Having initially entered the building, protesters were called back away from the foyer by one of the organisers, Mustafa Mansour, who urged them to remain calm.
A list of five demands was handed to council officials, including one that asked the authority to guarantee all those left homeless by...
This is an old, ancient from 1960's, showing a simple protest by a simple man, against a world that is totally against him. Translation is freely mine.
Yes well it's the way
that there's a lot wrong and boring in this country
You don't even need to ask your pals about it
Just take a slight...
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I know this may a sort of political post here and I know such discussions are discouraged but hear me out.
Recently Mozilla has gotten a new CEO that is against gay rights and as an advocate for gay rights this is not acceptable.
In protest I removed all mozilla products on my computer as it has...
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Desperate for justice, a 77-year old woman knelt naked in front of a Shanghai courthouse on August 18 to protest the demolition of her home. The scene was filmed and has since gone viral online.
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Can social media make a real difference for a cause? It's a challenge taken on by Marc Ecko and his Unlimited Justice, a campaign to fight corporal punishment in U.S. schools. More than just an isolated campaign, it's an example of how the Internet is changing modern activism.
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In dicey union negotiations, it seems the modern silent protest is an embargo on tweeting.
Representatives for the News Media Guild are urging union employees of the Associated Press not to promote their stories on Facebook or Twitter early next week.
Reporters often volunteer to spread...
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BOSTON (Reuters Life!) – Waves of criticism have followed the removal of a mural depicting workers' history in Maine, including the iconic "Rosie the Riveter," from government offices in the state capital Augusta.
Governor Paul LePage, a Republican, has said through spokesmen that he received...
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A driver in LA will be having an interesting conversation with his insurance provider, after crashing his car while distracted by nearly naked women taking a very public shower.
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A feminist group in Ukraine has protested a radio station competition to "win a wife" in the most eye-catching way possible -- by removing clothes.
The Femen Movement is angered by a contest organized by a New Zealand radio station that offered a listener the opportunity to travel to Ukraine...
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A painting of a large penis on a bridge in Russia's second city St Petersburg has been dropped from the shortlist for an art prize, the organisers said.
The painting, which pointed skywards when the bridge was raised, was painted last June by opposition Russian art group Voina, or War, to...
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A man who ate a rat in front of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in 2005 is threatening to repeat what he says is a traditional form of protest used to bring change.
John Ojim Omoding, 79, told the Daily Monitor newspaper that his grandfather ate a live rat...
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