Protest

Does the O'Reilly Factor Create Killers?

Nathan Robinson | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Abortion, George Tiller, Obama, Conservatism, Bill O'Reilly, Terrorism, Protest, Media News
Nathan Robinson

If those that disagree with us politically become monsters and murderers, shooting them can seem an act of great heroism. And it is O'Reilly, more than any other conservative host, who crafts the images of liberals and "abortionists" as monsters.

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Blame It on Dick Cheney, Blame It on Obama: Pop Music Gets Political

David Parker | Posted 06.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Songs, George W. Bush, Jamie Foxx, Lady GaGa, Beyonce, Iran, Kelly Clarkson, Music, T.I., 2008 Election, Kid Cudi, Hair, Barack Obama, Akon, Pop Music, Politics, Bailout, Protest, T-Pain, Jay-Z, Timothy Geithner, Comedy, Young Jeezy, Dick Cheney, Comedy News
David Parker

  • "My Life Would Suck Without You," Kelly Clarkson. Centrists love this song because Harry Reid used it to convince Arlen Specter to become a Democrat.

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    Xerox Targets Retirees: Can Today's Workers Be Far Behind?

    Mary Ann West | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business

    Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, Retirement, Protest, Universal Healthcare, Xerox, Early Retirement, Vernon Jordan, Retired Xerox Employees, Anne Mulcahy, Pension Protection Act of 2006, Norwalk, Business News
    Mary Ann West

    Xerox workers are quickly replaced and disposed of like a used 9 volt battery in the smoke detector -- still has life in it but gets changed every 6 months for safety's sake.

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    Love Your Neighbor, Love the Earth

    Jim Wallis | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

    Read More: Vieques, Puerto Rican, Compensatory Damages, Toxic Metals, Compensation, Health, Government, Puerto Rican Island, US Navy, Bush Administration, Contaminants, Target Range, Justice Department, Protest, Justice, Sovereign Immunity, Advocacy, Green Living, Green News
    Jim Wallis

    We cannot claim to care for the poor while we turn our backs on our role in the destruction of the most basic resources our neighbors need for survival.

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    Mother's Day at an Abortion Clinic

    Reproductive Justice | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

    Read More: Abortion, Pro-Life, Mother's Day, Pro-Choice, Mothers, Abortion Rights, Protest, Politics News
    Reproductive Justice

    Escorts stand shoulder to shoulder, bound to strangers in an effort to offer a kind word to clients who are exercising their right to make a compassionate, informed, responsible decision, a motherly choice.

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    The Pianist: Polish Political Protest

    Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

    Read More: Russia, Obama Iran, Great Pianists, Celebrities Talk Politics, War With Iran, Missile Defense, Political Protests, Guantanamo Detainees, George W. Bush, President Obama, Guantanamo, Dixie Chicks, Artists, Iran, United States, Missile-Defense-Shield, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Politics, Classical Music, Krystian Zimerman, Poland, Protest, Guantanamo Bay, September 11th, Piano, World News
    Shirin Sadeghi

    There is something profoundly venerable about an artist who is not afraid to speak up. Krystian Zimerman spoke out against President Obama intention to press ahead with George W.'s plans to install a missile-defense shield in Poland.

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    "Kettling": Another "Special Relationship" Between the US and UK

    Charles Shaw | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

    Read More: Police, Protest, RNC 2004, Activism, Civil Rights, g20, Republican National Convention, Detainees, Detained, Arrested, Politics News
    Charles Shaw

    The policy of mass arresting and detaining protesters was deliberate and premeditated. The intention was to disrupt, discourage, and, ultimately, disperse the protest presence from the streets by creating a climate of fear.

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    The United Nations as Theater

    Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

    Read More: Protests, Theater, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, United Nations Conference Against Racism in Geneva, Ahmadinejad, Protest, Performance, United Nations, World News
    Mark Blankenship

    Ahmadinejad's grandstanding in Geneva, and the immediate protests it caused, can be observed through many lenses, but they also can be understood as acts of theater.

