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On AlterNet: protests

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

Astroturf In Action: Right-Wing Billionaire David Koch Pays For 40 Buses To Haul In Protesters

Astroturf In Action: Right-Wing Billionaire David Koch Pays For 40 Buses To Haul In Protesters

Lee Fang, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2009.
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) worked closely with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to orchestrate the anti-health reform rally today.

Showdown in Chicago: Protesters Rally Against Big Banks' Anti-Reform Lobbying

Showdown in Chicago: Protesters Rally Against Big Banks' Anti-Reform Lobbying

Meg White, BuzzFlash. October 27, 2009.
As businesspeople wandered by, protesters young and old aired their disgust with financial institutions.

G-20 Meetings: Nothing Much Happened in the Suites, and There Was Too Much Punch in the Streets

G-20 Meetings: Nothing Much Happened in the Suites, and There Was Too Much Punch in the Streets

Laura Flanders, GRITtv. September 30, 2009.
Underrepresented booming countries may get a bigger voice in global finance. Nice. But under-represented people? They got arrested.

According to Obama Global Capitalism Is an 'Abstraction,' Not Worth Protesting

According to Obama Global Capitalism Is an 'Abstraction,' Not Worth Protesting

Eric Stoner, AlterNet. September 29, 2009.
Does the president not know that these things are tied to "concrete, local, immediate issues that have an impact on people's lives"?

Robocops Employ Scary Crowd-Stopping Technology at Pittsburgh Protests

Robocops Employ Scary Crowd-Stopping Technology at Pittsburgh Protests

Mike Ferner, After Downing Street. September 28, 2009.
An arsenal of "crowd control munitions," was deployed with a massive, overpowering police presence in Pittsburgh during last week's G-20 protests.

Police Use Painful New Weapon on G20 Protesters

Police Use Painful New Weapon on G20 Protesters

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant. September 28, 2009.
This technology has been deployed in Iraq as an "anti-insurgent weapon" -- it could easily be used as a torture tool.

Pittsburgh Police Riot, Attack Students

Pittsburgh Police Riot, Attack Students

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 26, 2009.
"The only figures breaking any laws on that calm campus were the cops themselves."

Cops in Fatigues Throw Protester into Unmarked Car at G-20 Protests and Drive off

Cops in Fatigues Throw Protester into Unmarked Car at G-20 Protests and Drive off

Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. September 25, 2009.
Wearing fatigues and combat boots, cops who look like soldiers throw citizen into car.

Citizens Confront Wellpoint: Giant Insurer a Poster-Child for Abusive Practices

Citizens Confront Wellpoint: Giant Insurer a Poster-Child for Abusive Practices

Peter Dreier, Huffington Post. September 22, 2009.
The action is part of a wave of protests sweeping over big insurers opposing health reform.

With Global Capitalism Exposed as a Sham, All the Global Elite Have Left Is Pure Force

With Global Capitalism Exposed as a Sham, All the Global Elite Have Left Is Pure Force

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. September 22, 2009.
Delegates from the world's wealthiest nations gather this week for G-20, walled off from protesters by a National Guard combat battalion recently returned from Iraq.

7 Ways We Can Fight Back Against the Rising Fascist Threat

7 Ways We Can Fight Back Against the Rising Fascist Threat

Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future. August 13, 2009.
Why the right-wing extremism must be stopped in its tracks or else we face the threat of outright violence and goon rule.

Ahmadinejad Sworn In

The New York Times August 5, 2009.

A Global Day of Action for Iran

A Global Day of Action for Iran

Ali Gharib, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 13, 2009.
Show your solidarity for the human rights of the protesters in Iran at a local event near you.

Why Does Our Government Still Spy On, Arrest and Persecute Dissidents?

Why Does Our Government Still Spy On, Arrest and Persecute Dissidents?

Emily Spence, Consortium News. June 30, 2009.
One needn't return in time to the McCarthy Era to find many individuals who have been investigated and persecuted for holding vilified opinions.

Jingoism Isn't Journalism: Why I Don't Trust Corporate Media on Iran

Jingoism Isn't Journalism: Why I Don't Trust Corporate Media on Iran

Linda Milazzo, AlterNet. June 25, 2009.
Why is corporate media so eager to cover the people's movement in Iran, but unwilling to cover the anti-war movement here?

Women Are Risking -- and Losing -- Their Lives On the Front Lines of the Iran Uprising

Women Are Risking -- and Losing -- Their Lives On the Front Lines of the Iran Uprising

Barbara Crossette, The Nation. June 24, 2009.
The pervasive presence of women in the Iran uprising have been cast into sharp focus by the murder of Neda Agha-Soltan during a street protest.

Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away

Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 23, 2009.
Iranians do not need or want us to teach them about liberty and representative government. It is we who need to be taught.

Nancy Pelosi: A Hawk in Donkey's Clothing?

Nancy Pelosi: A Hawk in Donkey's Clothing?

Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. June 22, 2009.
Pelosi has a history of voting for pro-war measures and supporting pro-war candidates. Her current behaviors should come as no surprise.

Is the Iranian Theocracy in Jeopardy?

Is the Iranian Theocracy in Jeopardy?

Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. June 18, 2009.
The complex nature of the relationship between religion and politics in Iran makes this hard to assess.

Iran's Balance of Power Has Been Upended -- Is the Country Teetering Toward Civil War?

Iran's Balance of Power Has Been Upended -- Is the Country Teetering Toward Civil War?

Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. June 18, 2009.
Things are ugly now. But they could rapidly get a lot uglier, more violent, and more civil war-like. Will opposition maintain its momentum?

Note to Conservatives: Iran Is Not Eastern Europe -- It's Iran

Note to Conservatives: Iran Is Not Eastern Europe -- It's Iran

Hilzoy, Washington Monthly AlterNet: World. June 17, 2009.
Conservatives are drawing parallels between Eastern Europe under Soviet occupation, and current events in Iran. The comparison is absurd.

Iran Soccer Stars Show Their Support for Protests on Televised Game

Iran Soccer Stars Show Their Support for Protests on Televised Game

Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. June 17, 2009.
Iran's soccer team players wore green wristbands in support of the anti-government protesters, during a game broadcast on Iranian state TV yesterday.

Iran's Clerical Elite Has Never Been More Split

Iran's Clerical Elite Has Never Been More Split

Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: World. June 17, 2009.
Some info about the Grand Ayatollahs.

Updated: Obama on Iran: Given U.S.-Iranian Relations, We Shouldn't Be Seen as Meddling

Updated: Obama on Iran: Given U.S.-Iranian Relations, We Shouldn't Be Seen as Meddling

Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. June 16, 2009.
Obama again pointed out that a more active U.S. role would make things worse.

Video of Shootings at Iran Protests

Video of Shootings at Iran Protests

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 15, 2009.
Britain's Channel 4 captured exclusive video of militia shootings at the Iran protests that left at least one person dead.