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Protests
The Wars Come Home: A Five-Step Guide to the Police Repression of Protest
Thoroughly militarized, surveillance-heavy forces are bringing counterinsurgency thinking from Iraq and Afghanistan back to this country.
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The Irish Are Fighting Back
The grassroots campaign against water charges in Ireland is politicizing people discouraged by politics as usual and turning into full-scale resistance to austerity.
“Our Time Is Now”: Baltimore State’s Attorney Mosby Charges Six Baltimore Cops in Freddie Gray Death
We play excerpts from Mosby's dramatic announcement, when she acknowledges protests calling for justice in the case.
Attempting to Divide Protesters, de Blasio puts Progressives and Rioters into the Same Camp
These atrocities are so institutional, so basic to the political establishment.
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Populism 2015: Construction Crew for Democracy
For anyone dispirited by the malaise of powerlessness or disgusted by the dysfunction of mainstream politics, the Populism2015 conference was a hopeful sign that in every part of the …
Protestors Demand End to Isolation of West Papua
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside Indonesian embassies in London, Paris and other cities today to call for an end to West Papua's 50 years of isolation.
“You Can Replace Property, You Can’t Replace a Life”: Voices of the Unheard in the Baltimore Streets
Tuesday night, police in riot gear fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied the curfew when it began at 10 pm.
Protesters Bring Ongoing “Situation” to New FERC Chairman
The Commissioners meeting planned for May is not likely to be interruption-free.
Gulf Coast Residents Arrested at BP Headquarters
Gulf Coast residents engage in civil disobedience at BP America headquarters ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Gulf oil disaster.
Confronting the Politics of Paranoia and Narcissism: An “Old Europe” Alternative
Neoconservative politics of paranoia and rage are gearing up with the start of the 2016 presidential campaign season.