What are you going to do to raise the stakes this Fossil Fools Day? via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Call to action by Naomi Klein, Terry Tempest Williams, Bill McKibben, Dr. James Hansen and Peaceful Uprising via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Free West Papua via Thembinkosi Foundation
I spent much of today at a Justice and Peace day - where I met some truly inspirational people. I was priviledged to meet the UK based leader of the West Papuan independence movement, Benny Wenda, for the second time, as well as his compatriot and fellow activist Seruel. These two men are part of only two families who have managed to escape oppression in West Papua and flee to the UK to raise the profile of the political oppression faced by the people of their country at the hands of the Indonesian government. The stories they have to tell are amazing. Benny's story is a harrowing one of being forced from his home as a child and growing up with a disability whilst living in hiding in the jungle from Indonesian troops who brutalised, and still brutalise, his people. Benny later describes...