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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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Going to the Country: Unemployed Chinese Migrant Workers Return Home

John Wagner Givens | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Migrant Workers, Unemployment, China, Chinese New Year, Economy, George W. Bush, Economic Crisis, Layoffs, Education, Labor, Protest, Nancy Pelosi, Chinese Exports, Chinese Government, Hurricane Katrina, China Social Unrest, Mao Zedong, Economic Growth, Health Care, China Economy, Wen Jiabao, World News
John Wagner Givens

In the world's biggest annual migration every Chinese New Year over one hundred million internal migrants take a break from their jobs and studies in ...

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Amnesty NOW: How and Why

Jane Guskin | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Justice, Immigrants, Immigration, Protest, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration and Nationality Act, Amnesty, Immigrant Workers, Agjobs, Politics News
Jane Guskin

Any delays in pushing through legalization will hurt its chances. We need to mobilize behind a united demand, and make our voices heard every single day until we get what is needed.

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Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

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
Michael J. Panzner

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

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Asa: The Next Generation's Voice Of African Protest

Modiba | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Nigeria, Guitar, Yoruba, Music, Keziah Jones, Fela Kuti, Protest, Asa, Global Music Corner, World Music Corner, World News
Modiba

What do you get when you take a bit of Bob Marley, a chunk of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, add some India Arie pre-mixed with Miriam Makeba and Angélique Kidjo and finish it off with Yoruba classics?

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Protesters, Whalers Fight Over Use Of Illegal Weapons

The Japan Times Online | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Environment, Antarctica, Steve Irwin, "Sea Shepherd Conservation Society", Protest, Whaling, Japan, Paul Watson, World News

The hardline antiwhaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on Monday accused Japanese whalers of using illegal weapons systems to repel its vess...

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Madagascar Protesters Riot Against Government, Set Fire To TV Station

AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Africa, Madagascar, Demonstration, Protest, Ukraine, World News

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Thousands of demonstrators demanding a new government in Madagascar took to the streets Monday and set the country's ...

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Competing Meetings On Gaza In Kuwait, Qatar Highlight Divisions In Arab World (VIDEO)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 02.17.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Jordan, Gaza, United Nations, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, Qatar, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Protest, Evo Morales, Israel, Kuwait, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Video, Middle East, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

The visceral response seen across the world to Israel's attacks on Gaza has been described by many as an unprecedented outpouring of support for Pales...

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Bomb A Ghetto, Raise A Cheer -- The Video

Max Blumenthal | Posted 02.12.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Consulate Protest, Israeli Airstrikes, Aza, Gaza City, Israel Ground Invasion, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Protest, Palestinian Territories, Israel, Hamas, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Max Blumenthal

On January 11, an estimated 10,000 people rallied in front of the Israeli consulate in New York in support of Israel's attack on Gaza. The event was a festive affair that began and ended with singing and joyous dancing.

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E-Samizdat works!

Dave Belden | Posted 02.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Bush Administration Torture, Unitarian Univeralist, Rick Warren Invocation, Protest, Witness Against Torture, 100 Days, Home News
Dave Belden

If an MLK led a Selma march today and the media ignored it, as they have ignored so many anti-war and anti-torture protests these last years, would it...

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Nude Protesters From Spain Are All About Animal Rights (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Slideshow, Nude Animal Protesters, Spain, Animal Rights, Peta, Animals, Nude Protesters, Protest, Nude Animal Protests, Spain Animal Rights, Nude, Nude Protesters Spain, Nude Animal Rights Protest, Espana Women Nude, Young Nude Animal, Nude Spanish Protesters Images, Zoo Protesters Spain, Nude Animal Protest, Nude Woman, Green News

Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a protest by AnimaNaturalis, an animal rights group from Spain, in which a semi-nude woman w...

