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Activism Tactics That Work | Group Think | BillMoyers.com

Activism Tactics That Work | Group Think | BillMoyers.com | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Five activists share organizing tactics they use to produce results, not just rhetoric.
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Thousands at Dallas immigration march call for legalization program

Bishop Kevin Farrell and Domingo García led demonstrators from the Cathedral Shrine of Our Virgin of Guadalupe to Dallas City Hall plaza.
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The Battle For Seattle: May Day, 2013

Police and protestors square off in the 2013 battle royal edition of May Day. Protestors throw debris at cops, smash glass, and pile rubble in the roadways t...
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Stunning images of the hundreds of Native Americans that turned out for North America's largest powwow

Stunning images of the hundreds of Native Americans that turned out for North America's largest powwow | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
The three-day Gathering of Nations, North America's largest powwow, drew more than 1,500 competitive dancers and tens of thousands of spectators from across the U.S. and parts of Canada and Mexico.
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Bangladesh building collapse: clashes erupt amid anger over rescue operation

Bangladesh building collapse: clashes erupt amid anger over rescue operation | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Police fire tear gas at crowds outside Dhaka building as relatives of missing garment workers protest at slow pace of rescue work
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Let's start a conga! ... the Trafalgar Square party

Let's start a conga! ... the Trafalgar Square party | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
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Hassan Jumaa Awad: Working class hero facing jail for oil union organizing

Hassan Jumaa Awad: Working class hero facing jail for oil union organizing | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Hassan Jumaa, leader of the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions is facing a potential jail sentence when he faces a Basra court on Sunday 14th of April for 'Over

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United Farm Workers | Join us in wishing Dolores Huerta a happy 83rd birthday

United Farm Workers | Join us in wishing Dolores Huerta a happy 83rd birthday | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
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'Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead' could reach number one following Margaret Thatcher's death

'Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead' could reach number one following Margaret Thatcher's death | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Lady Thatcher’s death could propel The Wizard Of Oz track "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead to the top of the charts.
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Dancing in the streets: Thatcher is Dead!

Dancing in the streets: Thatcher is Dead! | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
The first of several planned ‘Thatcher death parties’ across the country began last night with more than 200 revellers gathering in Brixton, south London.
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Why Canada’s Indigenous Uprising Is About All of Us

Why Canada’s Indigenous Uprising Is About All of Us | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
When a new law paved the way for tar sands pipelines and other fossil fuel development on native lands, four women swore to be “idle no more.” The idea took off.
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Where are the activists as austerity bites? They have been beaten back

Where are the activists as austerity bites? They have been beaten back | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Laurie Penny: Protesters face violence, arrest and serious charges. Only the brave dare face this savage suppression
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Partnership for Civil Justice Fund - New Documents Reveal: DHS spying on Peaceful Demonstrations and Activists

Partnership for Civil Justice Fund - New Documents Reveal: DHS spying on Peaceful Demonstrations and Activists | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
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Enter the water cannon: Two years on from the riots that scarred Britain, hundreds of police are training at a secret base with a fearsome new deterrent

Enter the water cannon: Two years on from the riots that scarred Britain, hundreds of police are training at a secret base with a fearsome new deterrent | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Dozens of Met officers have been travelling to Longmoor base, near Petersfield, every day over the past fortnight to be trained to use the new water cannon.
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Islamist protest in Dhaka broken up

Islamist protest in Dhaka broken up | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Bangladeshi police break up a huge Islamist protest in the capital Dhaka, which has left at least seven people dead and 60 injured.
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Bangladesh workers protest as building collapse death toll passes 400

Bangladesh workers protest as building collapse death toll passes 400 | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Thousands take part in May Day march in Dhaka demanding better safety at work and death penalty for Rana Plaza owner
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Madrid unemployment protesters clash with police – video

Protesters clash with police in Madrid after a march against unemployment in Spain
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'Being a woman is not a punishment': Iranian men dress in drag after court ordered criminal to wear female clothes in public to 'humiliate' him

'Being a woman is not a punishment': Iranian men dress in drag after court ordered criminal to wear female clothes in public to 'humiliate' him | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Kurdish men in Iran have posted photos of themselves on Facebook to protest a court's decision to 'punish' a man by forcing him to wear women's clothes in public.
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London's ring of steel: Preparations in full swing ahead of Baroness Thatcher's funeral as police get ready to launch biggest security operation since the Olympics

London's ring of steel: Preparations in full swing ahead of Baroness Thatcher's funeral as police get ready to launch biggest security operation since the Olympics | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Police have begun preparations for Margaret Thatcher's funeral this Wednesday. Workers were today erecting steel fencing along the procession route, while TV equipment was being fitted at St Paul's Cathedral.
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BBC 'witch song' insult to Maggie: Corporation to play single driven up by Thatcher haters

BBC 'witch song' insult to Maggie: Corporation to play single driven up by Thatcher haters | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
A campaign by Left-wing agitators has caused the song from the Wizard Of Oz to rise to number 4 in the midweek pop charts.
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Margaret Thatcher's death celebrated in Brixton - video

Several hundred people hold an impromptu street party in Brixton, south London on Monday evening to celebrate the death of Margaret Thatcher
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Egypt protests: the aftermath of the clashes – in pictures

Egypt protests: the aftermath of the clashes – in pictures | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Award-winning Australian photojournalist, Ed Giles, documents the growing dissatisfaction with the government of President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
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BBC Radio 4 - Flashmob Flamenco

BBC Radio 4 - Flashmob Flamenco | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Spain's current economic crisis is seeing the return of flamenco as a form of protest.
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National Anti-Drone Days of Action ~ San Diego CA, April 4-7, 2013. Photos by michael chickey

National Anti-Drone Days of Action ~ San Diego CA, April 4-7, 2013
Day one, a demonstration at the General Atomics drone production facility in Poway, just north of San Diego.
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The anti-drone hoodie that helps you beat Big Brother's spy in the sky

The anti-drone hoodie that helps you beat Big Brother's spy in the sky | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Tom Meltzer: Unmanned surveillance drones are a global concern, but designer Adam Harvey has concocted an outlandish solution
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