#Political activism

Articles (9)

• 🇺🇸 Sanders Will Rally for N.Y. Tax Increase. Mamdani Does Not Plan to Join. — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will headline a rally in the Bronx next weekend meant to increase pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to raise taxes on the rich.

  Related: #Tax policy, #Wealth inequality
• 🇺🇸 Pro-Palestinian activist records questioning by German border police — 07/03/2026 [USA]

  Pro-Palestinian German activist Yasemin Acar told Al Jazeera about what she says was harassment at a Berlin airport.

  Related: #Civil liberties, #Border security, #Middle East conflict
• 🇺🇸 Rock band Radiohead urges US ICE to take down video using its song — 28/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Music rights and copyright, #Immigration enforcement, #Human rights, #Free speech
• 🇺🇸 Tampa man killed in Cuban boat shootout wanted to overthrow island's government, loved ones say — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  The family and friends of Michel Ortega Casanova said he was one of four men killed in an armed confrontation off the Cuban Coast.

  Related: #International relations, #Violence and conflict
• 🇺🇸 Oscar And BAFTA-Nominated Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Condemns “Murderous” Islamic Regime During First U.K. Visit In Two Decades — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, visiting London for the first time in 20 years, condemned the Iranian Islamic Republic for “murdering” student protesters in Tehran last month. The director i...

  Related: #Art and cinema, #Human rights
• 🇺🇸 Berlinale Winners Condemn Israel’s Actions In Gaza & U.S. & German Governments At Highly Charged Closing Ceremony — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  A highly charged Berlinale closing ceremony saw multiple winners condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza, describing it as “genocide”. One winner, Abdallah Al-Khatib, who picked up the evening’s Best Feature...

  Related: #International relations, #Cultural events
• 🇬🇧 Bernie Sanders rails against billionaire ‘greed’ amid California tax battle — 19/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>In a fiery speech in Los Angeles, the Vermont senator criticizes ‘grotesque’ levels of economic inequality</p><p>Billionaires are “treading on very, very thin ice,” Bernie Sanders warned on Wednesd...

  Related: #Economic inequality, #Tax policy, #Billionaire wealth, #California politics
• 🇺🇸 Remembering Jesse Jackson — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  We look back at the life and legacy of an American who helped shape our politics and our culture.

  Related: #Civil rights, #Legacy
• 🇺🇸 Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student who led protests at Columbia University against Israel and the war in Gaza.

  Related: #Immigration enforcement, #Free speech