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serene branson trying to ignore this crazy occupy la protester
Bookmarked 727 weeks ago serene branson is on the scene for the raid on occupy la and is trying to ignore this crazy guy she039s remains very professional about it |
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baltimore mayor press conference on protest violence
Bookmarked 550 weeks ago baltimore mayor press conference on protest violence |
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200000 thousand protesters line the streets of tokyo against nuclear restart
Bookmarked 697 weeks ago the protesters carrying placards which read quotrise up against the restartquot and quotthe nuclear era is overquot lined the streets around prime minister yoshihiko noda039s residence in central tokyo as police watched on according to an afp photographerthe main entrance to the residence was seen guarded by armoured vehicles and barricades of uniformed policeorganisers quoted in local media estimated turnout exceeded 100000 people over double the turnout they estimated at a similar protest last weekthe demonstration had been called by liberal writers takashi hirose and satoshi kamata in an online message which spread on twitter and facebook in what was likened by a popular tabloid to the quotarab springquot a wave of protests that topped governments in the arab world last yearthe crowd blocked off a six-lane road and adjoining streets leading to the prime minister yoshihiko noda039s official residence in central tokyo police parked five armoured riot control buses in front of the entrance to prevent protesters entering the compoundseveral helicopters circled overhead as the sun went down on a clear early summer eveningthe protest capped weeks of sporadic demonstrations and was the biggest gathering in central tokyo since noda said this month the restart of two reactors in western japan was necessary to avoid damaging the economyall of the country039s 50 nuclear reactors were taken off line after an earthquake and tsunami hit the fukushima nuclear power plant on the northeast coast on march 11 last year triggering the world039s worst atomic accident since chernobyl in 1986nuclear power had previously supplied nearly 30 percent of japan039s electricitythe first of the two ohi reactors operated by kansai electric power co is scheduled to be reactivated on sundaythe crowd including office workers mothers with children and elderly people chanted quotoppose restartsquot and quotexit nuclear powerquotthe decision to restart the reactors as summer power-cuts loom was seen as a victory for japan039s still-powerful nuclear industrybut japanese people have grown wary of nuclear power since fukushima with surveys showing that about 70 percent want to abandon atomic energy even if not immediately |
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raw bahrain security forces beating unarmed protesters on roof of a house in hakhurh
Bookmarked 725 weeks ago bahrain security forces stormed the al-khalifa one of the houses of the village cakhurh assaulting 25 protesters with sticks with an estimated 18 cases serious injuries mostly head wounds |
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occupy dc protesters call for obama to come out of the whitehouse smoke bombs thrown on lawn
Bookmarked 721 weeks ago a march on the white house culminated in a mass of protesters mounting the concrete base of the white house fence an unconfirmed report of someone trying to get over it and the white house security lights being turned on the first them i have ever seen them come on during a protestas occupy mounted the steps and the security lights came on the north entrance to the white house was closed to everyone even the white hosue staff etc anyone leaving the white house grounds had to go through the white house itself and exit by the south entrance the secret service quotmoved people from the areaquot but i saw neither an attempt to move the protesters off the fence nor the capability to do so without using weapons such as pepper spray or worse politico039s headline was quotwhite house locked down because of smoking objectsquothttp:wwwpoliticocomnewsstories011271577html |
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jobs protests august 12-19
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago thousands across the country are standing up and demanding congress take real action on jobs and job creation from minnesota to florida washington to pennsylvania unemployed and underemployed americans want solutions |
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2010 - taking positive action
Bookmarked 762 weeks ago everything we accomplished and every action we took in 2010 was thanks to you and millions of greenpeace supporters like you around the world join us in looking back on a year of action with 99 of the best images in less than two minutes |
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syrian teenager reportedly tortured to death
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago al jazeera has obtained footage of the disfigured body of a 15-year old syrian boythamer al sahri was arrested in april for participating in an anti-government protest his body was released on wednesdaythe video comes from a reliable source but we are unable to independently verify it due to restrictions on journalists in the countryal jazeera039s stefanie dekker reports with a warning that viewers may find some of the images in the report disturbing |
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danny homan at gov walker protest
Bookmarked 732 weeks ago about 200 people on wednesday evening gathered outside the sheraton hotel in west des moines to express their displeasure with wisconsin gov scott walker iowa gov terry branstad and what they see as a nationwide attack on workers039 rightswalker was in des moines for a fundraising dinner benefitting the heritage foundation a conservative think-tank located in washington dc branstad was among those attending the event |
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for one daywe shut the system down
Bookmarked 734 weeks ago occupy yourself movementoct 28th 2011please share this with as many as possiblewe do not have much timea momentum is occurringpeople are uniting across the worldthey are sending a messagethe next step is fast approachingon oct 28th 2011we shut the system downfor one day we peacefully protest in a symbol that will be felt across the globewe step out of the system and step back into ourselvesturn off all lights unplug all electrical devicesabstain from using tv radio and internet or phoneabstain from making any purchase of any kindchoose that morning to cancel any services you feel you no longer needthat morning call in sick to workdo nothing that generates money into the systemwe will send a messagewe will unitemost importantly for one daywe live without distractionread a bookmeditateplaysingdance createfrolic in natureloveon oct 28th 2011step out of the system and get back to yourselfspread the wordshut it all down join us on facebook:http:wwwfacebookcomeventphpeid=275706552463169ampampnotif_t=event_photo_change |
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occupy dc march protests bank of america foreclosures
Bookmarked 733 weeks ago occupy dc protestors marched to the bank of america in the us capitol on saturday to close out their accounts in protest against the bank039s foreclosure practices but the branch had temporarily shut its doors blocking their entry duration: 01:13 |
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cowboys and indians: the great diversion
Bookmarked 740 weeks ago gustavo aguilar and juan cabrera mexican day laborers are confronted by an angry protest against illegal immigration which results in an enlightenment of grammar and ideas |