Protest

The Method Behind Rev. Meeks' Madness

Hermene Hartman | Posted 08.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Funding, Meeks, Economy, Protest, Chicago School Funding, James Meeks, Chicago Public Schools Fudning, Cps, Civil Rights, Chicago News
Hermene Hartman

Meeks' methods of school reform are sure to bring national attention to an educational sore. Perhaps he may even get the presidential candidates to address the issue of educational funding in America.

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The Olympics Are Political

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tibet, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Protest, Politics News
Matt Browner Hamlin

China has invited the world in and we are coming, but let's not pretend we are making a compact when we turn on NBC or ESPN to not let our beliefs about human rights and freedom enter our mind.

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Nude Olympic Swimmer's, Anti-Fur Protest Shutdown (PHOTOS)

AP | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Olympics, Anti-Fur, Anti-Fur Protest, Protest, Animal Rights, Amanda Beard, Olympian Amanda Beard, Peta, Peta Protest, Beijing Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Naked Photos, Amanda Beard Naked Ad, Amanda Beard Naked, Nude Protest, Green, Green News, Green Olympics, Green News

**SCROLL DOWN FOR THE AMANDA BEARD PHOTO IN THE PETA AD** BEIJING, China -- Olympic swimming gold medalist Amanda Beard had to launch her naked, anti...

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Guilty of Being Tibetan: Scenes from a Lhasa Prison

Rebecca Novick | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: China, Tibetan, Prison, Tibet, Testimony, Torture, Protest, Politics News
Rebecca Novick

"Before, this was the best place, but now it's like a prison." This is how one young Tibetan man describes life in Lhasa these days in an interview that was smuggled out of Tibet.

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Top 10 Green Protest Stunts

The Guardian | Bibi van der Zee | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Green News, Green, Paper Plane Protest, UK Department of Transport, UK Airport Expansion Debate, The Guardian, Protest, Green News

A paper plane protest outside the Department of Transport today is likely to attract attention to the airport expansion debate, and show, once again, ...

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"Protest Zones" Will Be Set Up For Beijing Olympics

AP | CHARLES HUTZLER | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

Read More: China, Protest, China Tibet, Beijing Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Beijing, Home News

BEIJING — China will allow a modicum of dissent at the Olympics, setting up special protest zones far from the main sports venues, in a shift th...

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Beijing Says It Will Allow Protests in Certain Areas During Olympics

Alex Pasternack | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Beijing Olympics, Olympics, China, Protest, Politics News
Alex Pasternack

After months of insisting on a non-politicized Olympics, pressure from international groups has advanced press and political freedoms in China.

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Biggest Health Insurer Admits: We Put Profits Before People

Richard Kirsch | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health Care for America Now, Health Care, Health, Protest, Ohio, Politics News

Last February, found 78% of voters believe that health insurance companies "put profits before people." It turns out that a few months later the CEO of WellPoint, said yes, that's true!

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A Free Speech Graveyard at the Democratic National Convention

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic National Convention, Protest, Free Speech, Dnc, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

With the media having sold out the First Amendment rights of protesters for the sake of their own financial interests, it is now left to a handful of civil liberties organizations and protesters to challenge these restrictions in court.

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Will You Watch the Olympics?

Bruce Kluger | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Youtube, Human Rights, Tibet, Beijing Olympics, Darfur, Protest, Marty, Home News
Bruce Kluger

As the 2008 Olympics in Beijing grow closer, global protests continue to swell. Decrying China's policies on Darfur and Tibet, as well as its notori...

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Why Can't the Chinese Authorities Allow a Little Space for Protests During the Olympics?

Susan Brownell | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Olympics, China, Olympic Protests, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Protest, Politics News
Susan Brownell

At the Beijing Olympics, will activists attempt to carry out public protests and demonstrations, and how will the Chinese authorities react if they do?

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Spying Activists Re-Up Pressure on Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mybo, Fisa Amendments Act, Mybarackobama, Telco Immunity, Protest, Surveillance, Fisa, Obama, Spying, Immunity, Barack Obama, FISA Bill, Obama FISA, Politics News
Ari Melber

Though they Obama/FISA protest group now has one objective (urging Obama to change his vote), by increasing its membership, mission and ambition, it has the makings of a broader successful net movement.

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Compliance Weapons: One Step Closer to a Police State?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Institute for Non-Lethal Weapons Technologies, Tasers, Non-Lethal Weaponry, Protest, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

As technology makes possible availability and acceptance of "non-lethal" weapons, one also has to wonder about their impact on police practices and the exercise of civil liberties.

