In Paris, during COP21, activists held an unsanctioned performance to protest against the Louvre's sponsorship deals with oil companies Total and Eni.
The man narrating repeatedly mentions Eid al-Adha, the Islamic holiday which this year was on November 6th and 7th, and during which, activists report, the city of Hama was attacked by security forces.
As my colleagues Nada Bakri and Anthony Shadid report, the raids on several cities came a day before the holy month of Ramadan, during which activists had pledged they would intensify their protests.
Despite government attempts to stem the flow of information, video said to have been filmed on Friday — during what activists called "Freedom for Prisoners Friday" — appeared to show some of the protests and the security forces' violent response.
Indeed, in the view of Ms. Brownmiller, the women's movement has lost its steam, so poker night gives "an old feminist" like herself something to do during non-activist times.
Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images 8.37pm BST A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon while taking cover inside a house during what activists said was clashes with the forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Deir al-Zor.
Attempts to oust President Assad have led to 17 months of unrest, during which activists claim more than 20,000 people have died.
Often it was through a simple impromptu action, during which activists would demand that candidates repeat the words "Black lives matter".
The intensifying unrest in Mexico City echoes the 2006 teacher strike in Oaxaca, during which activists seized the city for several months and inspired international labor solidarity campaigns.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and this week in particular is International Anti-Street-Harassment Week, a week during which activists work to raise awareness about how serious an issue street harassment is.
