'Making a Movement reminds us that things can be another way'
(Final tweet in thread of extracts from Making a Movement book review - full review is published in July / August 2024 issue of New Internationalist, out now.)
Making a Movement review @newint@flossiewild : )
'A truly global cast of movement builders... heartening... tangible wins across #environmentalism, #antiracism, #anticorruption... punctures perceptions of invincibility underpinning repressive regimes'
https://t.co/OhxGpZ07ut
French government's attempts to outlaw @lessoulevements were short-lived and only strengthened it.
With more activists joining, it continues its search for best tactics to protect the environment and garner majority support in society, writes @BDOCullum.
https://t.co/NadJUFP47T
🔴Sudan is Neither Cursed nor a Lost Cause
@BDOCullum argues that Sudan’s corruption-fuelled civil war has a large cast of enablers, including British businesses, undermining the health of the nation
https://t.co/P44NZ4sREM
🔴Netanyahu's Pre-Occupation with Political Survival Exposed Israel to October 7 Attack
Two months on from the horrors of 'Black Saturday', Barney Cullum asks why a country normally so sensitive to risk was caught off guard
https://t.co/N58H8DSnac
"We sometimes view the nascent 'protest groups' that have sprung up over the past decade as distinct from the third sector. But behind the eye-catching public actions are movements with sophisticated theories of change" - @BDOCullum https://t.co/jEVZYhoHM1
VIEW | From Germany to Sweden to the UK earlier this month, Greta Thunberg has now been prosecuted in a hat-trick of countries in 2023. Her court cases are indicative of governments increasingly cracking down on the right to protest, Barney Cullum writes.
VIEW | From Germany to Sweden to the UK earlier this month, Greta Thunberg has now been prosecuted in a hat-trick of countries in 2023.
Her court cases are indicative of governments increasingly cracking down on the right to protest, @BDOCullum writes.
https://t.co/quVUy6THPH
.@BDOCullum speaks to the young survivors of Somali terrorist cells and sectarian violence who are feeling the brunt of Greece’s new ‘push-back’ policies.
https://t.co/MXdGGdysIC
No regrets and a call for peace
Ethiopian-born @SifanHassan won three medals at the #Tokyo2020@Olympics for her adopted nation of #Netherlands 🇳🇱 - she fears more athletes will quit Ethiopia if the conflicts there continue.
More details 👇
https://t.co/kjvrEi2LsL
No regrets and a call for peace
Ethiopian-born @SifanHassan won three medals at the #Tokyo2020@Olympics for her adopted nation of #Netherlands 🇳🇱 - she fears more athletes will quit Ethiopia if the conflicts there continue.
By @BDOCullum 👇
https://t.co/SK4Xatx8Y5