Walmart hit by Black Friday strikes across 46 states, say protesters
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View Article1,000 Walmart protests across the US
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View ArticleBangladesh workers protest ‘deathtraps’
Workers in Bangladesh have protested factories that they call 'death traps', after the second fire in three days. Continue reading →
View ArticleOpinion: Tibetans reject Chinese rule with one voice
As I write, we have just received news of what we believe to be the 29th Tibetan in the past month to set fire to themselves in protest at Chinese rule in Tibet. By the time you read this, it is likely...
View ArticleThousands turn out for anti-Putin rally in Moscow to mark anniversary of mass...
MOSCOW — Thousands of opposition supporters gathered Saturday outside the old KGB headquarters in central Moscow to mark a year of mass protests against Vladimir Putin and his government. Continue...
View ArticleKKK Counterprotested Westboro Church Who Are Currently Picketing School...
by Kimberley Johnson The anti-gay group, Westboro Baptist Church, has promised to picket at the scene of the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school shooting. WBC member Shirley Phelps-Roper tweeted......
View ArticlePartnership for Civil Justice Fund – FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide...
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View ArticleProtests Over Rape Turn Violent in Delhi
Angry protests escalated into violence in India's capital Sunday, after thousands of people gathered to demand justice for the victim of a recent gang rape in New Delhi and improved safety for women....
View ArticlePolicy and privacy: Five reasons why 2012 mattered – Politics and Law
It was the year of Internet activism with a sharp political point: Protests derailed the Stop Online Piracy Act, assisted in imploding a United Nations summit, and helped to postpone a data-sharing...
View ArticleUS Congress may not have stomach for another SOPA
The massive online protests from a year ago have stuck in the minds of lawmakers Continue reading →
View ArticleIn India, police shoot dead journalist covering protest – Committee to...
December 24, 2012--Indian authorities must immediately investigate the death of a cameraman who was fatally shot by police on Sunday while covering protests against the sexual assault of women. The...
View ArticleAnonymous Launches White House Petition Saying DDoS Should Be Recognized As A...
A few years back, we had an interesting discussion over whether or not distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) could be seen as a valid form of protest -- the modern equivalent of a Continue...
View ArticleProtest against gay marriage: Huge crowds expected in Paris
PARIS - Several hundred thousand people are expected to march through Paris on Sunday against the planned legalization of same-sex marriage in the first mass protest against the unpopular President...
View ArticleAnonymous Plans to Defend Aaron Swartz’s Funeral from Westboro Baptist Church...
Hacker group Anonymous is planning to defend Aaron Swartz's funeral from Westboro Baptist Church's planned protest on Tuesday. According to Salon, Anonymous announced Monday that #OpAngel will thwart...
View ArticleWestboro Baptist Church Drops Aaron Swartz Funeral Protest After Anonymous...
After the tragic suicide of Reddit co-founder and Internet activist Aaron Swartz, hacktivist group Anonymous vowed to derail picketing efforts by the hate-mongering members of the Westboro Baptist...
View ArticleGame to destroy CCTV cameras: vandalism or valid protest? – World news
Oliver Stallwood: Activists in Berlin are teaming up to trash surveillance cameras. Points are given, with bonus scores for the most innovative modes of destruction Continue reading →
View ArticleVideo of protester stripped and beaten fires Egypt fury
From Yahoo! News: CAIRO (Reuters) - After eight days of protests that killed nearly 60 people, a video of one demonstrator stripped naked, dragged across the ground and beaten with truncheons by...
View ArticleThe Verge Hires Writer Who Quit CNET in Protest
Greg Sandoval said The Verge had given him a Continue reading →
View ArticleDespite Protests, Congress To Bring Back CISPA Exactly As It Was Last Year,...
Last week, we told you that CISPA was coming back, and it's now been confirmed that it is coming back tomorrow and it will be identical to the extremely flawed bill that passed the House last year. You...
View ArticleBulgarian government resigns amid growing protests
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government resigned on Wednesday after mass protests against high power prices and falling living standards, joining a long list of European administrations felled by...
View ArticleDeadly Bangladesh clashes over `atheist bloggers’
Parts of central Dhaka turned into a battlefield as protesters attacked police. Continue reading →
View ArticleVFX protest at Oscars: images from the picket line – audio interview
A group of Visual Effects Artists is working to raise the profile of issues facing the industry by protesting at the Academy Awards. Updated with an audio interview with Jeff Heusser and Scott Squires...
View ArticleIsraeli security forces spray raw sewage at Palestinian homes
The Israeli military has been looking for an alternative to tear gas canisters for crowd control, claiming that the Palestinians now know how to cope with the gas and its effects. Continue reading →
View ArticleArrests at Chicago schools protest
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View ArticlePolice say 279 arrested at Montreal demonstration – Montreal
Protesters gathered at Place Émilie-Gamelin in Montreal on Friday evening to protest against a bylaw that gives police special powers during demonstrations. Continue reading →
View ArticleMaasai face eviction from ancestral lands to make way for Dubai hunting firm
Tanzania plans to reduce Maasai areas by 40 percent, citing 'overgrazing.' A mass protest fell apart this week, but Maasai women took up the cause and organized their own sit-in. Continue reading →
View ArticleClashes, riot police, at French anti-gay marriage protest
PARIS — Paris riot police fought back crowds who pushed their way onto Paris' landmark Champs-Elysees avenue as part of a huge protest against a draft law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt...
View ArticleMonsanto protests scheduled in 36 countries
An international protest planned for later this month against biotechnology company Monsanto is slated to span six continents and include demonstrations in dozens of countries around the globe....
View ArticleWomen’s prayer at Western Wall sparks protest
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Western Wall Plaza in protest against female activists exercising a court-affirmed right to pray at the holy site. Continue reading →
View ArticleFast-food workers in Detroit walk off job, disrupt business
(Reuters) - Hundreds of fast-food employees in Detroit walked off the job on Friday, temporarily shuttering a handful of outlets as part of a growing U.S. worker movement that is demanding higher wages...
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