Protests

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Dispatch from London: Day 1 of the G-20 Summit

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: London, G-20 Summit, The Obamas, Police, Protests, Angela Merkel, Climate Change, Bankers, Nicolas Sarkozy, Financiers, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Business News

While the protesters are more or less united, G-20 leaders are squabbling like parents fighting over how to constrain their petulant teenagers.

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Palm Oil Protesters Beaten In Indonesia, Greenpeace Says (SLIDESHOW)

AFP | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Indonesia, Activism, Protests, Slideshow, Protesters Beaten, Palm Oil, Greenpeace, Green News

According to AFP, Greenpeace is claiming that some of its activists in Indonesia were beaten as police broke up a protest this week: Greenpeace act...

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Greenpeace Blocks Main EU Building In Protest

AFP | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Activism, Economy, Climate Change, Protests, Greenpeace, Eu, Green News

Wearing yellow and blue ponchos and bearing banners saying "Save the climate" and "Bail out the planet," 340 activists from 20 countries participated ...

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Capitol Power Plant: A Symbolic Clean Energy Hurdle

AP | BRIAN WESTLEY | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal, Powershift, Congress, Capitol Power Plant, Green Politics, Activism, Protests, Environment, Pollution, Green News

WASHINGTON — Several thousand demonstrators on Monday urged Congress to pass legislation to reduce greenhouse gases, and they targeted the gover...

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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

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

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PETA's Busy, Weird Start To 2009 (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Animal Rights, Peta, Activism, Nude Protests, Protests, Slideshow, Nudity, PETA Protests, Animals, Green News

PETA's always up to something. President and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk has now gone and willed her body to be used in many of the ways that she's spen...

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Israel - Gaza Protest Photos

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

Read More: Slideshow, Pro-Israel, Israel-Gaza Conflict, Gaza, Protests, Palestine, Israel, Israel Palestine, Pro-Gaza, World News

After 18 days of bloodshed, more than 1,000 people have died as a result of the war between Israel and Gaza. Talk of a 10-day ceasefire is in the work...

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A Test for Russia's Unity

Robert Coalson | Posted 02.03.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, Russia, Financial Crisis, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Tandem, Russian Oligarchs, World News

Instead of increasing the investment of average people in the stability of the system by, say, making elections fairer and more frequent, the Kremlin is moving in the opposite direction.

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The Myth Of Putin's Popularity

Robert Coalson | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, Russia, Popularity, Vladmir Putin, World News

There are increasing hints of dissent even within the ranks of the establishment that further demonstrate how thin the support for Putinism in Russia may be.

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Save the Economy: Throw Your Shoes At Bush!

Erica Heller | Posted 01.14.2009 | Style

Read More: George Bush, U.S. Economy, Bailout, Economy, Iraqi Throws Shoes at Bush Video, Jimmy Choo, Fashion, Manolos, Laboutin, Throw a Shoe at Bush, Bush Thrown With Shoes, Throw a Shoe, Bush Shoes Throw, Show Throw to Bush, Protests, Blahniks, Style News

What if we could all throw our shoes at Bush? At Cheney? At Condi, Rummy, Paul, hell, let's throw in Blago here too now, just for a real treat. I'd pay to do it, wouldn't you?

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Time for banking and auto workers to stage a sit-in

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Auto Bailout, Workers, Finance Jobs, Careers, Bank of America, Banking, Protests, Business News

Everyone thought that the 200 plus workers at a Chicago door and window factory were so quaint, staging an old-fashioned sit-in in today's all-about-m...

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Boycott Alabama: Joe Babiasz, Big Three Sympathizer Angry At Sen. Shelby, Starts Site

WWJ Newsradio 950 | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Automaker Bailout, Boycott Alabama, Joe Babiasz, Boycotts, Protests, Alabama Boycott, Richard Shelby, BoycottAlabama.Com, Boycott Alabama .Com, Boycottalabama, www.boycottalabamanow.com, Boycott State of Alabama, www.boycottalabama.com, Business News

Joe Babiasz says he's sick of the 'circus of the Senate hearings'--and he wants 49 states and the District of Columbia to boycott the state of Alabama...

