Firefighters win! Protesters try to break into Georgian parliament in protest of ‘foreign agents’ law Women in Afghanistan risk their lives to protest against Taliban patriarchy Tens of thousands demand the Greek government takes rail […]
Tag: Afghanistan
What’s happening: Real Media/PMC newsletter #1
Real Media and Phoenix Media Co-op have teamed up to release a regular newsletter. This aims to highlight and amplify the efforts of people struggling for a better world, in the UK and beyond. Afghanistan: […]
DSEI protest Day 2: Solidarity with Afghanistan
Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) protests continued yesterday with a full day of action at the ExCeL Centre in London in a show of solidarity with Afghanistan. Phoenix Media Co-operative joined activists on the […]
TimeToRise #2
TimeToRise is Phoenix Media Co-op’s regular newsletter about what’s new in the struggle for a better world, from the UK and beyond. Afghanistan This week, the chauvinist Taliban retaking control of Afghanistan is the main story. As Phoenix […]
Children made up almost 40% of all civilian deaths in Afghanistan from airstrikes between 2016 and 2020
The Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) charity has analysed UN data and found that almost 40% of the victims of airstrikes in Afghanistan between 2016 and 2020 were children. Airstrikes have killed 2,122 civilians. This […]
US to withdraw troops from Afghanistan… to refocus efforts elsewhere
On 14 April, US president Joe Biden pledged to pull the country’s remaining troops out of its war in Afghanistan by a strict deadline of 11 September this year. But he added that this was […]