, read a sign that was put up on the window, which was seen surrounded by splashes of red paint.

MAKIBAKA is a powerful new exhibition reclaiming the rich cultural contributions, enduring spirit, and fierce political activism of the Filipino community in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood.

Lucia Topolansky, at 80, reflects on her life and activism after the loss of her husband, former president Mujica. She embraces renewed political engagement despite recent grief.

"Very simply Musk diving deeper into politics and now trying to take on the Beltway establishment is exactly the opposite direction that Tesla investors/shareholders want him to take during this crucial period for the Tesla story."

This year's Pride celebrations are expected to take a more defiant stance than in recent years, reflecting back on recent political attacks against LGBTQ+ rights.

These are the opinions of only about a dozen New Yorkers. A democracy will be decided by close to a million New Yorkers.

You cannot be guaranteed today that there's a free and fair election in 2026.

As anti-trans legislation and rhetoric continue to escalate across the U.S.-from sweeping state-level bans on gender-affirming care to renewed efforts to bar trans people from public life, nonbinary elite runner Nikki Hiltz and ACLU's LGBTQ+ rights lawyer Chase Strangio find themselves at the intersection of justice and representation.

America is on fire. We might as well strip while we still can! This is burlesque as resistance, and you better be there! This year we aren't having a Fourth of July ho-down, we're staging a takedown! A nearly naked takedown!

Preliminary results show that the SNS won 27 seats in Zajecar compared to the opposition's 23, and 14 seats to the opposition's 13 in Kosjeric.

Makarov described his journey from opposition politics in Russia to seeking active participation in Germany's political landscape as pivotal, especially amidst the looming elections.

"Visitors can kneel to watch a television with a four-channel surveillance feed, adding an unsettling layer of voyeurism to the experience of Tolokonnikova's performance."