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Local

UK activists occupy Israel weapons manufacturer’s client

Palestine Action have today occupying Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit System's client the Good Packing Company, who package, transport and export Israeli weapons battle tested on the Palestinian people. Four activists scaled the company's rooftop in protest at its ties to the deadly arms manufacturer, especially as Palestinians in Gaza have spent three days under Israeli bombardment. Activists dismantled the site's CCTV, struck out at windows with sledgehammers, and coated the site in paint, a statement from […]

today9 August 2022

Local

Activists to march for the extension, increase in COVID-19 Social Relief Grant

Activists with the #PayTheGrants campaign will march to Parliament and the Union Buildings on Thursday to demand that the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant be increased and extended. During his State-of-the-Nation-Address in February, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the three-month extension of the grant of R350 which was due to end on January the 31st. Now with the deadline looming once again, civil society groups want to ensure that the […]

today22 April 2021

International News

Meet the activists fighting for Catalan ‘independence’

Moments after Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced that Spain would assume control of Catalonia's government, the streets of Catalonia's capital were once again filled with noise. An estimated 450,000 people on Saturday gathered in Barcelona's centre to protest against Madrid's move to impose direct rule over the , a move regional officials described as a "coup". Carrying the Estelada, the single-starred flag that symbolises an independent Catalonia, separatist supporters […]

today22 October 2017

Events

Palestinian children activists ready for CT tour

Following packed crowds at public events in Johannesburg and Durban, a group of Palestinian children activists are headed to Cape Town this weekend for the last leg of their South African tour. The delegation of 5 children are in SA on an awareness program called the Shamsaan PalS4Peace tour,  to learn about the South African liberation movement. They are all activists in their communities and face brutality under the Israeli occupation. […]

today4 August 2017

Local

SJC to challenge the criminalisation of protest action

The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) will challenge what it calls the criminalisation of protests in the Western Cape High Court on Thursday. The action arises after activists from the SJC were arrested on September 11, 2013 during a protest outside the offices of Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille, GroundUp reported. Activists had chained themselves to the railings of the Civic Centre. Initially, 21 members of the SJC were arrested, […]

today14 June 2017

International News

Egyptians launch social media campaign calling on Sisi to step down

The hashtag #We_DoNotWant_Sisi in Arabic, went viral on social media on Tuesday night, following a remark made by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi that he would "not remain in his position for one second," if the people did not want him. Sisi's remarks came during his speech at the third National Youth Conference on Tuesday in the Egyptian governorate of Ismailia. The conference has traditionally commemorated Sinai Liberation Day by […]

today27 April 2017

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