Human Rights
Earth First! Worldwide, which contains useful links to eco-activities around the globe.
There are a number of organisations and communities around the world with this name. This is the link to: Emmaus International, which is committed to its work in six priority areas:
right to water,
health
education,
ethical finance,
fighting human trafficking,
international migration
Enabler Publications site, based in the UK offers an interesting portal into information, links and books about the new Travellers in the UK and beyond, the evolution of festivals, eco-living, alternative Australia and a diverse range of interests around creative work with young people and the environment, including Africa.
Enough is Enough
A radical protest hub site.
Agree or disagree, it’s challenging, controversial and gets the brain ticking!
Exist to Resist is:
A 2017 hardback photo book from Matt Smith focusing on the underground culture of ‘resistance’ in the UK.
Particularly looks at the Traveller, protest and rave scenes. Very hands-on.
Festival Eye magazine features news and info about the more alternative-style festies, mostly UK-focused. Worth checking out some of the older issues.
The website’s intention is: “A COMMUNITY-POWERED LEARNING LIBRARY AND ALTERNATIVE NEWS CENTER – FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD.”
Links to thousands of challenging films and clips.
Started around Boston, USA, but now international with lots of local groups. An activist group.
A peace organisation based around their principles: “Food Not Bombs is an all-volunteer global movement that shares free vegan meals as a protest to war and poverty. Each chapter collects surplus food that would otherwise go to waste from grocery stores, bakeries and markets, as well as donations from local farmers, then prepares community meals which are served for free to anyone who is hungry. The central beliefs of the group are:
Always vegan or vegetarian and free to everyone.
Each chapter is independent and autonomous and makes decisions using theconsensus
Food Not Bombs is dedicated to nonviolence.”
Links to their website and Facebook page.
The Free Tibet Campaign keeps the world informed on what is going on inside Tibet. And mobilises support for the Free Tibet campaign around the globe.
Tibet has been occupied by China since 1950 and the 14th Dalai Lama since 1959, has been forced to live in exile in India working with a Tibet Government in Exile. The head of the Tibetan Buddhism, which used to be based in Lhasa, he has expressed no hatred towards the Chinese and sought to work for Tibetan autonomy, showing genuine compassion, integrity and kindness. He is the epitomy of non-violence, following on from the teachings of Gandhi.
It is believed that the Chinese government plans to put a ‘puppet’ Dalai Lama in his Holy Holiness’s place when he dies.
There are many campaigns and organisations fighting for a move towards a free Tibet in some form.
Links to the official Dalai Lama site and the UK-based Free Tibet campaign.
Free to Learn is an influential documentary that offers an insight into the daily life at The Free School in Albany, New York.
The Free School expects children to decide on how they spend their time in schooling.
The Free School is unique in that it transcends obstacles that prevent similar schools from reaching an economically and racially diverse range of students and operates in the heart of a city.