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Education Not for Sale
From Quebec to Puerto Rico students have taken to the street to fight for their education. Here are interviews with those students who are taking a stand to preserve …
Anti-Drone Protest Shuts Down Hancock Air Base, 17 Arrested, 13 Held in Jail
Forty concerned citizens created a blockade outside of the Hancock Air National Guard Base in Syracuse in order to protest drone warfare across the seas. Many were arrested.
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Portland, Oregon Prepares for Pre-Election Anti-Austerity Protest
The activists hope the action will have the potential of growing into a powerful European-like movement capable of changing social policy on a national level.
Veterans For Peace, Arrested By NYPD, Writes to Bloomberg
In early October 25 citizens, mostly US veterans, were arrested outside of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza. This is an open letter to Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Raymond Kelly …
Vandenberg 15 Case Dismissed
The Vandenberg 15, activists who were arrested after protested the launching of a ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, were released with no charges on yesterday.
Is the Greek Crisis a Harbinger of Our Future?
Bank-imposed Greek economic collapse and austerity policies have resulted in social and political as well as economic impacts that may foreshadow what the rest of the so-called developed world …
Election Countdown 2012: #Occupy Arrests From October 2011 Ruled Unconstitutional, and More
This week in the Election Countdown: Associate Judge Thomas Donnelly ruled the October 2011 arrests were unconstitutional because the city routinely chooses not to enforce the curfew for events the …
Spanish Police Crack Down on Protesters Surrounding the Parliament
Anti-austerity rage intensified in Madrid, as protesters surrounded the parliament Tuesday night in a sign of mounting frustration towards the right-wing government.
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Putting Names to the 1%
American people, like Ana Casas Wilson, facing foreclosure and homeowners with
Quantifying “Muslim Rage“
The real question to ask is why U.S. corporate media decide to pay more attention to some protests than others.