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“I want people to understand”: Writers in Gaza publish zines through volunteer-led Coastal Lines Press

Audio excerpts of interview with Lama Alharazin, including Alharazin reciting her poem “Those who are still here” from her zine “Rain Was Once A Promise”: “During the war, I actually couldn’t find sense of the chaos around me. I was always looking for meaning in every displacement” says 24 year old writer Lama Alharazin over a Zoom call from Gaza City on August 30. “I was missing my home, I was missing my life, but I only found a way to make sense through writing. I started writing. I wrote about my home, my friends, the loss, the beautiful memories,…

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Photograph. Protesters march in New Delhi with flags, signs and banners. Banner in the foreground reads "Hasta La Victoria Siempre" under the letters "AISF," alongside an image of Che Guevara.

Hunger for revolution in India amid state terror on protestors

Screams of terror and agony were heard in India’s national capital on Monday as New Delhi police and the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) descended upon protestors, predominantly students, marching towards parliament to express their discontent with the nation’s education system. Over 50,000 people protested which led to the resignation of the Education Minister on Saturday. Hundreds of videos on social media show police physically attacking protestors including children as young as 9, groping women and girls, and manhandling and arresting protestors.  Much of the state violence against protestors and even onlookers is being carried out using lathis — long,…

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“We are all candidates for disability”: Humanitarian worker Elisha Byalungwe on disability and inclusion advocacy from DR Congo to Uganda to Canada 

Elisha Byalungwe’s earliest memories of school were marked by frustration. He describes his home country of post-1994 eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as war-torn, with children walking to school to the sound of gunshots and parents emphasizing education as the “only hope” for raising the “change-makers of tomorrow” who would better the country. Teachers were determined, students were keen to become political leaders, and Byalungwe loved school. But he struggled to see what was written on the teacher’s blackboard.  When he was almost nine years old, one of his teachers noticed his struggles and phoned his parents; a visit to…

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