Activism | "Global Possibilities"

Climate Change & The Exti...

Apr 15, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

In other words, it’s a socialist movement designed to impose the will of the people on the governments of the world. Oh, dear. Lots of people won’t like that! Is it having any effect?

Indigenous peoples go to court...

Apr 10, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Historic lawsuit launched by the Waorani people of Ecuador to save their homes—and our planet – from destruction.

“I’m Fighting for My Future”—A...

Mar 15, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Youth school strikes around the world are just the start.

Valve turners try to shut off ...

Feb 5, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Four climate activists attempted to shut down the Enbridge Line 3 and Line 4 pipelines, which carry oil from Canada’s tar sands region into the U.S., on Monday.

Sparking love through connecti...

Feb 5, 2019 by Casey Coates Danson

“We participate in shattering myths about those living in poverty seeing the light, courage, intelligence, strength, and creativity of the people we encounter. We discover on the streets our common humanity, through which celebration, community, and healing occur.” —Faithful Fools Street Ministry, SF, California

Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a W...

Feb 1, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Start Black History Month by giving it a read.

Police in Minnesota are using ...

Jan 31, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

“It’s clear that Enbridge is doing everything they can to have a very highly skilled force of security and law enforcement at their fingertips to do what they can to stop any resistance to Line 3.”

Record Numbers of Students Fro...

Jan 25, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

16-year-old Greta Thunberg kickstarted the protests last year.

America’s Teachers Are Furious...

Jan 22, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

From West Virginia to Los Angeles, educators are ushering in a new era of labor activism.

Women’s March survives and thr...

Jan 21, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

“There wasn’t just a blue wave, there was a pink wave, and we’re proud of it.”

This Badass 15-Year-Old Just S...

Dec 5, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

Our leaders are behaving like children,” she told the UN summit.

Global Arts Corps

Dec 4, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

From Rwanda to Kosovo, Cambodia to the North of Ireland, Global Arts Corps has used the transformative power of theatre to bring together people from opposite sides of violent conflict, unrest and war in 17 countries on 4 continents…

“Basic Training” f...

Dec 2, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

There are five things each of us can do to recover a saner image of who we are, whether we think of ourselves as peace activists or not.

The Tax-Code Shift That’s Chan...

Nov 27, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

Nonprofit groups that used to focus their energies on litigation and education are structuring themselves to be political players.

A Letter on Loyalty, Agency, U...

Nov 19, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

This is not intended to persuade or to convince, it is my voice and my experience and my truth.

Women Might Save America Yet

Oct 29, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

It’s too soon to tell whether America will survive Trump in any recognizable form. But if it does, it will be because women like Gabriel

Amid complaints of a rigged sy...

Oct 19, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

An era of surging activism is generating new attempts to make the process of drawing congressional maps more impartial –

Solar to the People

Oct 19, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

Generators were making Puerto Ricans sick after Hurricane Maria. So Monxo Lopez built a solution.

How Tom Steyer Built the Bigge...

Oct 19, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

Having spent $120 million and signed up 6 million people, Tom Steyer has assembled, in a year, an organization with more reach than the NRA.

Trump administration asks high...

Oct 18, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday for a second time asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put the brakes on a lawsuit…

Conflict exhaustion or democra...

Oct 17, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

Democracies aim to turn political passions into protests and activism. Living through such a time, however, draws on civic reservoirs of patience and goodwill.