Category: Individual Posts
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This Week in Sweden: The Forced Removal and Shutdown of The Last Pro-Palestinian Encampment in Europe
↓ “Dear all, With great sorrow, we must announce that after nearly 200 days of resistance at Gazaplatsen – Europe’s last tent camp – we have been forced to leave the site in our fight against the University of Gothenburg’s veto and the ongoing genocide.” – GU Students For Palestine Last week, on Thursday…
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Grassroots Activism for Palestine in Athens
Over a year has passed since October 7, 2023, a day marked by devastating violence and widespread suffering in Gaza following Hamas’ attack and Israel’s retaliatory measures. This has ignited a global wave of pro-Palestinian activism, with grassroots movements worldwide taking to the streets in solidarity. In Athens, the response has been particularly resonant, demonstrating…
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Repression and Its Implications: A Threat to Democratic Freedoms
On November 1, the German parliament passed a new resolution targeting anti-Semitism. Amnesty International warns that its vague language enables the broad criminalization of criticism of Israel. This repression endangers freedoms such as speech, assembly, artistic expression, and academic liberty. The resolution could strip state funding from cultural or artistic projects labeled as “potentially antisemitic,”…
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Solidarity in Action: A Physical and Digital Gathering for Palestinian Liberation and Global Resistance
Pro-Palestinian activism has been a part of the European political scene for decades. Since the start of the latest Palestinian resistance on October 7, 2023, people, particularly those involved in progressive politics, have been closely following and showing solidarity with the Palestinian people. However, activism and actions in Europe are often out of touch with…
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Interviewing as a research tool: a comparative exploration
Introduction In order to develop my skills as an interviewer, and researcher more broadly, I conducted two interviews with people in completely different fields, one was over Zoom and the other was in Person. The first interview took place in Copenhagen in early November with a Project Manager for Development at RARE, a US based…
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Exploring Interview Techniques: Reflections on Interviews with Climate Activists in Sweden & Brazil
As Xanthia mentioned in her wonderful post, this blog post today is something a little different. I recently conducted two interviews with some incredible people around issues of communication for development and social change, but also specifically around digital activism, and how what’s happening in Palestine is connected to their work and activism. However, I…
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Pro-Palestinian Activism in Sweden: The Last Remaining Encampment
↓ Hi gentle reader, Sam here, writing to you from Gothenburg, Sweden. It’s now thirteen months since the horrific events of October 7th launched this catastrophic, devastating new wave of genocide, ecocide, and ethnic cleansing committed by the Israeli government with support from their allies on the people of Palestine. And the end, or even…
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MSM Assignment 2: Exploring Interviewing Techniques: A Methodological Dive for ComDev
In this blog post, I will diverge from the usual topics covered here to focus on interviewing techniques. Specifically, this post will serve as my second assignment for the Media, Strategies, and Methodologies course: Individual Blog Assignment – Interviewing Techniques. For this assignment, I conducted two interviews on themes related to ComDev: one with a…
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Pro-Palestinian activism in Austria: silencing and repression
It’s been over a year since October 7, 2023. Since then, Gaza has suffered from Israeli imposed massacres, bombings, forced displacement, gender-based violence, and starvation, following Hamas’ attack. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security classified these actions as genocidal as early as October 13, 2023, and the global pro-Palestinian movement has been…
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Pro-Palestine Activism in Cyprus After October 7
The United Nations recognizes war crimes and crimes against humanity as the gravest violations of International Law, with no time limitations. These crimes are widespread globally, but in West Asia and North Africa, nearly every nation has suffered. Among them, the Palestinians have endured these atrocities longer than any other nation in the world. My…