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I Vote for Losers, Baby (So Why Don't You Kill Me)

Marissa Moss | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Conor Oberst, Michael Stipe, Protest, Democrats, John Kerry, National Organization of Hillary Clinton Supporters for John McCain, Iraq War, Mark Green, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Marissa Moss

I'm starting to think that I'm a bad luck charm. In my almost ten years as a voting citizen, I think I've replaced the rabbit's foot on the key chains of Republicans across the country.

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The Saga Of The Protest Song

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon & Garfunkel, Classic Rock, Songs, Music Education, War With Iran, George W. Bush, Suppressing Dissent, Kent State University, Bob Dylan, Iraq War, Iran, Politics, Grunge, Folk, Vietnam War, Protest, Katrina, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

I figured maybe "Fortunate Son"'s rebellious tone had gotten his attention. But it was something more... my nephew was asking questions about its political lyrics and theme.

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Protest by South Koreans Reveals Lack of American Civic Duty

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Scott Mcclellan, South Korea, Beef, Protest, Free Trade, Iraq, South Korea Protests, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

It's shameful that the Koreans can muster thousands of people in the streets over beef imports, but we can't muster ten over the fact that the president lied his way into a disastrous war.

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Olympic Ambush Watch: Athletes, Tattoos, T-Shirts and Amnesty International

Monroe Price | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Australia, Athletes, Beijing, Darfur, Protest, Censorship, Ioc, Amnesty International, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Rogge, Media News
Monroe Price

If athletes genuinely want to express their opinion, that's fine. But let's not forget, there is also the right not to express an opinion. Athletes should feel no moral obligation to speak out.

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How Two Tweens Sitting Poolside In Los Angeles On Sunday Set Out To Save A Farm By Thursday

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Magnet School, Marketing, Youth, Protest, Farm, Public Relations, Tweens, Animals, Paul Revere School, Activists, Green News
Stacie Krajchir

Some concerned citizen wrote one letter to their school, accusing them of abusing the animals on their farm on campus and these girls are spearheading a full protest.

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Estonia's Singing Revolution

Stephen Zunes | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Documentary, Estonia, Soviet Union, Nonviolence, Song, Music, Protest, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

The Soviet Red Army, the largest armed force in the world, was more than prepared to crush an armed resistance. Yet it was no match for hundreds of thousands of nonviolent Estonians singing their way to freedom.

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Thousands of Parents Stand Today for Public School Choice

Mike Piscal | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, Public Schools, Parents, Los Angeles, Protest, Education, Charters, Politics News
Mike Piscal

Today several thousand parents will assemble to march on the Los Angeles Unified School District to demand choice, equity and accountability within California's public school system.

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"French Spiderman" Alain Robert Climbs NYT Building With Global Warming Banner

Sewell Chan | Posted 06.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Green, New York Times Building, Alain Robert, French Spiderman, Environmentalist, Nyt, Protest, Green News

A man holding a bright green banner has ascended the north face of The New York Times's building, climbing about 10 stories while the police and secu...

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Hillary Supporters: Which Side Are You On?

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Strike, Pete Seeger, Iraq, Campaign, Democratic Party, Iran, Song, 2008, Protest, 2008 Campaign, Which Side Are You On, Mine, Abortion, John McCain, Roe v Wade, Abortion Rights, War, Labor, Democrat, 2008 Elections, JH Blair, 08, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, Florence Reece, Harlan County, 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Roe Versus Wade, Party Unity, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Every time I visit an unabashedly pro-Hillary website and read the comments posted thereon, I keep thinking: Which side are you on?

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Chinese Police Drag Grieving Parents From Protest

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Grieving Parents, Chinese Parents, Chinese Police, China, China Earthquake, Protest, China Schools, China Damage, Children Dead, Home News

DUJIANGYAN, China — Angry parents whose children were killed in an earthquake-stricken school shouted "Oh, my child!" and "Tell us something!" w...

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Apathy Doesn't Live in the Bronx

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.23.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Strike, Bronx, Unions, Activism, Protest, Students Protest No Child Left Behind, Standardized Testing, South Bronx Student Protest, Living News
Allison Kilkenny

Last Wednesday more than 160 students in the South Bronx refused to take another standardized test. They are sick of being dragged out of their classrooms to be treated as lab rats in the No Child Left Behind rotten matrix.

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Tibetan Monks Sealed in Monastery in Sichuan Request Permission to Pray for Chinese Quake Victims

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Monastery, Demonstration, Tibet, Protest, Earthquake, China, Chinese, Kirti, Tibetan, Dharamsala, Dalai Lama, Tibet Protests, Buddhist Monks, Politics News
Rebecca Novick

Since March, the monks of Kirti have not been allowed to conduct their usual Buddhist rituals, but on May 15th, they received special permission to make an exception.

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