Ewa Jasiewicz is a Polish–British freelance journalist and human and environmental activist. Her activism focuses on

anti-capitalism Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. Anti-capitalists seek to combat the worst effects of capitalism and to eventually replace capitalism with an alternati ...

and

climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...

and has engaged in solidarity campaign in Iraq, Palestine and Syria. She was one of the journalists in the

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...

during the

First Gaza War First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a ...

Education and activism

Ewa Jasiewicz was born in London to an immigrant Polish family of the

Anders' Army Anders' Army was the informal yet common name of the Polish Armed Forces in the East in the 1941–42 period, in recognition of its commander Władysław Anders. The army was created in the Soviet Union but, in March 1942, based on an understand ...

. She was educated in

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

at the Goldsmith College. After her graduation she went into social work and practices as a freelance journalist. In 2008, she went to the Gaza Strip as a freelance journalist and reported extensively on the 2008/2009 Hamas-Israeli war known as Cast Lead. She reported from Gaza and Iraq and her reports were published in

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was found ...

, Le Monde Diplomatique and

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

. On 31 May 2010, Jasiewicz and other human rights activists were attacked on sea by Israeli commandos while travelling to the

in a ship convoy intending to breach the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. She has participated in a number of climate and solidarity activism including No Dash for Gas, Fuel Poverty Action, Witness Syria and Polish Campaign of Solidarity with Palestine. She is an organizer of

Unite the Union Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a trade union in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Ireland, formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus (trade union), Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union. A general union ...

with migrant and casual workers. Jasiewicz sparked outrage in Poland in 2010 after she and a former Israeli airforce pilot Yonatan Shapira printed "Free Gaza and Palestine" on a wall in the former territory of the

Warsaw Ghetto The Warsaw Ghetto (, officially , ; ) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940 by the Nazi Germany, German authorities within the new General Government territory of Occupat ...

, the largest Nazi ghetto, where hundreds of thousands of Jews were killed, starved to death, or were deported to death camps during the

Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

. Jasiewicz described her action as "a small act of unarmed resistance".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jasiewicz, Ewa Living people Activists from London Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London British women environmentalists British women human rights activists English environmentalists English human rights activists English people of Polish descent English women journalists Journalists from London Year of birth missing (living people)