Protesters Stop Coal Shipments Through Civil Disobedience

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Yesterday, activists from Mountain Justice and Radical Action For Mountain People’s Survival performed two acts of civil disobedience against destructive coal mining in the Appalachians. Five people boarded an immense coal barge and chained themselves to the ship, immobilizing it …

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Presidential Candidate Taking Part In Anti-PGA Protest Today. Guess Who.

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The golf course on which the Senior PGA Championship is being played, starting today, was taken from the people of Benton Harbor. That land had been part of a public park, which was supposed to remain open to local citizens in perpetuity.

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What Upcoming Protests Do You Know About? How Did You Find Out?

When mainstream media outlets pointedly refuse to cover massive protests on the street, it becomes incumbent upon those of us who write off the mainstream to spread the word of upcoming protest. The problem with finding information off the mainstream …

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Green Party Presidential Candidate Joins Chicago Anti-NATO Protests

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Jill Stein will be out on the Chicago streets as part of the anti-NATO protests starting today and through the weekend. That’s the kind of presidential campaigning we liberals can appreciate.

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Hitting the Bottom Line: Where Activism has an Impact

Corporations are artificial entities that are constrained under law to prioritize the maximization of their stock value above all other values. This means that if people want to alter the behavior of corporations, they have to either force corporations’ behavior …

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As Massive Occupy Protest Takes Times Square, New York Times Covers Van Cliburn Piano Sale

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A massive protest by Occupy Wall Street is underway. Photo: ArckiiART The New York Times (you know, “All the News That’s Fit to Print”) refuses to cover it anywhere on its front page, where over a hundred other news headlines …

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Say Yes to the Future, No to Bank-Run America: Protest in Times Square May 15

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I note in this morning’s Bangor Daily News that Governor Paul LePage and his Republican allies intend to cut funding for Head Start programs, despite solid empirical evidence that for every dollar invested in early childhood education, nearly nine dollars …

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Stop the Frack Attack Rally against Fracking July 28 in Washington, DC

If you say enough with the earthquakes (yes, earthquakes), enough with the spills, enough with the carcinogenic drinking water, enough with plans for drill rigs on campus, enough with cozy insiderism going all the way up to the Obama administration, …

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Join The Chicago Protest Against NATO

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Planning for huge protests outside this month’s NATO summit have already begun. Find out how you can participate.

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What Does Grassroots Mean Anymore?

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Big media organizations such as the New York Times have lost touch with what genuine grassroots organizations look like. What these corporate news operations describe with the the term “grassroots” nowadays is rather like their own organizations: Designed for consumption by individuals, but only though a system of distribution controlled from the top down, powered by large payments from a few sources with a lot of money.

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4 Days Left to Americans Elect 2nd Ballot Deadline, No Candidate halfway to Qualifying, and still getting Coverage

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Americans Elect Rules 2.2.2 and 3.2.2 stipulate that any draft or declared presidential candidate wishing to qualify for any of its three rounds of presidential primary voting must obtain sufficient clicks of support on its website 7 days before a …

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NC Coalition Calls Protest at Bank of America Shareholders Meeting in Charlotte May 9

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The North Carolina Coalition Against Corporate Power has put out the call for Americans upset at the practices of Bank of America to mount a protest during its annual shareholders meeting, culminating in Charlotte NC on May 9: Homeowners, students, …

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Williamsburg Bridge Into Manhattan Occupied!

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Just as hundreds of protesters from Brooklyn poured into Bryant Park, hundreds of others left to protest restaurant exploitation of immigrant workers. The May Day general strike and protests for economic justice appear to be having a strong impact so far today.

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As Americans March On May Day, Where is The Democratic Party?

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Democratic readers, maybe I’m missing something. Prove me wrong. Find just one national Democratic Party leader who has endorsed, or even acknowledge, today’s May Day protests for economic justice.

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NYPD Investigates May Day Protests Even Before They Begin

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Yesterday, NYPD entered activists’ homes under the guise of other business and began interrogating people about plans for the May Day protests. Why? Is protest now a crime in New York City?

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May Flowers: Occupy Protests sprout vibrantly on May 1, in 127 Cities across 46 States

Call it the American Spring. Call it the 99% Resurgent. Call it what you will, protest is popping up all over tomorrow, May 1, in 127 cities across 46 states of the Union. The following list is nabbed shamelessly from …

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On May 1, New York City Set to Burst with Occupy Protest Activity

A whopping 102 organizations in New York City have endorsed — and, more importantly, are set to participate in — a long list of protest activities tomorrow, May 1 2012. These include actions approved by local, state and federal government …

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May 1 Occupy Protest Plans to Retake Los Angeles Streets

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SPRING IS HERE. WE ARE COMING. These are the words with which the Occupy movement in Los Angeles announces its May 1 protest resurgence, a series of actions inspired by the four winds. Coming from the North, the South, the …

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