Global Exchange
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Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world
San Francisco, California
Joined September 2008
RT @RompevientoTV: ⏰ Comenzamos #LaEncrucijada en 30 minutos ‼️. 🔫🪖 Crimen, Militarización y DDHH: desde San Fernando hasta Trump 🚞👱🏻♂️….
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RT @TheRealNews: There is a place, tucked into the mountains and hills of Mexico, where local campesinos continue to practice an ancestral….
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There are only 100 salt farmers left in Zapotitlán Salinas, but they continue to practice this ancient art. This is episode 61 of Stories of Resistance.
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We just released our latest Newsletter on Human Rights in Mexico. This issue focuses on the growing crisis in Chiapas. Frayba, the Fray Bartolomé Human Rights Center, is under attack. Its director, Dora Roblero, was targeted in a violent home invasion. Frayba has defended
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Built on Indigenous land and hidden from public view, the U.S. has opened a detention facility that meets every definition of a concentration camp: mass detention without trial, inhumane conditions, and targeted removal of vulnerable communities. This facility is a human rights
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RT @RompevientoTV: 🔶 Hoy en #LaEncrucijada. 💥🔓Agresiones y persecución en Chiapas contra defensores de DDHH 🛡️⛰️. 🎙️ Conducen: @MarcoAnCasM….
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RT @mfox_us: There are thousands of quilombos across #Brazil. Many face threats. This was the story in Alcântara, where Black communities f….
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After decades of threats, the Brazilian government has finally recognized Alcântara Quilombo Territory. This is episode 59 of Stories of Resistance.
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Ostula & Cherán, 2 Indigenous communities in Michoacán, are under attack. Join our live convo w/ Cherán TODAY, July 24, 10am CDMX: 📝 Sign the letter: 📰 Read more: #Cherán #IndigenousRights #Mexico
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Since 1994, Global Exchange has worked to build cross-border solidarity for peace and justice in Mexico. Today, that work is more urgent than ever. In Michoacán, the Indigenous communities of Cherán and Ostula are under renewed attack, from organized crime, state neglect, and
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RT @TheRealNews: On Thursday, thousands protested in #Brazil against U.S. president Trump. “If there's one thing a government cannot tolera….
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On Thursday, thousands protested in Brazil against US President Donald Trump and his attempt to interfere in Brazil’s judicial system. This is episode 57 of Stories of Resistance.
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RT @TheRealNews: There are less than a hundred members of the Karipuna tribe. Their territory is legally theirs. But outsiders are hauling….
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The Karipuna people say they will stand their ground. In defense of the Amazon. In defense of their people and their future. This is episode 56 of Stories of Resistance.
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RT @TheRealNews: Over the last 2.5 centuries people in the US have used the #FourthOfJuly to make their stand against injustice, inequalit….
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Today, we look at the long history of July 4 resistance and protest in the United States. This is episode 55 of Stories of Resistance.
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RT @democracynow: "What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech .
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We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Roches...
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RT @SerapazMexico: ⚠️ Urgent call for action against the armed attack on the Cherán K'eri community and the escalation of violence on the P….
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We denounce the armed attacks against the Indigenous community of Cherán, Michoacán. This is part of an ongoing escalation of violence by organized crime, which began in 2011 when the community expelled criminal groups, political parties, and colluding authorities to protect
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RT @TheRealNews: "It’s not just about sport, it’s about our spirituality." An Indigenous version of field hockey, called palín, is reinvigo….
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“This is the way that we are able to continue our culture. We practice it and it’s not just about sport, it’s about our spirituality. That fills us and gives us the strength to continue.” This is...
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RT @cubamistad: Learn firsthand from Cubans about the ongoing blockade and its impacts. 🔹 Visit grassroots projects, co-ops, & small busin….
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RT @mfox_us: Today, 56 years ago, people rose up against a police raid on the #StonewallInn. It sparked the LGBTQ movement, gay pride march….
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June 28, 1969, people rose up against a police raid on the NYC gay bar Stonewall Inn. It sparked a movement. This is episode 53 of Stories of Resistance.
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RT @CentroVitoriaMX: ¡ES HOY!. Acompáñanos al FORO "Resistiendo Sin Fronteras", dentro del Encuentro del Movimiento de los Pueblos por la P….
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The first Escuelita is happening now in Tijuana! . We are honored to share that La Escuelita, the first of many, has officially launched, organized by the People’s Movement for Peace and Justice. Inspired by Paulo Freire’s liberation schools, the Freedom Schools of the U.S.
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RT @mfox_us: In the Summer of 1968, thousands converged on the National Mall, where they built & lived in hundreds of shacks for weeks to d….
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Resisting the rain and the heat, 3,000 people lived in Resurrection City, on the Washington Mall, for weeks, to demand an end to poverty. This is episode 51 of Stories of Resistance.
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