Activate

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A groundbreaking Al Jazeera series telling the stories of activists around the world as they challenge authority, take direct action and stand up for what they believe in.

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Roman v Kremlin
Can an opposition activist in Russia successfully challenge the might of the country’s president?
Video Duration 25 minutes 04 seconds
Published On 20 Nov 2012
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‘A thorn in the side of the authorities’
A filmmaker reflects on observing Russia’s grassroots pro-democracy movement as those within it size up their next move.
Video Duration 25 minutes 04 seconds
Published On 20 Nov 2012
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Walking without Putin
One man explains why he has decided to take on the authorities in a bid to stop Russia becoming an authoritarian state.
Video Duration 25 minutes 04 seconds
Published On 20 Nov 2012
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Israel: No Place to Go
Can Isayas help protect fellow African refugees in Israel from violence, discrimination and an uncertain future?
Video Duration 24 minutes 40 seconds
Published On 13 Nov 2012

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Can a passionate new group that is embracing novel forms of action fight racism in Israel?

Music produced to help voice Angolans’ grievances against the government has now become a main tool for activism.

Activate - Angola - Music and the movement

Can young activists inspired by Angola’s underground rap scene take on a political elite that has ruled for decades?

Branded a ‘terrorist’ by the Chilean government, one man is fighting to save his ancestral lands from destruction.

Chile’s indigenous Mapuche are fighting to protect and reclaim their ancestral lands from the government and foreign com

Activate - Chile''s Most Wanted - photo gallery

This is the story of how a 17-year-old Mapuche activist became the first person to be convicted of terrorism in Chile.

One activist is organising Mumbai’s slum-dwellers as they face eviction to make way for upmarket developments.

Slums occupy only seven per cent of the city’s land yet house a disproportionate 60 per cent of its population.

Exposing the wrongdoing of our political leaders serves as a deterrent against future abuses.

Activate - Kenya Rising - Vision of a future without vultures

After violence that pitted neighbour against neighbour, some Kenyans have united to demand more from their leaders.

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Roman v Kremlin

‘A thorn in the side of the authorities’

Walking without Putin

Israel: No Place to Go

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‘The emergence of a new movement’

Angola: Music and the movement

Angola: Birth of a Movement

Chile’s Most Wanted

In pictures: Fighting for Mapuche Land

Chile’s first ‘terrorist’

Mumbai Land Grab

‘Mumbai – where being poor is a crime’

Visions of a future without vultures

‘My world changed after the 2007 elections’

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