PROTEST, DISSENT, REVOLUTION, POPULAR UPRISING, & NEWS OF DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Students, Nuns and Sailor-Mongers Beware!
Atty. Gen. Ashcroft is pulling out all the stops to prosecute protesters.
It has lain dormant in the darkest recesses of American law for 125 years, but Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft introduced critics of the administration to his latest weapon in law enforcement.

150 Arrested After Rare Protest in Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities have arrested up to 150 people who held a rare protest in central Riyadh to call for reforms in the absolute monarchy.

Bolivia Stops Gas Project to Quell Violence
Bolivia's president suspended a controversial project to export natural gas to the United States in a bid to defuse a monthlong wave of protests against him that has resulted in about 30 deaths.

Dock Workers Protest EU
Dock workers threw stones, fences and fireworks at police in Rotterdam when a demostration by more than 8,000 laborers against EU liberalisation plans turned violent.

Demonstrators Around the World Say No to Occupation
Thousands of protesters demanding an end to the occupation of Iraq took to the streets in London, Athens, Paris and other cities around the world, chanting slogans against the United States and Britian.

Arousing the Protesters
Special Cuffing Prevents Hanky-Panky

Demonstrators Kept at Arm's Length at Europe's Biggest Weapons Exhibition Hundreds of demonstrators descended on the Docklands Light Railway's Custom House station, where they were outnumbered by police drafted in from all over London after arms activists pledged to disrupt the show.

Protest Says Schwarzenegger Degrades Women A group of women announced they would picket Schwarzenegger's campaign headquarters to protest what they call his mysogynist views and crude behavior toward women. [- Where were these women when Clinton was president? Oh, yeah, that's right... it's OK to be a womanizer or misogynist if you support a woman's right to have an abortion.]

Anti-War Reservist Fights Court-Martial A Marine reservist facing a court-martial says he's being unfairly prosecuted for criticizing the military at anti-war rallies and for publicizing his application for conscientious objector status.

Judge Criticizes Police Methods of Questioning War Protesters A federal judge in Manhattan criticized police officials for the way demonstrators against the war in Iraq were interrogated earlier this year, and he made clear that civil liberties lawyers could seek to hold the city in contempt of court in the future if the police violate people's rights.

US Activists Subjected to Secret Airport Ban After more than a year of complaints by some US anti-war activists that they were being unfairly targeted by airport security, Washington has admitted the existence of a list, possibly hundreds or even thousands of names long, of people it deems worthy of special scrutiny at airports. And the list is entirely separate from the relatively well-publicized "no-fly" list, which covers about 1,000 people believed to have criminal or terrorist ties that could endanger the safety of their fellow passengers.

Activists Injured in Protest at Israeli Security Fence Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets to drive away several hundred Palestinians, Israelis and foreign activists who were cutting through part of Israel's security fence in the northern West Bank.

Author Leads Protests Against MTV Awards Irvine Welsh, the novelist, is set to lead protest against "corporate culture" when the MTV awards are hosted at his birthplace of Leith this November.

Texas Search for Democrats Is Ruled Illegal The Texas Department of Public Safety lacks the legal authority to track down and arrest rebellious state lawmakers who block a quorum, a judge has ruled.

Cannabis Protest Targets Westminster Supporters of the cannabis campaigner Biz Ivol staged a protest at Westminster to back moves to legalize cannabis for medicinal use.

Thousands Protest Bush on 4th of July As many as 5,000 gathered at Franklin Square and marched through Center City to oppose U.S. policies.

Activists Push Back at NYPD Fifteen activists were set to file a federal lawsuit July 1 claiming the NYPD trampled on their civil liberties at the massive February 15 anti-war demonstration near the United Nations. Accusing police of interference and abuse - including arbitrary arrests and blocked access to the rally - the complaint will seek damages and a declaration that the police violated the constitutional rights of a potentially huge class of participants from the year's biggest protest.

Non-Violent Alternatives to Combat the New World Order

San Fransisco Drops Charges Against Most War Protesters The district attorney's office dismissed charges against 407 protesters arrested in March and may pursue charges against only about 20 of the others arrested.

Noisy Protest for Firehouse Chases Mayor From a Party NYC mayor Michael R. Bloomberg went to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Williamsburg Bridge, but was met by a dozen demonstrators noisily protesting a closing firehouse.

The Anti-Bush Campaign Kicks Off Pro-Choicers Join Anti-War Activists to Protest the President

Protesters Across Country Fight Media-Ownership Changes Small groups of demonstrators around the country marched and chanted to urge the federal regulators not to give large media companies more control over the nation's newspapers, television and radio stations.

