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On AlterNet: protest

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "protest"

Labor Lobby Melee: Union Rivalry Gets Physical

Labor Lobby Melee: Union Rivalry Gets Physical

Bennett Baumer, Indypendent. May 8, 2008.
Things turn ugly as SEIU and CNA trade accusations and wage war over the direction of the labor movement.

Mothers at UK Immigration Jail Stage Naked Protests Over Detention of Children

Mothers at UK Immigration Jail Stage Naked Protests Over Detention of Children

Emily Dugan, Independent UK. April 13, 2008.
"I took my clothes off because they treat us like animals. We are claiming asylum, we're not animals."

Bollywood Is India's Sexual Battleground

Bollywood Is India's Sexual Battleground

Triveni Gandhi, Campus Progress. March 29, 2008.
The ongoing battle over representations of sex in Indian movies reflects a larger conflict between tradition and change.

Brutal Chinese Crackdown on Tibet Carries Terrible Echo from the Past

Brutal Chinese Crackdown on Tibet Carries Terrible Echo from the Past

Dave Zirin, The Nation. March 22, 2008.
China joins a long, proud tradition of countries carrying out brutal political crackdowns in honor of the Olympics.

Virtual Revolution

Virtual Revolution

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. March 12, 2008.
Protesting online can be just as revolutionary as carrying signs, yelling, and storming the gates of power in the real world.

Dissent and War: Judge Blocks Second Trial for Watada; High-School Protesters Face Expulsion

Dissent and War: Judge Blocks Second Trial for Watada; High-School Protesters Face Expulsion

AlterNetNovember 9, 2007.
Two tales of protest and punishment during an illegal war.

Jim Hightower on "Panties for Peace": A Very Personal Protest in Burma [VIDEO]

Jim Hightower, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. November 7, 2007.
Over the years, I've come across some very clever protest actions, but here's one that just beats the pants off all the others.

Where Have All the Protests Gone?

Where Have All the Protests Gone?

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. October 30, 2007.
As the occupation of Iraq continues, the number and magnitude of demonstrations appear to be shrinking. What is happening to the protest culture of wars past?

Americans in the Opinion Polls, Not in the Streets

Americans in the Opinion Polls, Not in the Streets

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. March 27, 2007.
If so many people are fed up with the war, why is everyone so silent? Is this the way it usually feels in the heartlands of great empires until the barbarians actually do come knocking at the gates?

"Liberal Idiots"... how to oppose the war

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. March 16, 2007.
Heart, meet mind. Mind, meet heart.

Katrina survivors to rebuke Bush in New Orleans

Katrina survivors to rebuke Bush in New Orleans

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. March 1, 2007.
Lindsay Beyerstein: Residents call for federal aid, not photo ops.

Audio Slideshow: From Washington, DC with Peace

Audio Slideshow: From Washington, DC with Peace

Nina Berman, AlterNet. January 29, 2007.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched on Washington this Saturday to protest the war. Experience it yourself with imagery and sounds captured by photojournalist Nina Berman.

The Washington Iraq Peace March: A Protest to Be Proud of

The Washington Iraq Peace March: A Protest to Be Proud of

Karen Houppert, TheNation.com. January 29, 2007.
In a protest event that organizers estimated at almost half a million, citizens of all stripes demanded an end to the occupation of Iraq.

UPDATED: Half-Million at DC Protest? [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. January 28, 2007.
[Y]ou couldn’t walk among them for more than a few minutes on Saturday without realizing that they love their country as much as anyone ever has...

Savvy Iraq War Protests Don't Just target

Savvy Iraq War Protests Don't Just target "The Decider" in DC

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. January 26, 2007.
Tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands will march in Washington and elsewhere to protest Bush, the occupation of Iraq, and Congress's reluctance to prevent escalation.

UPDATE: Striking janitors trampled in Houston [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. November 20, 2006.
Victory?

Updated: Dispatch from occupied Oaxaca

Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. October 31, 2006.
Joshua Holland: At least four dead in "massacre"; thousands of "Federales" descend on the city; more violence could come; call for action.

Indy journalist slain in Mexico violence

Deanna Zandt, AlterNet: PEEK. October 29, 2006.
Deanna Zandt: Left-wing protesters in Oaxaca were attacked by pro-government forces, and videographer Brad Will was caught in the crossfire.

Minuteman storms out of Democracy Now! interview [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: The Mix. October 12, 2006.
Columbia University says NO to Minutemen...