New York On May 24th, more than 1,600 people participated in a global protest against Monsanto in New York City. People gathered in Union Square, many dressed as bees and carrying homemade signs. Video of comedian Lee Camp at Union Square: We’re in the middle of a drop-down, drag-out bloody […]
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Nearly a hundred people associated with labor advocacy groups Working Families of DC and Our DC rallied at Union Station, then marched to the U.S. Capitol on March 27 in support of living wages for struggling families in the District. They demanded that Mayor Vincent Gray approve a living wage […]
An Egyptian court sentenced 529 supporters of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi to death on March 24 for killing a police officer. Today protestors from CODEPINK took their objections to the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, DC: “The trial was clearly a sham and your government, which has jailed over 16,000 […]
The shooting of twenty children and six staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012 so shocked Americans that they seemed to have reached their breaking point. Many, like mother Shannon Watts, no longer found inaction regarding gun violence acceptable. In response, she […]
They might as well have dared them to do it. In the process of being renovated, the north side of the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office is covered in scaffolding. To reach the rooftop of the four-story building, you don’t even have to pass through its doors. All you have to […]
by Cool Revolution Within two hours of the announcement of George Zimmerman’s acquittal on July 13, crowds gathered in the U Street neighborhood of Washington, DC to express their outrage at the jury’s verdict in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin. A racially diverse group paraded through the thick […]
by John Zangas Egyptian Americans in Washington, DC told President Mohamed Morsi to “leave” and “give us democracy” on June 29 and 30, coordinating with planned protests in Cairo. Claiming Morsi has turned back on promises made to establish a democratic government, supporters of Egyptians are expressing their displeasure with […]
Turkish Americans in Washington, DC rallied for a third time on Sunday, June 16 to show support for their countrymen protesting government repression in Istanbul. In the previous two days, hundreds of police raided Gezi Park and Taksim Square, firing tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets, sending the people […]
By John Zangas Police executed a predawn raid on Tuesday in Istanbul, cracking down on protesters in Takism Square, who have been seeking government reform in Turkey. There were reports in the Guardian of a “sense of a final showdown” after thousands rallied once again there on early Wednesday morning. […]