Huge Strike by Public Workers Paralyzes France Workers throughout the public sector walked off the job to protest the government's plan to overhaul the country's pension system.

Now Free to Protest, Iraqis Complain About Americans Protests against the U.S. Forces are rising by the day as Iraqis exercise their new right to complain.

Police Stop Collecting Data on Protesters' Politics The Police Department said it would destroy the database it began compiling a few weeks ago on the political leanings of people arrested during antiwar protests. - Don't hold your breath, though.

Oakland Cops Defend Use of Force - What did you expect? An apology?

Oakland Police Open Fire At Anti-War Protest Police opened fire with wooden dowels, "sting balls" and other non-lethal weapons at anti-war protesters outside the Port of Oakland, injuring at least a dozen demonstrators and six longshoremen standing nearby.

To Activists, Real Battles Are on Home Front While many in today's peace movement have restricted their protest to the war in Iraq, others see the war the way Kind came to view Vietnam -- as intrinsically linked to conditions at home.

Professors Protest as Students Debate Professors shaped by Vietnam protests and a more conservative student body traumatized by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, do not always see eye-to-eye on the war.

Dollar Dissent Tax Resisters Chip Away at Bush's War Chest.

Military Families Unite in Protest Military Families Speak Out, a national organization of people who have family members in the military but who are against the war.

Antiwar Effort Emphasizes Civility Over Confrontation The most influential antiwar coalitions are shifting away from large-scale disruptive tactics and stepping up efforts to appeal to mainstream Americans.

Germans Boycott US Products Germany's boycott of US products in protest at the Iraq war is growing, with Jack Daniels, Coca-Cola, Budweiser and Marlboro cigarettes targeted by shops and restaurants.

Diary of a Twelve-Year-Old War Protester "They told us what we were doing was illegal, so we shouted: 'It's an illegal war.'"

Protesters Across the Nation Try to 'Stop Business as Usual' The day after bombing began in Iraq, thousands of protesters converged on plazas, bridges, military bases and federal buildings to proclaim their opposition to war.

Some Dare Call It Treason War with Iraq opens door for accusations that continuing protests are anti-American and un-patriotic.

Sixth Blair Aide Resigns Over Iraq A sixth ministerial aide confirmed he had quit the government over the Iraq crisis, saying he did not think there was sufficient international backing for the war.

In Shock and Awe Last month, New York police denied anti-war demonstrators permission to march in the city. The NYPD is changing its tune.

US Woman Protesting at Gaza Demolitions Killed by Bulldozer An American protester was crushed and killed by an Israeli army bulldozer as she attempted to thwart the demolition of a Palestinian home in the Gaza strip, eyewitnesses said.

Europeans Stop Work to Protest Iraq War Labor unions said millions of workers in countries including Spain, Germany, Italy and Switzerland answered a continentwide call to strike for 15 minutes to press for peace.

Marchers Protest Arrest of Man for Wearing Peace T-shirt at Crossgates Mall Shopper charged after refusing to take off shirt that mall store made for him, bearing slogans "Peace on Earth" and "Give Peace a Chance."

An Antiwar Demonstration That Does Not Take to the Streets "...the switchboard on Capitol Hill was swamped today as anti-war protesters conducted what they call the first 'virtual march' on Washington. The organizers, a coalition called Win Without War, said that hundreds of thousands of people were sending messages by email, fax and telephone to the Senate and the White House."

Busted for Peace When Cops Play Soldier, Protesters Become the Enemy.

Cops Stop Photo Ops Photogs Allege Police Aggression at Rally

The Trouble with Corporate Radio: The Day the Protest Music Died Independent radio stations that once would have played antiwar anthems have been gobbled up by corporations that have no wish to rock the boat.

Protesters Say City Police Used Rough Tactics at Rally Organizers of Saturday's demonstration against war with Iraq released a videotape of police using pepper spray on people and backing horses into crowds.

10 Million Join World Protest Rallies "...up to 400 cities in 60 countries, from Antarctica to Pacific islands, confirmed that peace rallies, vigils and marches would take place. Of all major countries, only China is absent from the growing list which includes more than 300 cities in Europe and North America, 50 in Asia and Latin America, 10 in Africa and 20 in Australia and Oceania."

