Indigenous women in Argentina have taken part in a historic walk to highlight the environmental and gender violence adversely affecting their communities. After two months, the walk culminated in a rally in the capital, Buenos […]
Author: Carole Concha Bell
Carole is a journalist & campaigner with a particular interest in Chile and Mapuche Indigenous rights. She is also a creative writer embarking on her first novel.
The UK’s Colombian community is rallying against police brutality and pandemic inequality
On 28 April 2021, people across Colombia took to the streets to protest a tax rise that saw the price of basic goods rocket, adding further economic pressure to a population already reeling from the […]
Arrests and scuffles follow vaccine inequality protest at AstraZeneca HQ
Police arrested two protesters at a peaceful demonstration outside AstraZeneca’s headquarters in Cambridge today, amid scuffles. Global Justice Now organised the action, and is calling for the pharmaceutical company to license its jab openly and […]
‘El estallido social’ – 18 months of Chile’s social insurrection in words and pictures
The people of Chile have been rising up in protest at their country’s inequality and right-wing leadership for 18 months. Phoenix Media Co-op is proud to feature a selection of images by photographer Daniel Espinoza […]
Stephen Lawrence’s murder highlighted institutional racism. 28 years later, what has changed?
22 April marks the third official Stephen Lawrence Day. Lawrence was an 18-year-old Black man who was murdered by a group of racist thugs in Eltham in 1993. 28 years ago he was stabbed and […]
Figures for Black youth unemployment contradict government denial of institutional racism
The most recent data on youth unemployment during the pandemic from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that Black youth unemployment has shot up disproportionately compared to white youths in the 16-24 age bracket. […]
UK human rights situation rapidly deteriorating, according to Amnesty International
Amnesty International has just released its 2020/21 report on global human rights. And its section on the UK isn’t flattering. The comments also come at a time of popular resistance, following weeks of nationwide protests about […]
Bristol’s Kill The Bill protest movement has its own ‘Matapacos’ riot dog
On 27 March, a protester at Bristol’s Kill the Bill demo was seemingly defended by a police dog. The canny hound turned on a police officer and bit him; this appeared to set the man free. […]
Hostages on their own land. Chile is waging war on the indigenous community
The Mapuche people – whose territory spans across the southern regions of Chile and Argentina – have a long history of colonial resistance. They make up Chile’s largest indigenous ethnic group and were never fully […]
A lesson from Chile: mass mobilisations can shift policy
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill, proposing a range of changes to enforcement and sentencing in England and Wales, passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 359 votes to 263 on […]