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Issue 19 — Running Towards the Fire
On lives lived and lives ended.
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 19 — The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders
Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 18 — Occupation, Protest, and Prison
On Tibetan Environmental Defenders.
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 17 — Fallen in the Night
On enforced disappearances.
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Issue 16 — Elder Climate Activists
An interview with B. Fulkerson — Third Act’s national organizer
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 15 — How Are You Feeling About the State of the World?
Notes on optimism.
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Alessandra Bergamin
Issue 14 — A Late Summer Update
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, the last time I wrote it was probably cold, maybe wet, maybe snowing.
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Alessandra Bergamin
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Defender
Defender is a mostly monthly newsletter about global environmental justice and the process of reporting on it. It's written by investigative journalist, Alessandra Bergamin.
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