Brett Wilkins

Brett Wilkins is a San Francisco-based writer and activist whose work focuses on issues of war and peace and human rights. He is a staff writer at Common Dreams and a member of the international socialist writers’ group Collective 20. Brett is also the lead contributor to the blog of Ethics In Tech.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Brett Wilkins

News

Lula beats Bolsonaro in Brazil, dealing ‘huge blow against fascist politics’
October 31, 2022 By Brett Wilkins
Social media disinformation, voter suppression, and the assassination of a Workers Party candidate marked the right-wing camp’s last-ditch effort to hold onto power.
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Politics

Police respond with violence against abortion rights protesters across the country
June 29, 2022 By Brett Wilkins
“Both the Dobbs decision and state repression of protest against it violate human rights,” said the president of the National Lawyers Guild.
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Environment

First Nations land defenders take direct action against Trans Mountain pipeline
April 5, 2021 By Brett Wilkins
"Today we stand on unceded, unsurrendered, illegally occupied Secwepemc land to show that we will not stop until the pipeline is terminated and the land is returned to the rightful titleholders."
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Environment

Texas refineries used storm to hide release of tons of pollutants
February 22, 2021 By Brett Wilkins
As freezing Texans fought for survival oil giants released thousands of pounds of pollutants into their air.
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Environment

‘Listen to the science’ – new study details global warming emergency
February 1, 2021 By Brett Wilkins
Climate campaigners on Thursday pointed to a study showing that Earth is hotter than it's ever been during the entire epoch of human civilization.
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