Protest

New Jersey To Require Mandatory Kidney Donation

Kim Stagliano | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

The Garden State has passed a law that requires all healthy citizens to donate one kidney by age 45. Yes, the Garden State plans to reap your kidney. The law is called "Kidney2Me."

Read Post

McCain Supporters Heckle Early Voters, Call Them 'Cheaters'

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Early Voting, Washington Times, Bellantoni, Protest, Heckler, McCain Supporters, Barack Obama, North Carolina, Early Voters, North Carolina Voters Heckled, Politics News

At a polling site in North Carolina there was a group of loud and angry protesters who shouted and mocked the voters as they walked in. Nearly all were white.

Read Post

Boston Tea Party 2008

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Third Party, John McCain, Bailout, Wall Street, Protest, Matt Gonzalez, Democracy, Media, Presidential Debates, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Politics News

The $700 billion dollar bailout of Wall Street is exactly the kind of taxation without representation that the founding fathers fought to reject over 200 years ago.

Read Post

Supreme Court To Decide How Much and How Often Government Can Violate Your Civil Rights

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, 2008 DNC Convention, Bullet, First Amendment, Qualified Immunity, Protest, RNC Convention, Convention, Police Brutality, First Amendment Rights, Shopping Mall, Civil Rights, Republicans, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News

The Supreme Court next week will hear a case that may allows police officers to do essentially anything unless courts have expressly told them that they couldn't.

Read Post

Anti-War Protest In St. Louis: While Palin Preaches, These People Live Their Faith

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Vice Presidential Debate, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Iraq War, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Protest, Anti-War Protestors, Bush Administraion, Joe Biden, Veterans, Ponzi Scheme, Home News

Washington University in St. Louis was the setting for the Vice Presidential Debate yesterday evening. Picture perfect, against a sedate Midwestern s...

Read Post

Al Gore Encourages Civil Disobedience To Stop Coal Plants

Reuters | Michelle Nichols | Posted 10.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Coal Plants, Al Gore, Clinton Global Initiative, Civil Disobedience, Protest, Coal, Green News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al Gore urged young people on Wednesday to engage in civil disobedience to st...

Read Whole Story

Time to Take a Second Look at Our "Free Trade" Agreements

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, World Trade Organization, Wto, Nafta, Protest, Free Trade, Globalization, Battle in Seattle, Movie, Progressive Movement, Stuart Townsend, Politics News

We also have nearly 15 years of experience with NAFTA and it clearly did not deliver on most of its promises. It was sold as a job creator, but the United States has actually lost jobs.

Read Post

Park(ing) Day: Turning Metered Parking Spots Into Public Parks (VIDEO)

Guardian | Bibi van der Zee | Posted 10.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Park(ing) Day, Green Living, Parking Day, Bikes, Protest, Green News

Hooray, one of my favourite days of the year: International Park(ing) day. This glorious anti-car festival only started in 2005, when a San Francisco-...

Read Whole Story

War Protesters Confront McCain In Swing-State Michigan

Dan Treul | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Grand Rapids, Peace Presence, Election 08, Afghanistan, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids Community College, Activategr, Joy Division, Joe Biden, Two Party System, Obama, Democrats, Parties, McCain Palin, Barack Obama, Town Hall, Party Politics, Iraq War, Presidential Politics, Protest, Sarah Palin, Antiwar Protest, Mccain Town Hall, Election 2008, Iraq, Michigan, Vote 08, Michigan Politics, John McCain, Republicans, Home News

The protesters believe we must end the occupation of Iraq and redirect spending toward human needs. "You're so old," called one to the McCain fans. "It's time to change the rules."

Read Post

Forced Removal Of Berkeley Tree-Sitters Coming (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green

Read More: University of California, Berkeley, Protest, Berkeley Tree Sitters, Tree Sitters, Redwood Protest, Berkeley Redwood Protest, Green News

BERKELEY, Calif. -- UC Berkeley officials are preparing to remove the last remaining tree-sitters protesting a planned sports center next to Memorial...

Read Whole Story

MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Sms, Pow, 9/11, Aim, Mccain, Stall, Perspctv.com, Craig, Texting, Vp, Rnc, Virtual Worlds, Fox, Minneapolis, Rove, Dncc, Alaska, Boxer, Nbc, Twitter, Platform, Biden, Blogs, Powell, Warner, St. Paul, Techpresident, Brave New Films, Politico, Northern Command, Celebrity, Myspace, Police, Huffingtonpost, Cheney, Kennedy, Romney, Obama, Jindal, Cbs, Bush, Dean, Lieberman, Lobbyists for McCain, Pawlenty, Giuliani, Daily Show, Clinton, Protest, C-Span, Big Tent, Keynote, Mccain's Mansions, Im, Abc, Gustav, Streaming, British Petroleum, Facebook, Cnn, Digg, Ike, Palin, Web Video, Rasiej, Rncc, Quik, Nagin, Mashup, Sifry, Fowler, Greenwald, Daylife, Secondlife, Hutchinson, Ridge, Kovic, Sanchez, Sheehan, Home News

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

Read Post

Dissenter Snapshots: Outside The Xcel Center Thursday

skinnychef | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Skinnychef, Rnc, Republican Convention, Protest, Home News

download this clip! Outside the Republican National Convention in St. Paul MN. on Thursday September 4....