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The Anatomy of a Protest in 2009

Jillian York | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza Israel, Twitter, Anti-Israel Protests, Gaza, Protest, Anti-War Protests, Hamas, Israel Gaza, Facebook, Israel, Flickr, World News
Jillian York

In today's world, live and online activism go hand in hand. Without the use of Facebook or Twitter, I wouldn't have heard about the protests. Without the Internet, I wouldn't have known much about the Gaza conflict.

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Protesters in Beirut Demand Action from Arab Leaders on Gaza, Focusing on Egypt as Demonstrations Rise (VIDEO)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Egypt, Gaza, Palestinian, Protest, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Israel Blockade, Video, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Millions across the Arab world are demonstrating, demanding that Arab governments do more to support Palestinians trapped in Gaza.

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Chinese Police Prevent Protest By Trapping Workers In Factory

AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

Read More: Economic Crisis, China Social Unrest, Protest, China Police Protest Factory, China Layoffs, China, China Police Factory, China Economy, China Protests, World News

DONGGUAN, China — Laid-off migrant worker Chen Li had red scrape marks on his right cheek from a scuffle with riot police outside his factory th...

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Torches and Pitchforks

Bob Franken | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bear Stearns, Obama, Protest, Economy, Barack Obama Economy 2008, Obama Economy, Politics News
Bob Franken

We must address the knee jerk layoff reflex. At the first sign of a slowdown, companies fire their workers, choosing highest profits over the lowly employees.

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Obama Embraces Chicago Factory Sit-In: Symbol of New Wave of Activism

Peter Dreier | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Workers, Chicago, Protest, Obama, Sit-In, Union, Bush, Republic Windows and Doors, Recession, Business News
Peter Dreier

The bold factory take-over by the Republic workers in Chicago may be a fluke, or it just could be the opening salvo of a new wave of grassroots activism inspired by Obama's campaign.

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Obama's Most Progressive Act Yet; Solidarity With the Chicago Factory Worker Sit-in

Rob Kall | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Top Down Bottom-Up, Chicago Factory Strike, Bottom-Up, Unions, Economy, Protest, Politics News
Rob Kall

It seems to me these heroic folks protesting at the factory may have, perhaps without realizing it, fired the first shot, like the shot heard round the world -- one that will get the congress to listen.

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Chinese Democracy -- the 1978 Version

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

Read More: Democracy, Beijing, China, Chinese Dissidents, Tiananmen Square, Protest, World News
Jeffrey Wasserstrom

More than a decade before the June 4th Massacre, right after Deng's Reform era began in China, came the "Democracy Wall Movement" -- named for a Beijing area where critics started putting up posters in 1978.

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First, You Get Mad

Terrance Heath | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Marriage, Gay Rights, Boycott, Proposition 8, Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendments, Protest, Act-Up, Direct Action, Gay Marriage, Stonewall, Civil Rights, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Terrance Heath

Wow. It's kind of unbelievable, really. You take something away from people, and they get angry. Take away hard won rights, and equal protection for t...

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Protest at Mormon Temple Not Best Messaging Method

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mormons, Proposition 8, Gay Marriage, Protest, Gay Marriage Protest, Mormon Church, Prop. 8 Protest Mormon Temple New York, Mormon Prop 8, Mormonism, Mormon Temple Prop. 8 Protest, Mormon Temple Protest, Mormon Temple Gay Marriage Protest, Politics News
Ryan J. Davis

I'm a little scared of the anti-Mormon fervor that I'm seeing in the gay community. Tonight's protest will just confirm the Mormons' fears about us and will certainly be portrayed negatively in the media.

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Top Ten Heroes of the George W. Bush Era

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Top Ten List, Valerie Plame Wilson, Heroes, George W. Bush, Winter Soldier, Obama, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Internet, Cindy Sheehan, Iraq Veterans, Amy Goodman Rnc, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Michael Moore, Protest, Democracy Now, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Shirin Sadeghi

As the W. Bush regime comes to an end it seems appropriate to pay tribute to the countless individuals and groups who have spent the last nearly 8 years exposing this government.

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