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    Time for a Tea Party with the Right: Why Progressives Need a Transpartisan Strategy

    Bill Shireman | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

    Read More: Taxes, Tax Day Tea Party, Hate, Government Bailout, Conservatives, Liberalism, Protest, Government Spending, Fox News, Hate Speech, Conservatism, Paul Krugman, Right Wing, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Politics News
    Bill Shireman

    Let's sit down with the right for tea. Let them vent their anger and hate - and we can vent ours. Let's listen to the fear that lies beneath the hate, to the reasons they're afraid.

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    Tea And Sympathy

    Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

    Read More: American Revolution, President Obama, Washington, Rebel, Boston, Monopoly, Fox, Obama, Media, Tin Foil Hat, Taxation Without Representation, Dc, Britain, East India Company, Teabag, Tax Day, Tea Taxes, Tea Bag, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea, Cigarettes, Fellow Traveler, Revolution, British East India Company, Protest, Lower Taxes, Higher Taxes, Tea Party, Protestors, Tea, Parliament, Taxes, Tobacco Tax, Smokers, Tea Tax, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Boston Tea Party, Washington DC, Anti-Tax, Smuggler, Barack Obama, Teabag Party, Smuggling, Tax, Chris Weigant, Smuggle, Giles, Fox News, Cigarette Taxes, Boston Harbor, Colonies, Spike, Cigarette Tax, Tinfoil Hat, Tax Day Tea Party, Buffy, United Kingdom, Politics News
    Chris Weigant

    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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    UK Police Arrest 114 In Pre-Emptive Strike On Protesters

    guardian.co.uk | Juliette Jowit and Matthew Taylor | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

    Read More: Energy, Uk, Activism, Protest, Environment, Coal, Green News

    Police have carried out what is thought to be the biggest pre-emptive raid on environmental campaigners in UK history, arresting 114 people believed t...

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    Tea Party Video: Right-Wing Tax Protests Caught On Tape

    The Huffington Post | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

    Read More: Tea Party Tax Protests, Tea Party Videos, Tea Party Protests, Tea Party Day, Tea Party Tax, Tea Party Video, Tax Protests, Tax Tea Party, Tax Day, Tax Tea Parties, Tea Parties, Tax Day Tea Party, Video of Tea Party, Tea Party 2009, Tea Parties Video, Tea Parties in Fort Worth, Video of Tea Parties, Tax Day Tea Parties, Protest, April 15 Tea Party, Tea Party Tax Day, Tea Party Protest, Pork, Tea Party, Tea Protest, Tea Party April 15, Tea Parties Tax Day, Politics News

    HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. Anti-tax activists are assembling ...

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    CODEPINK Behind Blankfein: "Taxpayers Want Their Money Back"

    Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

    Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Codepink, Goldman Sachs, Taxpayers, Economy, Protest, Aig, Business News
    Medea Benjamin

    I started to ask my questions: "Why should taxpayers reward the failures of Wall Street? Why should we bailout Goldman Sachs?" but they cut off the stage mic.

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    The G-20 Protesters Are Rebels Without a Clue

    Lionel | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

    Read More: G-20 Protest, Tibet Protests, G-20, Protest, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News
    Lionel

    For the G-20 protesters, it's about the party. I'm sorry, but when I think of Tiananmen Square, Kent State or Chicago 1968, the party theme escapes me.

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    Tim DeChristopher, Land Auction Prankster, Charged With Felonies

    Los Angeles Times | April 2, 2009 | Posted 05.03.2009 | Green

    Read More: Tim Dechristopher, Land Auction, Green Politics, Activism, National Parks, Protest, Salt Lake City-Utah, Green News

    Salt Lake City -- A college student was charged with two federal felonies Wednesday for what he contends were acts of civil disobedience -- making fal...

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    Arthur Delaney

    Tea Party Pooper: Rick Santelli Wants Nothing To Do With Protests He Spawned

    HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media

    Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Rick Santelli, Protest, Media News

    It's been over a month since CNBC's Rick Santelli called for a Chicago "Tea Party" during an impromptu rant against the government "rewarding bad beha...

