Trigger Warning: This post deals with violence towards women, violence towards humans, and egregious abuses of power. Women, Life, Freedom; Zan, Zendegī, Āzādī; زن زندگی آزادی has become one of the main slogans for an incredibly important and crucial global… Read More ›
Protests
Lions and Tigers and Bears, Aha! by Barbara Ardinger
The singing girl and her two new friends were walking very carefully along the edge of the yellow brick road. Outside of the bright sunlight, the bricks sere filthy and hardly yellow. This was thanks to a supply chain problem…. Read More ›
photo essay, part 1: bans off our bodies rally by Marie Cartier
photos from bans off our bodies rally, long beach ca may 14, 2022 all photos by: marie cartier BIO: Marie Cartier is a teacher, poet, writer, healer, artist, and scholar. She holds a BA in Communications from the University of New… Read More ›
This is What Democracy Looks Like by Marie Cartier
Tell me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like! PHOTO ESSAY: January 6th protest in support of voting rights Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach, CA January 6, 2022
Myanmar’s Dangerous Military Coup by Anjeanette LeBoeuf
On February 1st, a successful military coup took place in South Asia. The national military of Myanmar arrested top non-military officials and seized all power. While this February coup happened in South Asia, it could have happened on our very… Read More ›
The largest protest in the world: India’s Farmers Protest by Anjeanette LeBoeuf
So much has happened since my last post. From the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the GameStop Investment, the military coup of Myanmar, the 2nd Impeachment Trial and Republican Acquittal of Donald Trump, a catastrophic… Read More ›
TikTok, the Pandemic platform for community, resistance, and activism by Anjeanette LeBoeuf
It’s July which means we have collectively endured 7 months of uncertainty, turmoil, darkness, and light. America, we are still battling all aspects of the virus: rising numbers of infected, those that deny its existence, those refusing to wear masks… Read More ›
Rejecting TMT: Protecting and Protesting the Sacred for Mauna Kea and for all by Anjeanette LeBoeuf
Roughly 3 ½ years ago my FAR post was about the struggle that the Hawaiian people were facing with the proposed building of a Thirty Meter Telescope on the most sacred mountain in the Hawaiian Islands, Mauna Kea. When that… Read More ›