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The Power of Protest in the Maldives

Stephen Zunes | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

Read More: Protests, South Asia, Nonviolent Action, Nonviolence, Democracy, Maldives, Maldive Islands, Civil Disobedience, Mahmoud Gayoom, Political Protests, Non-Violence Resistance, Gayoom Regime, Political Activism, Ukraine, World News

The triumph of democracy in the Maldive Islands should be counted as yet another example of the power of civil resistance to create a government by the people, for the people.

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Thai Prime Minister Says He Won't Step Down

Posted 12.27.2008 | World

Read More: Thailand, Protests, Bangkok, Bangkok Protests, Thailand Protests, Thai Prime Minister, World News

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Amazon Logging : Mob Attacks Government

planetsave.com | Derek Markham | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Protests, Logging, Amazon Logging, Amazon, Brazilian Indian Conflict, Green News

Thousands of people rioted on Sunday in Paragominas, Brazil, protesting the government's crackdown on illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. The pr...

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Gay Marriage Supporter: It's Not Too Late For Civil Rights

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Protests, Proposition 8 Passes, Protester, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Marriage, California Proposition 8, Politics News

I caught up with No on Proposition 8 supporter Carlos Cabrera, 26, of San Francisco. Cabrera is a single gay man who is openly concerned about the future of gay marriage across the nation.

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Electoral College: A Nightmare Scenario

Peter Clothier | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Electoral College, Voter Apathy, 2008 Election, Electoral Map, John McCain, Gerrymandering, Politics News

It's my personal belief that if John McCain wins this election, this "democracy" as we know and preach it will have shown itself to be irremediably broken.

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Tibet's Secret Weapon: An Opinion

Rebecca Novick | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Protests, Human Rights, Tibetchina, Tibet, Tibet Protests China, Torture, Politics News

Tibet has slipped away from the world's headlines. But even though no foreign journalists are allowed into the region to report on them, Tibetans have continued to protest China's repressive policies.

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The Battle Plan III: Deployment and Its Dangers

Naomi Wolf | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Protests, George Bush, Bush Brigade, Civil Disobedience, Tasers, RNC Arrests, Political Protests, Politics News

On October 1, President Bush deployed a brigade -- which means three to four thousand warriors -- somewhere in America. Troops on our streets make us something less than a democracy.

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Charlize Theron Defends the Street Protests of the Battle in Seattle

Brad Balfour | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Protests, South Africa, Women, Self-Distributed, Charlize Theron, Wto, Stuart Townsend, Movies, Entertainment News

As intense as these roles have been, Theron alternately can seem surprisingly innocent and yet fervently committed, If only because she refuses to to succumb to gossip-mag expectations.

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The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

ZP Heller | Posted 10.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Republican National Convention, St. Paul, Progressive, Minnesota, Zack De La Rocha, The Nightwatchman, Activism, Rage Against the Machine, Grassroots, Protests, Tom Morello, Police, The Nation, The Fabled City, Entertainment News

The St. Paul police should have known better than to try to stop Tom Morello. The Rage guitarist leads a growing number of musicians who have adopted an explicit antiwar, anti-Bush message.

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An Expat's View of the Conventions: End of Summer in America and Back "Home" to Europe

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Europe, Alaska, Democratic Convention, Gustav, Secede, Expat, Mccain, Obama, Billionaires, Republican Convention, Election, Biden, Mainstream Media, Michelle Shocked, Politics, Education, Summer, Hillary, Palin, Protests, Martial Law, Health Care, Democracy Now, John McCain, Expats, United States, Politics News

I am a Democrat but actually found the old McCain palatable once upon a time...where in the hell did the real John McCain go?

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Eileen Clancy and I-Witness Surrounded By Police at RNC

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Protests, I-Witness, Rnc, Republican Convention, Activism, Civil Rights, Home News

I have just received an e-mail from I-Witness founder, Eileen Clancy: Police have arrived at our office in St. Paul. They say that they have receive...

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From Breakfast Presentations To Anarchy On The Streets: Day Two At The RNC

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Photos From St. Paul, St. Paul Protest, Slideshow, Citizen Photos, Protests, Maximum Exposure, Republican Convention, Home News

HuffPost's OffTheBus is teaming up with USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and the Institute for Photographic Empowerment to support...

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Reading The Pictures: Denver Not Quite A Riot

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Democratic Convention, DNC Protests, Police, Protests, DNC Security, DNC Photos, Security, DNC Media, DNC 08, Dnc, Democratic National Convention, 2008 Election, Denver, Media News