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    An Interview with the Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers

    Marissa Moss | Posted 05.01.2009 | Entertainment

    Read More: Emily Sailers, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Katy Perry, Protest, Political Activism, Obama Gay Rights, Green Tours, Amy Ray, Indigo Girls, Music, Gay Marriage, Biodiesel, Barack Obama, Honor the Earth, Entertainment News
    Marissa Moss

    As open lesbians, gay rights have been major for the Indigo Girls -- along with environmental concerns They are artists who believe that activism goes part and parcel with the power of song.

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    G-20 Protest In UK: Send Us Your Photos

    Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

    Read More: Uk, Citizen Jouranlism, Climate Change, G-20, Protest G-20, Protest, G-20 Protest, G-20 Protest Photos, g20, g20 Protest, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

    The G-20 will convene a summit in London next week to discuss global economic reforms. Tens of thousands of people are expected to march through Lond...

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    The Pennsylvania Avenue Circus

    Nathan Schneider | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

    Read More: White House, Obama Guantanamo, Protest, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Peace, Circus, Torture, Politics News
    Nathan Schneider

    What better lawn ornament could the White House have than a passel of passionate citizens giving tourists something to think about?

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    It's Time to Join the Resistance

    John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

    Read More: Boston Tea Party, First Amendment, Tea Party Protests, Civil Disobedience, Santelli's Chicago Tea Party, Protest, Fight-the-Power, Congress, Senate, Fight the Power, Anti-War Protests, Iraq Protest, Iraq, President, Social Activism, Politics News
    John W. Whitehead

    Thankfully, there are a growing number of Americans--what I like to refer to as "teaspoons of resistance"--who have not given up the fight and are choosing to exercise their First Amendment right to peaceably assemble and "petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

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    Protests Across Country Focus on Workers' Strife, Citizen Journalists Report

    Matthew Palevsky | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

    Read More: Slideshow, Merrill Lynch, Executive Excess, MoveOn.Org, Bank of America, Acorn, Seiu, Protest, Aig, Linda Monk, Andy Stern, Aig Protest, Corporate Greed Protest, Janitor Protest, Cisco Systems, Bailout Outrage, Politics News

    Reporting by Natasha Chen, Daniel Howes, Karen Kilpowicz, Pamela Mays McDonald, Linda R. Monk, Dorothy Noble, Elizabeth Ross, Jim Stevenson, Betty Ten...

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    Arthur Delaney

    Bailout Bonus Rage Hits The Streets (VIDEO)

    HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

    Read More: Aig, Seiu, Protest, Bailouts, Andy Stern, Bonuses, Bonus Outrage, Politics News

    Rage over $165 million in bonuses for employees of bailout-beneficiary American International Group spilled into the streets Thursday when over 100 pe...

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    Why The Obama Administration Underestimated Public Outrage Over AIG?

    Phillip Martin | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

    Read More: Republic Windows and Doors Workers, Merrill Lynch, Poverty, Demonstration, Protest, Bank of America, Aig, Larry Summers, Treasury Secretary Tim Gaither, Politics News
    Phillip Martin

    No one can blame the Obama Administration for apparently misreading the level of public rage toward AIG executives, who have collected millions in bonuses while racking up billions in taxpayer bailout money.

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    F*ck Your Mother Ship, F*ck Censorship

    Disgrasian | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

    Read More: Internet, Grass Mud Horse, Double Entendres, Political Activism, Internet Censorship, Free Speech, Protest, China Internet Access, Chinese Government, Resistance, China Censorship, China Human Rights, Chinese Democracy, Chinese Censorship, China, World News
    Disgrasian

    This is China we're talking about, so the video isn't just funny, punny wordplay. The grass-mud horse video has become a national symbol of resistance to authority and censorship.

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    Time to Show the World

    Russell Simmons | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

    Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Nyc, Russell Simmons, Protest, Governor David Paterson, New York, Drugs, War on Drugs, Celebrities Talk Politics, Politics News
    Russell Simmons

    The nation is watching to see if we will do the right thing in New York by repealing the Rockefeller Drug Laws. And if we do the right thing, the nation will follow in our footsteps.

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