Since the news media in the U.S. pretends that the rest of the world either doesn't exist, or doesn't matter, political movements in this country rarely consider anything beyond our borders. It's easy to think that the rest of the world feels the same about whatever is going on in the U.S.
The reality is that most people in other nations are more tuned in to what is happening on this planet than the typical American. That's a good thing.

Here we are with protests and demands for superficial tokens of "loyalty" again. Here we are protesting the murder of people of color again. I have a story to tell about such matters because we have been there before.

When does a war become an occupation?

Before Occupy Wall Street, this was the plan to try to bring an end to the utter abomination that is the United States Empire war in and occupation of Afghanistan.

"When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered...A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
- Martin Luther King, 1965

The first news story is neutral and doesn't tell you much.

Just hours after the Trump administration's direct attack on transgender kids, protesters gathered outside the White House. It was probably the largest crowd of people supporting transgender rights ever! It was yuuuuuge! Larger than Trump's inauguration!