Police in the District are planning for sizable but civilized protests this week by groups affiliated with the anti-Wall Street demonstrations in New York as the movement gains support in cities across the country. «Right now, we haven’t had…
Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the Middle East has been experiencing profound political changes. Prior to the uprising in Tunisia, no one believed that the Arab dictators, who ruled their nations with an iron fist…
During the constituent process of 2008, Ecuador’s social movements successfully introduced essential guarantees of certain rights for the transformation towards a fairer society and at the same time, in harmony with nature. The new Constitution makes significant progress: recognizing…
What does the region of Ardeche, known for its bucolic medieval villages in southern France, have to do with the Bolivian Amazon? Not the wine, that’s for sure. Not much, in fact, except that both places are mobilising against…
City’s biggest unions, community groups queue up to join the fight as young amateurs using Facebook and Twitter make more waves than the pros. The city’s most experienced agitators—the labor and community groups that typically organize local marches, rallies…
Over 700 hundred Continental and United pilots, joined by additional pilots from other Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) carriers, demonstrate in front of Wall Street on September 27, 2011 in New York City. Hundreds of uniformed pilots, standing in…
China to protest Chinese policies in the area, according to a Tibet advocacy group. The monks were apparently taken to a hospital, and it was unclear what condition they were in on Monday night. The monastery, Kirti, in…
A British law firm is to make an unprecedented legal bid to bring a string of private prosecutions against Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko in what they hope could become a template for hounding human rights abusers through multiple courts.…
President Mahmoud Abbas’ adviser said Tuesday that non-violent resistance was crucial to the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation and that violent confrontation was not an option. Sabri Saydam told Ma’an that the Palestinians must take «the path of…
Channel 4 News learns union bosses are calling for a campaign of civil disobedience and sit-ins as well as strikes over the spending cuts, with one leader saying he is «prepared to go to jail». Len McCluskey, the general…
