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Iran Intelligence Ministry Attempts Intimidation of Nobel Laureate Ebadi

Lys Anzia | Posted 12.29.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Women's Rights, Human Rights, Middle-East, World, Shirin Ebadi, Protest, Iran, Impact, Nushin Ebadi, World News

Nushin Ebadi, Shirin's younger sister, has been arrested by Iranian officials during a Monday sweep of the home they shared in Tehran. The move is obviously directed at the Nobel Laureate.

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Iran Police Gun Down Protesters, Protesters Fight Back (PHOTOS) (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 12.28.2009 | World

Read More: Slidepoll, Iran Protest Photos, Iran, Protest, Iran Photos, Photos, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, Slideshow, World News

HONOLULU - The Obama administration on Sunday strongly condemned the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters, offering its support to civilians "...

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The Red Carpet Four

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 12.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protest, Copenhagen 2009, Red Carpet Four, Greenpeace, Copenhagen, Protest, Green News

Denying the Red Carpet Four release, thus keeping them away from their families over the holidays, for the crime of peaceful protest is a travesty of justice.

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Iran Admits Protesters Beaten To Death By Jailers

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 12.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Protesters, Jail, Iran Protesters, Prisoners, Protesters Killed, Protesters Beaten to Death, Protest, Iran Protest, Jailers, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil wer...

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The Battle in the Citadel of Capitalism

Garrett Johnson | Posted 12.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Labor Unions, Strike, Picket, Stock Exchange, Nyse, Protest, Business News

In 1947, union leaders decided to take the fight to Wall Street, and shut down trade at the source: The New York Stock Exchange.

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Copenhagen Meltdown

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Developing Countries, Africa, Copenhagen 2009, Protest, Tension, Sustainability, Journalism, Tcktcktck, Green News

The U.N. Climate Conference is falling apart. Protesters are being beaten in the street, Hugo Chavez is taking the high road and the whole thing might end without a new agreement.

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Climate Talks Deadlocked As Clashes Erupt

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, Protest, Copenhagen Protests, Green News

COPENHAGEN — U.N. climate negotiators looked Wednesday to the United States to bring fresh ideas – perhaps in the form of extra billions o...

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High-Profile Activist's Arrest Fuels Fears Of Police Crackdown In Copenhagen

guardian.co.uk | Bibi Van Der Zee | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, Protest, Green News

A high-profile climate activist was arrested ahead of tomorrow's major protests planned outside the Copenhagen climate summit, fuelling anxiety about ...

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Redefining Protest in Copenhagen

Andrew Sniderman | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Bicycling, Climate Change, Copenhagen Protests, Copenhagen 2009, Bicycles, Global Warming, Protest, Green News

Tens of thousands marched peacefully on Saturday, and some opted for sticks and stones. But another group has embraced the bicycle as a symbol and medium for a new kind of environmental protest.

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People Around The World Rally For Effective Climate Deal (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Slideshow, COP15 Protests, Copenhagen 2009, cop15, Global Protest, Un Climate Change Conference, Protest, Climate Change, UN Climate Change, Copenhagen, Green News

This past weekend, people from all over the world mobilized in their respective communities and cities to rally for an equitable, effective, and bindi...

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Peaceful Protesters Take Over Copenhagen; Fight Climate Change (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, COP15 Protests, Slideshow, Protest, Un Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009, Climate Change, cop15, UN Climate Change, Copenhagen, Green News

An estimated 100,000 people marched through the streets of Copenhagen this weekend to rally against climate change, the largest of such gatherings in ...

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Despite Stern Rejection, Leak, and Protest: Climate Talks Continue

May Jeong | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Green News, Todd Stern, Climate Change, Rising Sea Level, Unfccc, cop15, Global Warming, Protest, Green News

Wednesday, Todd Stern, Climate Envoy to the United States, dismissed the notion of developed countries owing financial reparations - otherwise known as climate debt - from CO2 emissions.

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Protesters Return To Lieberman's D.C. Office, Six Arrested

HuffingtonPost.com | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kai Newkirk, Protest, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Sam Pullen, Mobilization-for-Health-Care-for-All, Lacy MacAuley, Politics News

Protesters returned to the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) on Tuesday, staging a theatrical demonstration and urging the senator to stop taking...

