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Love the iPhone, Hate the Tax Cheat: US Uncut Protests Apple, and Apple Gets Aggressive

Rae Gomes, AlterNet. June 8, 2011.

US Uncut protesters from across the country were met with heavy-handed treatment in their targeted action against the Apple Corporation.

"I Pay, You Pay, Why Doesn't B of A?": Are We Seeing the Birth of a Totally New Protest Movement?

Dan Hancox, AlterNet. April 12, 2011.

UK Uncut doesn't have leaders, hierarchy, a PR firm or funders, yet in six months it has changed the face of British politics.

Screw the Royal Wedding: 6 Reasons Pomp and Circumstance Are Bad for America and Britain

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. April 6, 2011.

While the media goes crazy over the union between Kate and William, here are some more tangible reasons the royal wedding should make you insane.

Half a Million People Descended on London to Protest Corporate Tax Dodgers "This Is Economic Treason!"

Amy Goodman, Johann Hari, Allison Kilkenny, Democracy Now!. March 28, 2011.

As many as 500,000 protesters marched in London on Saturday to protest Britain’s deepest cuts to public spending since World War II.

2/3rds of US Corporations Pay Zero Federal Taxes: US Uncut Movement Builds to Make Them Pay Up

Allison Kilkenny, The Nation. March 27, 2011.

From coast-to-coast, more than forty cities joined in a day of action protesting the tax-dodging of massive corporations that they see as the real source of the country's deficit.

US Uncut: Corporate Tax Dodging Unifies Unlikely Allies -- Like Cops and Protesters

Allison Kilkenny, The Nation. March 21, 2011.

For the most part, people agree that rich corporations should pay their share in taxes. "The only people who don’t like it are the bank managers.”

Don't Sit on the Sidelines -- This Saturday, Be Part of the Uprising Sweeping the Country from Wisconsin to Your Home Town

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 25, 2011.

A huge coalition of progressive groups have organized rallies across the country to stand up against harsh budget cuts and tax cheats, and protect the middle class.

US Uncut -- a Grassroots Uprising Against Corporate Tax Deadbeats

Allison Kilkenny, TruthOut.org. February 22, 2011.

Sane Americans are learning the correct history lessons from their brothers and sisters in struggle.