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Protests
Dozens Denied Access to FERC Public Meeting
Agency refuses to acknowledge widespread outrage at role in burgeoning gas infrastructure.
Nuclear Weapons Protesters’ Sabotage Conviction Overturned
An Appeals Court has vacated the sabotage convictions of peace activists Greg-Boertje-Obed, and his co-defendants Michael Walli, and Sr. Megan Rice.
More Than 100 Wounded in Brutal Police Reaction to Teachers’ Strike in South of Brazil
The clashes were the result of violent acts by the military police against public servants, mostly teachers of the state of Parana.
Was It Legal to Hold Baltimore Protestors More Than 24 Hours Without Bail?
Attorney A. Dwight Pettit and law professor Byron Warnken discuss the judge's decision.
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.