Monthly Archive: March 2014
The struggle in Thailand between Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s administration and anti-government groups is increasingly shifting to the courts to decide the government’s fate. As Ron Corben reports the governing Pheu Thai Party faces...
Three years after the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, earthquake and tsunami, there is still no full explanation – or even consensus – as to what precisely went wrong with all the safety measures supposedly in...
Every year in March, student groups at hundreds of universities worldwide organize activities around Israeli Apartheid Week in protest of Israel’s policies in the occupied Palestinian territories. The activities are meant to raise support...
Environmental activists are once again raising concerns over a proposed hydropower dam on the 4,300 kilometer Mekong River’s lower region in Southern Laos, near the border with Cambodia. The Don Sahong Hydropower project, one...
The next chapter in the saga of a chemical spill two months ago into West Virginia’s biggest public water supply is a new law passed by the state legislature over the weekend. Fueled by...
On the eve of International Women’s Day, FSRN takes a look at developments in a Mexico City case which many activists consider emblematic of the deep flaws in the Mexican justice system with regards...
Pro-Russia authorities in the Crimea region of Ukraine this week announced a referendum over whether Crimea will break from Ukraine and join Russia. Many people in the region support Russia and are distrustful of...
Click on any image to launch the slideshow. Credit & Copyright – Filip Warwick. Hear/read Jacob Resneck’s report from Crimea here.
Egyptian authorities deported dozens of activists Friday who were traveling to the Gaza strip to mark International Women’s day. About 100 women planned to travel through Egypt’s northern Sinai to the Rafah crossing and...
In New York City, more than 50,000 people sleep in homeless shelters each night and many New Yorkers spend more than half of their monthly incomes on rent. Today, dozens of community groups banded...