17 Die as Army Battles Bolivian Tax Protesters "The Bolivian army has fought running battles in the capital with police and demonstrators... after the government announced a rise in taxes. [the government] ...had been expecting widespread discontent over the rise in taxes, but nothing the police could not handle. However, the police, faced with the prospect of losing more of their monthly wage joined protesters in the streets..." More... 20 dead... "...eight policemen lay dead, many shot in the head, most likely by army snipers." ..and a little More... 27 dead...

Court Bans Peace March in Manhattan Antiwar demonstrators may not march past the United Nations complex on Saturday, or anywhere else in Manhattan, a federal judge ruled. < Two Hundred Strip Off in Latest Naked Protest Against Action More than 250 men stripped naked in Australia ... to spell out the words 'peace man' with human bodies.

P> 750 Women Go Nude in Protest "...lying naked end to end on a grassy knoll on a private property, to form a heart shape around the words 'No War' for an aerial photograph."

Police Stonewall, February 15 Protest Goes On "We are facing a major fight over our basic democratic right to public protest. At our meeting on February 4 with lawyers for New York City and the NYPD, our request for a march permit was again refused. But plans for the protest are nonetheless moving full speed ahead."

Activists Use Online Games to Protest "At the new online community There.com, gamers can clothe their in-game marionettes and socialize with others. Already, some players angry with the U.S. policy on Iraq have organized a peace rally and clad their characters with the peace symbol."

'A River of Peaceful People' "...an estimated 250,000... The majority were well-groomed, well-educated..."

Pittsburg Anti-War March Draws Thousands "Police estimated the crowd at more than 3,000..."

Anti-War Movement Grows Louder, Stronger "So far the protest movement's weight falls far short of the massive anti-war protests of the Vietnam War era. But it marks a growing contrast with American sentiment during the 1991 Gulf War as well as the nation's angry response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks."

Target Protest "About 40 Latinos protested Monday outside a Target store in Vernon Hills, saying the company unjustly used Social Security discrepancies to fire as many as 100 employees from the chain's local stores after the holiday season ended."

Police Arrest 16 Peace Protesters Near White House "Those who hopped over the police barricades were quickly apprehended and bound with plastic handcuffs. ...the 16 would be charged with crossing a police line."

Americans Rail Against Washington War Plans Hundreds of thousands march against "War for Oil." "In Washington, one placard read 'Regime Change Starts At Home!'"

Mo. Student Group Forces Marijuana Vote "A group of students at the University of Missouri-Columbia have gathered enough signatures to force a vote in the city on legalizing marijuana for medical use."

Police Ready for Protest "San Fransisco police brass have drawn up elaborate plans to deal with the massive anti-war protests expected when and if the United States goes to war with Iraq"

Protesting War, Groups Battle Stereotypes Too "... the protester as an aging hippie in a tie-dyed T-shirt, out on the fringe of the political left, considered unpatriotic in some circles, and opposed to war on any grounds." "We want to convey the message that the concern about a war against Iraq is very broad and reaches out to mainstream organizations."

Anti-War Group Revives the 'Daisy' Ad First used by Johnson in 1964 to portray Goldwater as an extremist who might lead the US to nuclear war.

Anti-War Protests Looming

A Naked Plea for Peace

Anti-War Activists From Across U.S. Preparing for Weekend of Protests

Thousands Rally Against War in Iraq, Push Peace

Genoa Police Admit 'Fabrication' of Evidence Against Protesters

Sudanese Women Withold Sex in Protest of War

Protesters Seize San Salvador Cathedral in Demonstrations Against a Free Trade Pact with the US

Dutch Police Arrest Greenpeace Activists

Venezuela Strikers in Tax Revolt

Why a Nonviolent Action

PETA to Boycott KFC

Activists Cite 'State Terrorism'

Protesting May Be Good For Your Health

Time Names Whistleblowers Persons of Year

Thousands Protest ETA in Spain

Cameras to Monitor Protesters

Demonstrators Protest INS Registration Round-Up

Activist on Trial for Statue Beheading

Fox-Hunt Supporters Protest in London

Hong Kong Protest Against New Anti-Subversion Law

Despite Bush Apology, S. Koreans Protest

EU Protesters March in Copenhagen

The Ghost of Walkouts Past

More Than 100 Arrested in U.S. Anti-War Protests

Horse Riders Crash Congress in Mexico

Protesters Storm Defender's Office to Protest Coverage of Police Shooting

War Protesters Take to the Streets in Chicago and New York

The People Rise Up Against Venezuela's Commercial Media

New Breed of Patriot Speaking Up

15 Cities Now Oppose Patriot Act by Law

Thousand Demonstrate to Support Venezuelan President Chavez

Protesters Shot Dead in Venezuela

Antiwar Effort Gains Momentum, Growing Peace Movement's Ranks Include Some Unlikely Allies

