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Students Assert Their “Right to Dissent” in India
A new era in public debate and polarization has dawned in India following the government's crackdown on students all over the country.
Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy’s for Rejecting Fairer Standards for Farmworkers
Organizers are calling for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program and respect the rights of farmworkers.
Activists Charged With Sedition as Indian Students Protest for the Right to Dissent
As teachers and students stood arm in arm in protest Sunday, police stood at the campus gates.
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Grandma Drone Resister’s Letter From Jail
Ithaca Catholic Worker Mary Anne Grady Flores' first letter after being arrested for taking pictures at a drone site.
North Carolina Voting Rights Fight Moves From the Courtroom to the Streets
As the federal trial over restrictive voter ID law wrapped up, the NAACP shifted its fight.
Cancer Patients Arrested at World Cancer Day Protest
The trade association has pushed for extreme monopolies in the TPP, while protestors chanted outside, until they were arrested.
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A New Era of Global Protest Begins
We have entered a prolonged period of dissent characterized by an escalation in the magnitude and diversity of public protest.
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Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More Than Weeds
Protests against Monsanto's Roundup - with its poisonous, weed-killing glyphosate - have spread around the globe.
France Peddles Unsafe Nuclear Reactors to India, Drawing Protest
France's nuclear regulator has criticized the French company Areva's nuclear reactors, citing serious design vulnerabilities.
Detroit Rocked by Teachers’ “Sickout” Protesting Dire Conditions Under Emergency Management
On Wednesday, 88 of Detroit's roughly 100 public schools were closed in the latest mass teacher “sickouts” protesting underfunding and conditions.