Stories

As the Executive Director of the Muslim Justice League, an abolitionist organization that seeks to dismantle the criminalization and policing of marginalized communities under national security pretexts, Fatema Ahmad is no stranger to state scrutiny… Read more

Three years ago, Protect the Protest interviewed two professors at Kingsborough Community College (KCC) in Brooklyn, New York, Libby Garland and Emily Schnee, who described the baseless allegations of antisemitism used to silence and marginalize… Read more

Salma is an activist with BDS Austria.  After retweeting an image of a poster spoofing a historic Palestine tourism ad, BDS Austria was SLAPPed by the city of Vienna. Facing increasing repression by the government,… Read more

Esther Calhoun is from Uniontown, Alabama and is the daughter and granddaughter of sharecroppers who grew cotton and vegetables and raised hogs, cows, chickens and horses. She is one of the founders and a former… Read more

SeaSol, or the Seattle Solidarity Network, is a grassroots organizing group open to workers both employed and unemployed, active and retired who fight unjust treatment by employers, landlords, or other wealthy people who hold power… Read more

[Trigger Warning: The following interview includes references to rape and sexual assault, which may be triggering to some survivors. If you are looking for resources, RAINN is a good place to start. www.rainnn.org] Kristen Vander-Plas … Read more

Krystal Two Bulls is a Oglala Lakota/Northern Cheyenne woman from Montana, U.S. Army veteran, and an organizer from Standing Rock protests in North Dakota. Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, set out… Read more

Morgan Simon is a Founding Partner at Candide Group, a Registered Investment Advisor that directs capital away from an extractive global economy towards investments dedicated to social justice and sustainability. In March of 2020 a… Read more

“Can you be sued for trying to save the world?”  Maggy Hurchalla Two years ago, a jury decided Maggy Hurchalla, 79 years old, should pay $4.4 million to Lake Point Restoration, a company running limestone mining… Read more

Sharon Wilson is a fifth generation Texan and is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She works for the nonprofit advocacy organization Earthworks. Please visit her blog… Read more