Projects tagged
Demonstration & Protest
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Finally, OWS gets police to arrest the people in suits
Read more: Finally, OWS gets police to arrest the people in suitsSometimes justice requires a little imagination. On Saturday, when much of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York was loudly denouncing police violence against minorities and protesters, a small group of environmentalists dreamed up a way to get the…
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Czechoslovakia’s two-hour general strike
Read more: Czechoslovakia’s two-hour general strikeA general strike can be one of the most potent noncooperation methods in the repertoire of nonviolent resistance. It is a widespread cessation of labor in an effort to bring all economic activity to a total standstill. Although it is…
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International Day for Animals in Laboratories
Read more: International Day for Animals in LaboratoriesOn April 23rd, in commemoration of the International Day for Animals in Laboratories, Animal Equality’s activists in Rome, Madrid, Barcelona and many other cities across Europe carried out demonstrations against animal testing. In Rome, two flash mobs formed to protest…
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Five Reasons to Unite Against the War on Women
Read more: Five Reasons to Unite Against the War on WomenBy Lauren Barbato, Ms Magazine Blog “I find this onslaught of anti-women legislation repulsive,” says 23-year-old Amanda Velez. “These proposed laws condescend to a level where women are treated as something much less than human.” A resident of Elizabethtown, Kentucky,…
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Morocco protest against rape-marriage law
Read more: Morocco protest against rape-marriage lawBy Nora Fakim, BBC News Several hundred women’s rights activists have demonstrated outside Morocco’s parliament to demand the repeal of a law on sexual violence. Morocco’s penal code allows a rapist to marry his victim if she is a minor…
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Greenpeace Protests Apple’s Energy Practices By Releasing Balloons
Read more: Greenpeace Protests Apple’s Energy Practices By Releasing BalloonsBy C.J. HUGHESThe skies over the glass cube that serves as the entrance to the Apple store on Fifth Avenue turned a bit dark on Tuesday afternoon, at least for some shoppers inside. And a passing storm had nothing to…
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Norwegians sing to annoy mass killer
Read more: Norwegians sing to annoy mass killerNorwegians raised their voices in unison on Thursday to get under the skin of admitted mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. An estimated 40,000 people turned out in central Oslo’s Youngstorget square to sing “Children of the Rainbow,” a Norwegian version of…
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Support Breasts, Not Dictators
Read more: Support Breasts, Not DictatorsBarbed-wire bra protest over Burma investment BBC News Monday, 10 December, 2001 Triumph International, a leading European luxury lingerie firm, is facing a fierce boycott campaign because of its operations in Burma. Under the slogan “Support Breasts – not Dictators”,…
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Senator Protests with the F-Word
Read more: Senator Protests with the F-WordSen. Judy Eason McIntyre, of Tulsa, protests anti-abortion bill with F-word www.newsok.com By Megan Rolland | Published: February 29, 2012 Sen. Judy Eason McIntyre, a Democrat from Tulsa, joined protesters of a proposed fetal personhood bill Tuesday on the north…
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Welcome to Palestine
Read more: Welcome to PalestineWelcome To Palestine by Saed Bannoura Israeli daily Haaretz, reported that 470 of the 1200 persons that Israel blacklisted as “pro-Palestinian” and part of the Welcome To Palestine campaign, were not activists; two of them were a French diplomat and…