On AlterNet: rally

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Can You Hear Us Now? Striking Verizon Workers Rally For Good Jobs and Fair Contracts in New York City

Rae Gomes, AlterNet. August 17, 2011.

Verizon has launched Scott Walker-style cuts on its workers, who've responded by building a Wisconsin-style coalition of activists.

Thousands of Visionary Nurses Confront Wall Street and Advocate for their Patients in Rollicking Wall Street Rally

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. June 22, 2011.

National Nurses United has a message for Wall Street: bankers need to pay up for the ailments they've caused.

Is a Real Resistance Movement to the Big Banks Finally on the Rise?

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. April 3, 2011.

There is no way to vote against the interests of Goldman Sachs. Civil Disobedience is the only tool we have left.

San Francisco Rally for the American Dream Draws Thousands, Demanding Economic Rights and Opportunity

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 26, 2011.

AlterNet spoke with some of the attendants who came on Saturday to stand up for the middle class and the democracy protests in Wisconsin.

Restore Sanity to Drug Laws at Stewart/Colbert Rally

Yair Tygiel, AlterNet. October 24, 2010.

Join the drug policy reform movement at The Daily Show’s Rally to Restore Sanity, a mere three days before Proposition 19 goes to a vote.

Watch: Rabid Rally in Tel Aviv for Israeli Commandos Who Killed 9 Peace Activists

Max Blumenthal, AlterNet. June 7, 2010.

International condemnation has deepened the Israeli public's siege mentality, leading many demonstrators to claim that anti-Semitism best explained the world's motives.

Over 100,000 Rally for Climate and Clean Energy Action: Media Downplays This Amazing Show of Support

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. April 26, 2010.

Apparently the Washington Post doesn't think that preserving the health and well-being of countless future generations is 'hot-button' enough for the media.

Immigration Rally in Seattle Draws Many Asians

Ashleen Aguilar, New America Media. April 13, 2010.

The Washington Immigration Reform Coalition (WIRC) For America hosted the event in Seattle’s Pioneer Square as a part of the National Day of Action.

FOX News' Hannity Sort of Apologizes for Falsified Rally Report

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. November 12, 2009.

After the Daily Show caught him red-handed claiming footage from a large September march to be tape from a Capitol Hill rally, Hannity apologizes.

ShellGuilty Rallies in NYC and London Today!

Staff, ShellGuilty AlterNet: World. May 27, 2009.

Rally for justice for the Ogoni and people of the Niger Delta.

Media Manipulation Watch: Drudge's Magical Changing Headline

Ryan Powers, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 25, 2009.

Media Matters asks, "Is he going to do this for four years?"

Awkward: Joe the Plumber Stands Up McCain in Defiance, Ohio

Staff, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. October 30, 2008.

"Where is Joe?"

Palin Supporter Pulls Gun at Rally

Lindsay Beyerstein, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. October 23, 2008.

A Sarah Palin supporter pulled a loaded handgun while leaving a campaign rally in Colorado on Monday.

Conservatives Attack Intolerant Obama Slanderers at Rally UPDATE: McCain Muzzles Hero

Davin Hutchins, American News Project AlterNet: Video. October 20, 2008.

Several moderate McCain supporters, Muslim and Christian alike, bombarded a group distributing offensive flyers until they left the premises.

What I Learned at the Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me out

Linda Milazzo, AlterNet. October 7, 2008.

20,000 Christian zealots, anti-abortion fanatics, and mostly white suburbanites reconnected with their high school past at the Palin rally.