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Archives: Youth
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What can today’s Activists learn from the Summer of Love and the New Left?
Ira Chernus | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - It’s the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. What better place to celebrate than that fabled era’s epicenter, San Francisco’s Golden Gate…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/greenbergroguehc-180x137.jpg)
From Syria to Somalia: Where have all the Children Gone?
By Karen J. Greenberg | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - “This is a war against normal life.” So said CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward, describing the situation at this moment in Syria, as…![Anger and youth fan flames of terror – not race and religion](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/anger-and-youth-fan-flames-of-te-187x137.jpg)
Anger and youth fan flames of terror – not race and religion
Simon Mabon | (The Conversation) | - - The bombing of Manchester Arena on May 22 struck the very heart of British society. It was a horrific, direct assault on the innocent…Who are the Children suing Trump over Climate Future?
By John Light | ( BillMoyers.com) | - - Congress and the White House aren't going to address the climate crisis anytime soon. Will judges? “We are not going to wait until…![Should Bannon Resign? He and Milo Fake-Newsed Hillary as Pedophile](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/should-bannon-resign-he-and-milo-187x137.jpg)
Should Bannon Resign? He and Milo Fake-Newsed Hillary as Pedophile
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The interview that emerged on the internet of practicing Catholic Milo Yiannopoulos expressing approval of some instances of priest pedophilia with boys has…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/qajargirls-1-187x137.jpg)
Photo of the Day: Sad Girl, Happy Girl, Iran 1900 (Sykes)
British Museum | Sir Percy Sykes | - - Two rural Iranian girls of the Qajar era, 1900, one sad, one mischievous. Via British Museum Museum number: Sykes.453 Description: Lantern slide, showing…![A Yemeni Child Dies Every 10 Minutes as Saudi Attacks Continue](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/a-yemeni-child-dies-every-10-min-187x137.jpg)
A Yemeni Child Dies Every 10 Minutes as Saudi Attacks Continue
TeleSur | - - The U.N. said malnutrition and other preventable diseases are killing thousands of children in Yemen as its health system is on the verge of collapse. Every 10 minutes…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/UNICEF111-1-187x137.jpg)
2016 ‘One of worst Years in History for Children’: UNICEF
By Matthew Tempest | ( EurActiv.com ) | - - Syria: Abdulaziz (in red), 10, whose father was killed in the continuing conflict, spends time with his friends at the ‘Land of…![16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/16-year-old-sues-federal-governm-187x137.jpg)
16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change
AJ+ | (Video Report) | - - "Indigenous climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is one of 21 young plaintiffs suing the federal government to demand action on climate change." AJ+: "16-Year-Old Sues Federal…![How can Progressives get through the Next 4 Years? Organize!](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/how-can-progressives-get-through-187x137.jpg)
How can Progressives get through the Next 4 Years? Organize!
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Anti-Trump demonstrations have broken out all over the country in the wake of his surprise victory on Tuesday. Latinos are afraid he will…![Girl Soldiers: Forgotten Casualties of War](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/girl-soldiers-forgotten-casualti-187x137.jpg)
Girl Soldiers: Forgotten Casualties of War
By Pat Hynes | ( Truthdig ) | - - As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was visibly shaken by sexual crimes against women and girls when she visited the Democratic Republic…![Michelle Obama: Trump a Cruel, Lifetime Sexual Predator – “It Hurts.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/michelle-obama-trump-a-cruel-lif-187x137.jpg)
Michelle Obama: Trump a Cruel, Lifetime Sexual Predator – “It Hurts.”
Michelle Obama | New Hampshire Speech on Trump | - - Transcript via NPR: - - . . . And now, here I am, out on the campaign trail in an election…![Stopping the War on Children](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/stopping-the-war-on-children-187x137.jpg)
Stopping the War on Children
Kevin Watkins | ( Project Syndicate ) | - - On the twentieth anniversary of the Machel report, the international community must draw a line and stop the war against children. That…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/table_1_-187x137.jpg)
The Economic Crisis of Greying World: 30 Countries have more Elderly than Children
By Joseph Chamie | (Inter Press Service) | - - NEW YORK (IPS) - It first happened in Italy in 1995. Five years later it happened in six additional countries, Bulgaria, Germany,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/shadowgovengelhardt-180x137.jpg)
Dear Graduates: We’re Leaving you a Trumpian America; Please Fix It
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - I’ve long had a weakness for commencement addresses, or at least for what they might be rather than what they usually are,…![Michigan faculty Support Muslim Students on Campus in face of Trumpian Hate-Chalking](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/michigan-faculty-support-muslim-187x137.jpg)
Michigan faculty Support Muslim Students on Campus in face of Trumpian Hate-Chalking
Dear Members of the U-M [University of Michigan] community We stand with our friends/students/colleagues and with the Central Student Government (CSG), Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA), and Senate Assembly in…5 Years After Revolution, Egyptians See #PanamaPapers as Further Vindication of Mubarak’s Ouster
By Salma Essam | (Global Voices) | - - Among the names contained in the Panama Papers, the enormous trove of confidential documents revealing how the world's elite exploit tax havens, is…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/new_arabs-10-180x137.jpg)
Arab Youth view ISIL as major Mideast Obstacle, want less Religion
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The annual Arab Youth survey conducted by pollsters Burson-Marsteller is out, reporting on 3500 interviews with Arabs 18-24 years of age in 16…![Lebanon: Over 70% of Syrian Refugee Children Forced into Child Labor](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701071211im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/lebanon-over-70-of-syrian-refuge-187x137.jpg)