Tag Archives: Activists

Sasikiran via Wikimedia Commons The field of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion appears to be on life support. Governors across the nation are instituting requirements to limit their influence on state-funded institutions. Many university administrators are reading the tea leaves and flat-out dissolving their DEI offices. Although, for anybody who thinks …

NewsFeed Two activists who organized a protest for a ceasefire in Gaza during a speech by US President Joe Biden say their combined effort amplifies their messages. The activists from Black Lives Matter and Free Palestine Charleston say mutual support brings more attention to their calls for the liberation of …

Hundreds of protesters from an anti-Zionist Jewish group shut down the Manhattan Bridge on Sunday, snarling city traffic for hours. The demonstration, organized by the activist group Jewish Voice for Peace, which favors a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, began around 2 p.m., with a large Police Department contingent on …

An epic video is going viral this week showing the moment that some furious commuters took down a group of climate activists who were blocking a road in Washington D.C., preventing them from getting to work. VIDEO THREAD: On Saturday morning, @DecEmergency climate activists blocked a street in Washington DC …

Video is going viral this week showing the moment that tribal rangers in Nevada plowed through a group of climate protesters that were blocking a busy single lane road on Sunday, creating miles of traffic in the process. NEW: Nevada tribal rangers ram through a group of climate protesters with …

On an August Sunday in Amherst, Mass., a small peace vigil was underway near the town center, extending a weekly tradition dating back to the 1970s. A half-dozen activists carried homemade signs with messages of pacifism and demilitarization: “Stop the killing.” “Healthcare not warfare.” “Pray for peace.” But one sign …

When a lifeguard asked police to remove Lotte Mies for bathing topless at her local indoor swimming pool in Berlin it was a move that would inadvertently trigger a rule change allowing all women, including visiting female tourists, the freedom to go topless while swimming in the city. The decision …

Tocoa, Honduras – The killing of two Honduran water defenders this month has sparked international outrage, with the United Nations calling for an investigation and locals questioning the government’s commitment to protecting environmental activists. Aly Dominguez, 38, and Jairo Bonilla, 28, were members of the Guapinol water defenders movement, organising …

The radical climate activists tried hunger strikes. They glued themselves to famous paintings. They tried to disrupt a classical concert. They confronted lawmakers trying to enter Parliament. They even desecrated an official Christmas tree of the city of Berlin. It took them donning neon vests, walking into traffic at rush …

CNN  —  As protesters took to the streets of Iran following the death in detention of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman apprehended for apparently not wearing her hijab properly, videos of the uprising began to flood the internet. Clips of students tearing up pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader in northern …