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Human rights of Greenpeace anti-whaling whistleblowers were denied by Japan

This past December, the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD)  found that Japanese authorities breached the rights of two Greenpeace activists who had uncovered corruption in the Japanese whaling program. [Translate]
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Be a Lifelong Activist

Conducive sounds off with Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way. If you are tired and overworked, she has a plan for you. This straightforward and concise text teaches you how to overcome your fears and blocks to live a happy and productive life with a progressive [...]
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TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION Some Visions I Have Seen…

What would a world look like in which women and communities are empowered to care for their newborns? Author activist and mixed-African American adoptee Shannon Gibney lays out her vision for such a world. Through her work Gibney has been building coalitions with the international adoptee movement. These coalitions offer spaces for adoptees to dialogue [...]
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EDITORIAL Trading in Babies

Writer, activist, and adoptee filmmaker So Yung Kim recommends reorganizing the transnational adoption industry in order to protect the rights of children. Domestic and international adoptees are already coming together to discuss options and partner on policy issues. Kim also proposes more coalition building between adoptee groups and other collectives fighting for the basic rights [...]
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