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Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Clearcutting, Coal, Center for Public Integrity, West Virginia, Campaign, Coal Industry, Climate, Grassroots, Coal River Mountain, Climate Change, Virginia, Coal Lobby, Mountaintop Removal, Unions, Environmentalism, JP Morgan Chase, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Wto, Mother Jones, Labor, Clean Energy, Congress, Green, Global Warming, Government, Mountains, Epa, Harlan County, Mines, Bush Administration, Blair Mountain, Tennessee, Climate Action Partnership, President Obama, Washington, Obama, Coal Czar, Bush, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Naacp, Appalachia, Workers, Climate Justice, Office of Surface Mining, Civil Disobedience, Kentucky, Henry Waxman, Forests, Department of the Interior, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Wall Street, Astroturfing, Coal Mining, Duke Energy, Green News, Mining, Water, Clean Coal, Osr, Appalachian Mountains, Activism, Protest, Massey Energy, Green News

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

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Guy Fawkes Protesters Finally Celebrate the Right Way

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Guy Fawkes Day, Government Accountability, Government-Corruption, Activism, Guy Fawkes, Protest, World News

On November 5, 1605, England held a celebration for the opening of Parliament. Guy Fawkes tried to spark a revolution by blowing up the building, and ...

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Bronx Dogfight Trial Begins

Reedu Taha | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Dogfighting Laws, Dogfighting, Dogs, Protest, Animal Rights, New York News

When it comes to dogfighting penalties, New York State ranks 48 out of 50, and is therefore considered one of the most lax on its dogfighting laws.

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Chevron Gets Fixed

Antonia Juhasz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Ecuador, Angola, Chevron, Burma, Climate Change, Protest, Oil, Yes Men, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Torture Memos, Big Oil, Green News

On Sunday, Chevron became the first oil company to come under a Yes Men Audience Attack. Chevron was chosen because it's different from other oil companies.

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Human Rights Protesters Arrested in Moscow for Demanding Freedom of Assembly

Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Dissent, Arrest, Protest, World News

As democracy and civil rights in Russia diminish every year, the country is becoming more of a police state. The voice of dissent is silenced by cynical and cruel country leadership.

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Groups Rally To End Tongass Forest Timber Sales

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Tongass Forest, Tongass Logging, Tom Vilsack, Protest, Logging, Alaska, Deforestation, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Forests, Green News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Nearly a dozen conservation groups are appealing to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to put a stop to two timber sales...

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My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Michael Moore | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cooperatives, Newspapers, Twitter, Civil Disobedience, Evictions, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Media, Facebook, Democratic Party, Green Energy, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Movies, Campaign Finance, Michael Pollan, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Protest, Sarah Palin, Showdown-in-Chicago, Financial Crisis, Capitalism: A Love Story, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, Foreclosure, Medicare, Unions, Global Warming, Politics News

I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!

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Health Reform Sit-Ins Thursday Across U.S.; Police Threaten Arrests

Huffington Post | Philip Ross | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Health Care Reform, Insurance Companies, Civil Disobedience, October 15, Sit-In, Protest, Impact News

Rather than standing for a cause, people across America are sitting in to draw attention to their frustrations with our country's health care system a...

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Arizona Mothers Storm Kyl's Senate Office, Denounce GOP as Sexist

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexism, Senator Jon Kyl, Sexual Harrassment, Protest, Working Mothers, Jon Kyl, Republican Party, Health Care, Politics News

Dozens of local mothers descended on the office of Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona Wednesday to denounce what they say are sexist attitudes held by Kyl and the Republican Party in general.

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Obama Is No FDR

Eric Stoner | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Martin Luther King, Afghanistan, Protest, Fdr, Climate Change, Gandhi, Capitalism, Iraq, Barack Obama, G-20, Politics News

Rather than encouraging grassroots protest to help push the public debate and further a progressive legislative agenda as Roosevelt did, Obama is unfortunately publicly trying to quash pressure from the left.

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Nazipalooza

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glenn Beck, Republicans, Kitty Werthmann, Nazis, Activism, Democrats, Barack Obama, Protest, Politics News

It has been said that organizing liberals is a bit like herding cats. Republicans have never had this problem. They're unified under the banner of beating "them," and the "them" this time around is President Obama.

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Glenn Beck Accepts Key To Hometown Of Mount Vernon, Washington; 800 Demonstrate

The Huffington Post | T.J. Ortenzi | Posted 11.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Mount Vernon, Key to City, Protest, Hometown, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Seattle, Washington State, Media, Key to the City, Bud Norris, Mt. Vernon, Protesters, Media News

Glenn Beck received the key to his hometown of Mount Vernon, Wash. Saturday at a ceremony that drew about 800 protesters, according to the spokeswoman...

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