Read Post

Republican Convention Arrest Total: Over 800

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY and MARTIGA LOHN | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Convention, Police, Riots, Protest, Protesters, Politics News

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Percussion grenades, tear gas and nearly 400 arrests marked the final anti-war march during the Republican National Convention...

Read Whole Story

RNC Youth Protesters Rammed And Pepper Sprayed by St Paul Police

skinnychef | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Police Brutality, Skinnychef, Rnc, Republican Convention, Protest, Home News

Download This Clip! Funk The War, a student activist group that seeks to end the war in Iraq through music and dancing, took to the streets Monday...

Read Post

"War" comes to RNC in Minnesota...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Republican National Convention, War Inc., Karl Rove, True Blue Minnesota, Protest, John Cusack, Politics News

Well, looks like Minnesota is going to be a hopping place during next week's RNC convention. Check this out: True Blue Minnesota will be parking a jum...

Read Post

Police Raid Protester Houses In Advance Of Republican Convention

The Uptake | Posted 09.30.2008 | Home

Authorities acting under untested preventive riot statutes burst into the private residences in full riot gear, handcuffed residents and carted away computers. Bloggers Glen Greenwald and Jane Hamsher visited the homes during the raids.

Read Post

Thousands March In Protest Against War at DNC

Hunter Weeks | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, March, Democratic National Convention, Peace, Denver, Protest, War, Anti-War, Home News

Thousands of vocal Denver citizens showed up to express their disapproval for the war. I marched with them and caught some of the scene. The feelin...

Read Post

Kickin' Up Dust in Denver: DNC Protesters

Hunter Weeks | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Abortion, Dnc, Police, 911, 9-11 Hoax, Protest, Cow, Social Activism, Protesters, Denver, Home News

I am from Denver. You often hear people mention Denver as a cow town....as it once was. We're definitely known for being laid back, so when somethin...

Read Post

Baton-Bashed In Denver! Is This Really What Democracy Looks Like?!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Civil Liberties, Democratic National Convention, Incarceration, Citizsen Journalist, First Amendment Rights, Internal Affairs Division, Protest, Free Speech, Denver Sheriff's Department, Codepink, Dnc, Denver, Arrest, Politics News

IS THIS WHAT DEMOCRACY REALLY LOOKS LIKE?! There are characteristics essential to being a member of the peace and social justice organization, ...

Read Post

Anti-Abortion Operation Rescue Leader, Others, Arrested Outside Convention Center

The Uptake | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, dnc08, Dnc, Protest, 2008election, Democraticnationalconvention, Theuptake, Uptake, Prolife, Offthebus, Randall Terry Operation Rescue, Denver Operation Rescue, Randall Terry, Dnc Abortion, Denver Randall Terry, Operation Rescue Dnc, Anti-Abortion Democrat Convention, Home News

Anti-abortion protesters, including Randall Terry, national director of Operation Rescue, blocked the entrance to the perimeter of the Pepsi Center yesterday, holding signs aloft and praying. Thirteen were arrested.

Read Post

Protesters Waterboard Citizen In Front Of Denver Courthouse

skinnychef | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Skinnychef, Waterboard, Dnc, Terrorism, Protest, Torture, Democratic Convention, Home News

This video, which runs a little over three minutes, gives a demonstration of waterboarding which was presented during a protest held in front of the Denver Federal Courthouse on Monday, August 25, 2008.

Read Post

Denver Police Have Already Arrested About 100 Protesters

Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Denver, Dnc, Barack Obama, Protest, Gitmo on the Platte, Politics News

The Associated Press reports that, as of early Tuesday, about 100 people have been arrested following the breakup of a protest by Denver police. The...

Read Whole Story

Protesters, Counterprotesters, Police Meet Peacefully In Denver

The Uptake | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: dnc08, recreate68, Dnc, Protest, 2008election, Theuptake, Democraticnationalconvention, Uptake, Offthebus, Home News

Recreate68 is one of the controversially-named progressive groups organizing demonstrations and other activities at the 2008 DNC in Denver. The UpT...

Read Post

Denver Preview: Protesters Gather At Pelosi Booksigning

skinnychef | Posted 09.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Skinnychef, Constitution, Impeachment, Protest, Nancy Pelosi, Home News

DENVER -- As Nancy Pelosi signed books upstairs, a small band of protesters gathered outside on the street decrying Democratic inaction during the las...

Read Post

The Method Behind Rev. Meeks' Madness

Hermene Hartman | Posted 09.14.2008 | Chicago

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

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.

Read Post

Protest

HuffPost Social News connects you with friends and the news