Activism

Global Student Leaders Join Forces in New York

Global Student Leaders Join Forces in New York Global Student Leaders Join Forces in New York

 How a “beautiful, noble, naïve movement" can be transformed into a "beautiful, noble, effective movement."

Oct 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia

Freedom of Beach: Dump ‘Citizens United’ Freedom of Beach: Dump ‘Citizens United’

One thousand San Francisco activists are standing up (by lying down) against the hugely unpopular Supreme Court ruling. 

Oct 16, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Peter Dreier: ‘We Stand On the Shoulders’ of Social Justice Activists Peter Dreier: ‘We Stand On the Shoulders’ of Social Justice Activists

From Barbara Ehrenreich to Paul Wellstone, changemakers fighting for equality are the real American heroes. 

Oct 15, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Press Room

Global Noise: Worldwide Debt Protests Global Noise: Worldwide Debt Protests

Hundreds of thousands of protesters in more than thirty countries flooded the streets over the weekend to protest debt and austerity.

Oct 15, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Stop Stop-and-Frisk Stop Stop-and-Frisk

After years of complaints that the stops are racially discriminatory, the hearings signal that the public debate has gotten loud enough that lawmakers feel they have to be a part o...

Oct 10, 2012 / NationAction

‘Occupy Unmasked’—Unmasked ‘Occupy Unmasked’—Unmasked

The documentary, starring the late Andrew Breitbart, is a deranged hodge-podge of bizarre memes, wild dot-connecting and unadulterated fury.

Oct 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tracey

Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home

Occupy Our Homes ATL is forging an unlikely partnership in an effort to stop foreclosures.  

Oct 9, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Hong Kong Students Fight for the Integrity of their Education

Hong Kong Students Fight for the Integrity of their Education Hong Kong Students Fight for the Integrity of their Education

Student activists are still pushing for a complete withdrawal of a Beijing-backed, "brainwashing" curriculum.

Oct 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Steven Hsieh

How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S

How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S

With university fees rising, general social budgets disappearing and the youth unemployment rate over 50 percent, it is no wonder that many young people in Spain feel cheated.

Oct 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Julia Ramírez Blanco

Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike

Tens of thousands of individuals in Spain protest further harsh austerity measures recently announced by their right-wing government.

Oct 8, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

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