Projects tagged
Demonstration & Protest
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ARMS DEALERS ON TRIAL
Read more: ARMS DEALERS ON TRIALA group of women arrested at the DSEI arms fair in 2013 have begun private prosecution proceedings against arms companies who exhibited illegal weapons at the fair. French company Magforce International and Chinese company Tianjin MyWay International Trading will be…
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Clean and Reliable Water
Read more: Clean and Reliable WaterToday over 40 people gathered at the Ministry for Internal Affairs in the centre of Tirana, the capital of Albania. The issue is Tirana’s drinking water, which is not clean, unreliable as it comes out of the tap only a…
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Rana Plaza Protests at One Year Anniversary
Read more: Rana Plaza Protests at One Year Anniversary“Thousands of people, some wearing funeral shrouds, staged demonstrations at the site of the Rana Plaza factory complex on Thursday on the one-year anniversary of the Bangladesh disaster that claimed 1,138 lives. The demonstrators – who included injured survivors and…
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“Reject and Protect” actions against Keystone XL pipeline in U.S.
Read more: “Reject and Protect” actions against Keystone XL pipeline in U.S.The Cowboy and Indian Alliance, a coalition of indigenous tribes, ranchers, farmers, stages a protest named “Reject and Protect” against the Keystone XL oil pipeline project along the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline route, as a part of series of…
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Nude protest for International Women’s Day
Read more: Nude protest for International Women’s DayOn 8 March 2014, International Women’s Day, several female activists (Amina Sboui, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Solmaz Vakilpour, Safia Lebdi, Meriam Russel and Maryam Namazie) protested nude in support of women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa in front…
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Women’s Fast for Families
Read more: Women’s Fast for FamiliesThe Fast for Families on April 7-9 is the culmination of a month of action involving more than 1200 women fasting through 70 events in 35 states as well as in Washington, D.C., and Mexico City. It is being organized…
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Female students in Guangzhou protest topless for gender equality
Read more: Female students in Guangzhou protest topless for gender equalityFemale students from the Guangdong University of Technology in Guangzhou called for equal job opportunities and for people to “pay attention to the value of women” while protesting on the school’s campus, shirtless and covered in body paint. The photos,…
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Sit-in at Veterans Memorial
Read more: Sit-in at Veterans MemorialThe Veterans Memorial in New York City, located at 55 Water Street, closes every day at 10pm. However, veterans often find themselves wanting to come to the memorial at all hours of the day and night. The organization Veterans for…
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Silent Strikes in Venezuelan Universities
Read more: Silent Strikes in Venezuelan UniversitiesIn Venezuela, the far right opposition has protested against the leftist regime of Maduro. Violence has swept through the capital, Caracas, and other cities throughout the country. Meanwhile, the Western world has had its eye on Ukraine, and received relatively…
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Sheep invade the Louvre
Read more: Sheep invade the LouvreTwelve sheep and a sheepdog walk into the Louvre. If it sounds like the beginning of a joke, it’s not. In Paris Friday, French farmers protesting European Union agricultural policy herded a flock of sheep down the steps of the…