American money and American moral and political support has been really important in creating this backlash in Europe against feminism, LGBT rights and basic equality. The reason we started looking at this was it didn't add up how much these groups were able to organize, and the size of these organizations, based on the size of the bases they could reach when they started. A lot of these groups seemed to suddenly spring up. That a lot of their funding is coming from the US explains that.
Journalist Adam Ramsay traces money fueling Europe's far right back to Christian fundamentalists in the US - as a way to create new political spaces within Europe for the far right to advance against gay and trans rights, immigration and abortion, and as cover for a global reactionary movement in service of oligarchs on both sides of the Atlantic.
openDemocracy released the report Revealed: Trump-linked US Christian āfundamentalistsā pour millions of ādark moneyā into Europe, boosting the far right.
āWe stand with the Haitian people because it is our responsibility as believers in self-determination and people-centered human rights, to do so.ā
Regulation of sexuality in the United States has been predominantly shaped by and largely dependent upon safeguarding or interpreting the First Amendment.
The author explores Mary Church Terrellās long history of activism, to remind us that movements for social justice do not happen overnight.
States continue to reproduce inequalities based on race and citizenship through their COVID-19 relief and welfare programs.
An interview with Ricardo Alvarez, Mumiaās āmovementā doctor. āThe most important point of advocacy is for the release of all our elders in COVID prisons.ā
