Alessandra Bergamin

1 month ago | atmos.earth | Alessandra Bergamin

Forty years after a pesticide company leaked toxic chemicals into the air and water of Bhopal, India, these women are still fighting for justice. Just after midnight, as the winter chill settled across the city of Bhopal, Bano Bee awoke to a sudden rumble outside.

Oct 22, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Alessandra Bergamin

Former chief climate diplomat for the Philippines Yeb Saño discusses his work with Greenpeace Southeast Asia. And the challenges climate activists face under repressive governments. In 2013, in the devastating wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Yeb Saño began a two-week hunger fast. Saño, then a diplomat and the head of the Philippines delegation at the U.N. climate talks in Poland, had watched as one of the most powerful tropical storms in history obliterated his hometown of Tacloban.

Oct 21, 2024 | wagingnonviolence.org | Alessandra Bergamin

Embed from Getty ImagesIn 2013, in the devastating wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Yeb Saño began a two-week hunger fast. Saño, then a diplomat and the head of the Philippines delegation at the U.N. climate talks in Poland, had watched as one of the most powerful tropical storms in history obliterated his hometown of Tacloban. Just a few days after the typhoon, a weeping Saño declared to the delegates in Warsaw that he would not eat again until meaningful climate progress was made.

Aug 9, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Alessandra Bergamin

Above photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha/Getty Images. Anti-authoritarian organizer and strategist Scot Nakagawa explains the importance of confronting political violence. And learning from pro-democracy struggles abroad. For more than 40 years, Scot Nakagawa has served as an organizer, political strategist and social movement analyst in the struggle against authoritarianism.

Aug 8, 2024 | znetwork.org | Scot Nakagawa |Alessandra Bergamin

This is part of a series of interviews with experienced organizers and movement thinkers on ways to defend and expand democracy amidst the rising authoritarian tide globally. For more than 40 years, Scot Nakagawa has served as an organizer, political strategist and social movement analyst in the struggle against authoritarianism.