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Black Panther Party for Self DefenseDate:
Aug 11 1968The Free Breakfast for School Children Program was initiated at St. Augustine’s Church in Oakland by the Black Panther Party. The Panthers would cook and serve food to the poor inner city youth of the area. External sources: http://radicalcollectivecare.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-blackpanthers-freebreakfas…
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Palestinian and Israeli activistsDate:
Feb 10 2010Bil’in is a Palestinian village located 12 kilometres west of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank. In 2005, the Israeli government began constructing the security barrier in the Bil’in area, and since then approximately 55 percent of…
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Erdem GunduzDate:
Jun 17 2013The 2013 protests in Turkey started on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at the violent eviction of a sit-in at the park protesting the…
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Aug 24 1967One interesting thing about this stunt is that there is no record of it other than the Yippies’ wonderful testimony. We believe that it actually happened, but it shows that storytelling is the most important part of any action of…
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The Boston Tea PartyDate:
Dec 16 1773Forget Sarah Palin. And take a history class and learn from the daring early settlers! The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the…
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Op de Valreep and The Yes MenDate:
Jan 7 2012In the summer of 2011, squatters take over an unused building, once an animal shelter, and begin renovating it into a social and cultural center for a neighborhood on the outskirts of Amsterdam. They call it Op de Valreep (“in…