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Around The World In 10 Photos

Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Photography, Photos, World, Sudan, Germany, Central America, World Photos, Occupy, Protestors, Queen Elizabeth II, South Sudan, World News

From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the monumental to the day-to-day, each week, HuffPost World will present some of the most remarkable images from across th...

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Around the World in 10 Photos

Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Photos, Photography, May Day, Cairo, Middle East, World Photos, Africa, Protests, Vietnam, Asia, Europe, Activist, Protestors, World Photography, World News

From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the monumental to the day-to-day, each week, HuffPost World will present some of the most remarkable images from across th...

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Activists Target BofA Shareholder Meeting

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Brian Moynihan, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Shareholders, Video, Wells Fargo, Reuters, Bank of America, 99% Power, Scott Silvestri, Protestors, Executive Compensation, General Electric Co, Business News

* 99% Power groups says Wells Fargo excluded shareholders * Group wants to meet with CEO before May 9 meeting * Activist...

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WATCH: Protestors Tell Issa To 'Stop Fighting For Wall Street'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Think Progress, Darrell Issa, Wells Fargo, Occupy Wall Street, Bank of America, Protestors, Alternet, Foreclosure Abuse, Robo-Singing, Foreclosure Settlement, Ally Financia, Citigroup, Business News

California Republican Darrell Issa may think twice before coming to Brooklyn again. The Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Comm...

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Occupy Boston Deadline Passes Without Eviction

AP | By STEVE LeBLANC and LAURA CRIMALDI | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: "We Are the 99 Percent", Video, Mayor Thomas Menino, Dewey Square, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Boston, Protests, Protestors, Quakers, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, Business News

BOSTON -- A diminished Occupy Boston encampment held its ground early Friday after police decided not to immediately enforce a midnight deadline that ...

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Occupy Philadelphia Protestors Continue Fight After Eviction

AP | By PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: 1 Percent, 99 Percent, Video, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Philadelphia Eviction, Corporate Greed, Occupy Philadelphia, Protestors, Business News

PHILADELPHIA -- Occupy Philadelphia protesters say their movement isn't over despite their eviction from the City Hall plaza where they had been encam...

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WATCH: Protestors Dressed Like Robin Hood Arrested During Aids Day March

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: New York Impact, Nypd, Mayor Bloomberg, Activism, Ny News, Aids, Housing Works, Protestors, World AIDS Day, Video, New York News

13 activists dressed as Robin Hood were arrested after blocking traffic in Lower Manhattan on Thursday while protesting Mayor Bloomberg's cuts to AIDS...

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Civil Rights Activists Stand Up to Snobs

Kenneth Kales | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Occupy Wall Street, Protestors, Civil Rights, Economy, Politics News

No society can sustain itself with an upper class increasingly distancing itself from those lower on the economic ladder. That is what is happening in our country.

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Why One Bride Let These Protestors 'Occupy' Her Wedding Photos

AP | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Photography, Groom, Occupy Cincinnati, Bride, Occupy Wall Street, Wedding Photos, Cincinnati, Protestors, Weddings, Weddings News

CINCINNATI -- A bride and groom reached out Occupy Cincinnati protesters to be part of their wedding day. Before her wedding, bride-to-be Caroline Hy...

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Occupy Chicago: Tent City Raid Leads to 175 Arrests

Mark Cassello | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Arrests, Occupy Chicago, Chicago Board of Trade, Occupation, Demonstrators, Occupy Wall Street, Chicago Police Department, Congress Plaza, Protestors, Grant Park, Encampment, Chicago News

Demanding their constitutional right to free assembly, the crowd of about 150 non-violent demonstrators waited patiently for the slow moving police procession to reach them.

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PHOTOS: The Best Signs Of #OccupyWallStreet

Inae Oh | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Nypd, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Wall Street, Posters, Protestors, Occupy Wall Street, New York News

As Occupy Wall Street continues to inspire demonstrations and student walkouts nationwide, protesters are speaking their minds through posters to make...

