Dallas for Ayotzinapa Coalition would like to formally invite you to meet with representatives of the Ayotzinapa community: students, parents, relatives, and advocates from Mexico
Protests articles on Democracy Chronicles
Political protests are a human right, political right and civil liberty to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interest. Today, pro-democracy protests and freedom of speech remain under threat. Also take a look at our articles on the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Turkey, and the Tea Party.
1.7 Million Protest After Brazilian Corruption Revelations
President Rousseff maneuvers to survive scandal in wake of latest Brazilian Corruption Revelations
Parents of 43 Mexican Kidnapping Victims Speak
A group of students, parents, and relatives of the 43 normalistas forcibly kidnapped in late September in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, are expected to arrive in the US this week to speak about their experiences
Reflecting on a Sombre Arab Spring Fourth Anniversary
Arab Spring fourth anniversary remembrance marked by scars of political violence and dictatorship
Lessons About Organizing From a Prisoner
Criminalizing someone like Hasan who came from a challenging background, abuse and poverty instead of giving people like him the help they need is a clear sign that the system we live in is completely inhumane
Mass Marches Call For Brazilian President’s Impeachment
As Petrogas corruption scandal bites, protests call for embattled Brazilian President’s impeachment
UNT Dallas Dallas4Ayotzinapa Forum
Each time Dallas4Ayotzinapa gets together for an action, we usually end it with each one of the participants taking a photograph of one of the 43 disappeared students. We take the photo and place it next to a lit candle that we have shaped into the number 43
Ayotzinapa Somos Todos From Dallas to All
The parents, relatives, and friends of the disappeared students of Ayotzinapa have gotten together with a group of us from the United States – now called the Caravana43 – to bring awareness to their cause, because the world needs to know that this horror cannot be silenced any longer.
Harlem Rally for Jailed Eric Garner Cameraman
A small crowd of around 15 people were at 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell in Harlem at 1pm today for a last minute rally and press conference for Ramsey Orta, 22, the man who filmed NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo placing an illegal, fatal chokehold on unarmed Eric Garner
Selma Organizer Refuses to March With George Bush
Diane Nash, civil rights activist and Selma organizer who led the original march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scheduled to march on Saturday, March 7th but refused at the last minute when she saw George W. Bush was to help lead the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday