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Mimose Flower: “I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken...
Mar 24
doctorswithoutborders: Syria Two Years On: The Failure of International Aid So Far Since the first protests broke out in Syria in March 2011, the country has spiralled into all-out war. After two years of an extremely violent conflict which has resulted in more than 70,000 dead according to the United Nations, the Syrian people are faced with a humanitarian catastrophe.  Read this report to learn more about how conflict has put the healthcare system in jeopardy. Despite repeated requests, MSF has not received permission from the government to work in the country, but has been able to open three hospitals in the opposition-held areas in the north where assistance remains well below the level of the needs.
Mar 9

doctorswithoutborders:

Syria Two Years On: The Failure of International Aid So Far

Since the first protests broke out in Syria in March 2011, the country has spiralled into all-out war. After two years of an extremely violent conflict which has resulted in more than 70,000 dead according to the United Nations, the Syrian people are faced with a humanitarian catastrophe. 

Read this report to learn more about how conflict has put the healthcare system in jeopardy. Despite repeated requests, MSF has not received permission from the government to work in the country, but has been able to open three hospitals in the opposition-held areas in the north where assistance remains well below the level of the needs.

Mar 7

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jessicavalenti: Street Harassment: A Bystander’s Guide
Feb 18

jessicavalenti:

Street Harassment: A Bystander’s Guide

(Source: eyelaa)

disquietingtruths:

  1. Student-Loan Debt.
  2. Psychopathologizing and Medicating Noncompliance.
  3. Schools That Educate for Compliance and Not for Democracy.
  4. “No Child Left Behind” and “Race to the Top.”
  5. Shaming Young People Who Take Education—But Not Their Schooling—Seriously.
  6. The Normalization of Surveillance.
  7. Television.
  8. Fundamentalist Religion and Fundamentalist Consumerism.

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(Source: filmsforaction.org)

Feb 11
8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance

"I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that, then I realized I am somebody."

- Unknown (via ungovernablesf)

Oct 1

"The true focus of revolutionary change is to see the piece of the oppressor inside us."

- Audre Lorde (via ungovernablesf)

Oct 1
unicef: PHOTO OF THE WEEK: 21 August 2012 A water pump in Zanzan Region of Côte d’Ivoire, where over 30 per cent of the population lacks access to safe water. World Water Week, from 26–31 August this year, focuses on global water issues and is held annually by Sweden’s Stockholm International Water Institute. Supported by UN agencies, the 2012 event seeks improved collaboration – at local, national and global levels – to address the future of food security in a world where water resources are decreasing. ©UNICEF/Asselin To see more: www.unicef.org/photography World Water Week has just barely passed, but it is never too late to keep conserving water to make sure that the generations after us have access to safe and clean water.
Sep 2

unicef:

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: 21 August 2012

A water pump in Zanzan Region of Côte d’Ivoire, where over 30 per cent of the population lacks access to safe water.

World Water Week, from 26–31 August this year, focuses on global water issues and is held annually by Sweden’s Stockholm International Water Institute.

Supported by UN agencies, the 2012 event seeks improved collaboration – at local, national and global levels – to address the future of food security in a world where water resources are decreasing.

©UNICEF/Asselin

To see more: www.unicef.org/photography

World Water Week has just barely passed, but it is never too late to keep conserving water to make sure that the generations after us have access to safe and clean water.

"Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen."

- Khalil Gibran

Sep 2

"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience."

- Howard Zinn (via abustaif)

Sep 2