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Russian opposition leader arrested as as thousands protest in Moscow against Putin's return to Kremlin

Russian opposition leader arrested as as thousands protest in Moscow against Putin's return to Kremlin | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Police officers detained opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov (pictured) after thousands of protesters flocked to a central Moscow avenue today to demand Vladimir Putin's resignation amid allegations of electoral fraud...
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Activism, Protest Under threat, again

EconomicPolicyJournal.com: House Passes Bill That Will Make Protesting Illegal at Secret Service Covered Events.

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Anti-Activism Tactics: The Agent Provocateurs in Occupy's Midst

Anti-Activism Tactics: The Agent Provocateurs in Occupy's Midst | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it

Part I of a two-part series on infiltration of Occupy and what the movement can do about limiting the damage of those who seek to destroy it from within.

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Occupy movement stages day of protests at US prisons

Occupy movement stages day of protests at US prisons | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Joined by the three hikers detained in Iran, activists point to overcrowding and inhumane conditions in US prison system...
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New Culture: Personal and Cultural Transformation

New Culture is a network of people seeking to co-create a sustainable, violence-free culture through exploring intimacy, personal growth, transparency, radical honesty, compassion, autonomy, freedom of choice in interpersonal and sexual...
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Archive on 4 - The Lost World of the Suffragettes

Dan Snow delves into a huge library of never before broadcast tapes of suffragettes recalling their experiences in the early part of the 20th century.

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Hose streets? Our streets! Belgian firefighters soak police in protest

Hose streets? Our streets! Belgian firefighters soak police in protest | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Hundreds of Belgian firefighters hose down the prime minister's office as part of a protest against retirement plans...
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Occupy L A protesters have issue with 25 billion settlement - KIAH

(And if you look hard behind Alissa at the end, you can see me)

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Clown Army, 2005 - Operation brown nose!

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"If you're caught by the big monster you become a big monster!"

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Grupo Etcétera- Mierdazo (Poop Attack) — Critical Commons

This is a compilation of the media coverage of the action organized by the art collective Etcétera from Argentina. Mierdazo (Poop attack) took place in Buenos Aires in 2002.
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Occupy Wall Street: "Diversity of tactics?"

Occupy Wall Street: "Diversity of tactics?" | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it

"It's important for people to understand that these struggles around violence and nonviolence are historic and every movement that's building its power faces them...We now have a new generation coming in that has to relearn, or learn on their own, a way to be in relationship to people that are different than themselves."

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News Desk: Protest and Pretend in Moscow

News Desk: Protest and Pretend in Moscow | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Today (Protest and Pretend in Moscow: Russia! Putin!” He heard crickets in response.
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Occupy Austin March Protesting N.D.A.A. -2012.02.03 vid: Jeeps

Rally & March Protesters gathered at 11th and Congress in front of the Texas State Capitol to protest the 2012 NDAA which includes a provision to allow for t...
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Russian punks Pussy Riot arrested over Putin protest

Russian punks Pussy Riot arrested over Putin protest | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it

"Our concerts were to become a pure protest saying: superheroes in balaclavas and acid bright tights seize public space in Moscow."

 

Two band members still in custody are reportedly on hunger strike after protest at Moscow's Christ the Saviour cathedral...

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FOCUS: Why We Must Occupy Our Food Supply

FOCUS: Why We Must Occupy Our Food Supply | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
'Our food is under threat.It is felt by every family farmer who has lost their land and livelihood, every parent who can't find affordable or healthy ingredients in their neighborhood, every person worried about foodborne illnesses thanks to lobbyist-weakened...
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A Serious Occupation: Workers Occupy Goose Island Factory | Occupied Chicago Tribune

A Serious Occupation: Workers Occupy Goose Island Factory | Occupied Chicago Tribune | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it

"...A deal has now been struck to try and save the jobs...After 9 hours the occupation has ended with a hopeful workforce.

A cold and soggy night concludes thusly, with the tactics of occupation appearing to be validated once again at a factory on North Hickory Avenue."

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Do the right thing. 11 thesis on the conflict to come and the world to invent

Do the right thing. 11 thesis on the conflict to come and the world to invent | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it

On November 2nd a new era began for the #occupy movement and, more in general, for the indignados movement. The occupation of streets and squares –following the Spanish model and the example of Zuccotti Park – was accompanied by an extraordinarily powerful general strike. The port was blocked, public offices closed. Road transport and production came to a stop. Even the police folded their arms. Tens of thousands of people took to the squares, picketing the city, strengthening the paralysis of the port......

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Is the Government Reading Our Email, Texts and IMs Without a Warrant? You Bet.

Is the Government Reading Our Email, Texts and IMs Without a Warrant? You Bet. | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Today the ACLU filed a batch of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to learn more about the government's practice of reading people's email, text messages and other private electronic communications without a warrant.
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Toys cannot hold protest because they are not citizens of Russia, officials rule

Toys cannot hold protest because they are not citizens of Russia, officials rule | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Siberian authorities ban protest by 100 Kinder Surprise toys, 100 Lego people, 20 model soldiers, 15 soft toys and 10 toy cars...
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Souls on Ice: Prison Radio

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(3:31) Mumia's message to the Feb. 20th Occupy the Prisons Events

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Apple supplier Foxconn hacked in factory conditions protest

Apple supplier Foxconn hacked in factory conditions protest | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Swagg Security publishes staff passwords online on the day campaigners around world demand ethically-made iPhone5...
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The Rebel Clown Army

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Hi pitched voices, red noses: "organize, organize!"

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Wall Street’s Secret Spy Center, Run for the 1% by NYPD » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Wall Street’s Secret Spy Center, Run for the 1% by NYPD...
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New Left Review - David Graeber: The New Anarchists

Is the ‘anti-globalization movement’ anything of the kind? Active resistance is true globalization, David Graeber maintains, and its repertoire of forms is currently coming from the arsenal of a reinvented anarchism.

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Your Activist News Source: Arrests at Syrian embassy protest

Your Activist News Source: Arrests at Syrian embassy protest | Activism, Protest, Citizen Movements, Social Justice | Scoop.it
Five people have been arrested after gaining entry to the Syrian embassy in London during a protest, police say. The Met said about 150 protesters had gathered at 02:00 GMT after reports of more than 200 people being ...
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