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Protestors Dump Trash At Bank President's Home Over Layoffs, Foreclosures

Patch | Kimberly Ashton | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Boston, Foreclosure Crisis, Robert Gallery, Bank of America, Business News, Trash, Protestors, Beacon Hill, Business News

Hauling several bags of garbage left at a foreclosed Bank of America property in Malden, dozens of protesters showed up at bank president Robert Galle...

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Egyptian Prime Minister Says He'll Fire Police Accused Of Protestor Deaths

Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Police Kill Protestor, Egypt News, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, Sharaf Vows to Fire Police Accused of Killing Protestors, Protestors, World News

Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf has ordered the suspension of all police officers accused of killing protestors during the uprising that toppled P...

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Friday Talking Points [156] -- Fighting on Several Fronts

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protestors, Rahm Emanuel, Harry Reid, Iraq, Middle East Protests, Grammar, Democracy, Labor Unions, Iraq Day of Rage, Wisconsin Protests, Libya Protests, Politics News

Crowds of unarmed protesters have been shot at with live ammunition. But dead protesters in our forcibly-imposed democracy is just so not according to the media's storyline.

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The Demonization of Barack Obama

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Obama, Conservatives, Republican Party, Barack Obama, President Obama, Tea Party Protesters, Conservatives Cheer Olympic Loss, Birther Movement, Birthers, Obama Olympic Bid, Chicago Olympics, JFK Assassination, Protestors, Politics News

While wrapping their vituperation in the American flag, these extremists masquerading as patriots are actually damaging the heart and soul of the conservative movement in the United States.

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Bloomberg's Doorstep: Protestors Sue City For Right To Rally In Front Of Mayor's House

Gothamist | [2] | | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayor Bloomberg, Charter Schools, Michael Bloomberg, Protestors Sue City, Protestors, New York, New York City, School Closings, New York Mayor Bloomberg, New York News

Demonstrators are suing the city after the NYPD rejected their application to protest charter schools and school closings directly in front of Mayor B...

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Don't Give Ahmadinejad the Excuses He Wants

Ray Hanania | Posted 05.25.2011

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The proper response to the tyranny in Iran is the continued building of a world alliance against the Iranian despot, who may or may not have legitimately won the elections last week.

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House Condemns Tehran Crackdown On Protesters

AP | ROBERT BURNS and ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday stuck to a measured response to the uprising in Iran over a disputed presidential election, even...

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Tea And Sympathy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the modern-day Tea Parties are smart, they would try to educate the public and hang their whole protest on the "anti-bailout" hook.

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Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Bailout, Debt, U.S. Economy, Violence, Federal Reserve, Borrowing, Rescue Plan, National Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Conflict, Bailout, Financial Rescue, Economic Rescue Package, Spending, Protest, Washington, Protests, Protestors, Politics News

After almost four decades of relative calm and complacency, there are signs that the social mood is beginning to sour.

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Protestors Picket CEOs Homes For New Mortgages

New York Post | PAUL THARP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new kind of street warfare is breaking out against Wall Street titans - and it's happening on their lawns and outside their lobbies too. A corps of...

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Sri Lanka: Mob Stones Red Cross Office

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Icrc, Tamil Tigers, South Asia, Sri Lanka Civil War, Red Cross, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Mob, Sri Lanka, Asia, Colombo, Protestors, International Committee of the Red Cross, World News

The main office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was stoned by a mob today in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Although no one was hurt, the...

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Bloomberg Speech Interrupted By Protesters

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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About 100 protesters stormed a Manhattan hotel ballroom and interrupted a speech by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, shouting "this is what democracy looks li...

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A Protester Displays His Fear of Obama

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fear, John McCain, Protestor, Racism, Protest Sign, Protester, Protestors, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Election, Obama Muslim, Barack Obama Supporters, On the Ground 2008, Home News

This race has come down to two things that no amount of rational reason will resolve: Which is the United States of America more afraid of -- the economy failing, or the White House being occupied by a black man?

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McCain Speech Interrupted by Iraq Vet Heckler

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain's acceptance speech got off to a rocky start on Thursday night when, on three separate occasions, he was interrupted by protesters, twice ...

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