The New American Freedom Fighters - Organizing Against General Ashcroft

Peace Protest Call If War Is Declared

Iran Releases Four Student Protesters

Germans Mock Chancellor Over Tax Hike

S. Koreans Break Into U.S. Army Base in Protest

Student Leaders Arrested in Iran After Protests

Steady Protests Stir Trouble in Haiti

Resistance Rising: True Patriots Networking

Judge Allows Mass Search of Protesters

Half-a-Million March in Anti-War Rally in Italy

Police Scolded as Bush Protester Acquitted

Rally in Washington is Said to Invigorate the Anti-War Movement

A New Youth Peace Movement Takes Root

Alberta Farmers Jailed Over Wheat Exports

Huge Rally Joins Protest Across Globe to Decry US' Iraq Policy

US Peace Marches Draw Thousands

Protesters Target Army Chief's Visit

Tens of Thousands March in Protest Against War in Iraq

How to Tend a Garden in NYC

Groups Opposed to War on Iraq Plan Rally

Enron Ushers in Regulatory Activism Era

Socially Conscious Investors Seek Changes

Protest Calls for Ouster of U.S. Navy from Bahrain

Protesters Share Views Why Policy Against Iraq Wrong

National Ammo Day Targets 'Gun Grabbers'

Nevada Test Site: Minorities Join Nuclear Foes

Military Apparently Videotapes DC Protesters; Posse Comitatus

Lawyers Protest Prisoner 'Experiment'

Anti-War Protests Get Louder in California

N.Y. Man Faces Charges for Mail

Bjork's Mom Goes on Hunger Strike

Bucket, Shovel Brigades Begin Convoy to Aid Florida Farmers

Venezuela Police Tear Gas Protesters

Goodbye to the Vietnam Syndrome

Seeds of Protest Growing on College Campuses

Route Cut Protest Catches the Buses

Campaigners Stage Roof Protest at Nuclear Power Plant

Guerrilla Warfare, Waged with Code

Ex-Trafficant Juror Joins Campaign

20,000 Palestinians March in Gaza

Protesting the Big Brother Lens, Little Brother Turns an Eye Blind

Analysis: Rallies Change Italy on Iraq?

Consumers Challenge Spread of Biotech Food

Protest Planned of Auction of Indian Cattle

Thousands Flock to Anti-War Rallies Across Italy

Belgian Police Arrest 'Bombspotting' Protesters

Official Tells Catholics: Fight Abuse with Purse and Feet

Parisian Squat Artists Up in Arms Over Crackdown

Teenager Escapes Jail Sentence for Pool Protest

Ready to Protest - Ready to Crack Down

Journalists Targeted by Police

The Criminalization of Dissent in America

S. Koreans Enter US Embassy in Protest

Did D.C. Police Go Too Far? Legal Experts Debate Legality of Mass Arrests

Military Seeks to Control Riots with Calming Drugs

Police Ask for Lifting of Political Surveilance Restrictions

No-Fly Blacklist Snares Political Activists

Congress Overwhelmed with Anti-War Calls from "the Silenced Majority"

The Peace Movement Lives

Police Find Protesters with Explosives in Washington

Non-Lethal Weapons Shoot to Hurt

WTO Becoming a 'Kangaroo Court' - U.S. Senator

The WTO: Inside, Outside, All Around the World

Protesters Stage Anti-War Rally - Organisers Estimate 400,000 Took Part

The View from the Other Side - 2 Washingtonpost.com Reporters Describe Their Time in Police Custody

Hundreds Protest London Airport Plan

Protester Claim IMF Promotes Smoking

Protests in D.C. Oppose Global Trade Policies

Protesters in D.C. Gather for March

God and Globalization

Britons in London Protest Iraq Strike

Anti-War Messages Dominate Protest

Standoff at Freedom Plaza

IMF Protests Met with Police Presence

D.C. Police Cordon Off World Bank Area

Small Problems Plague Protesters

List of Protesters Necessities

Bike Protests Catching on Nationally

Demonstrators in Venezuala Stage Protest Against Chavez

Thousands Protest Security Zones

South Dakota To Vote On Extending Jury Rights

Massachusetts Initiative to Repeal Income Tax Creates Statewide Buzz

Chretien Faces Pies, Placards, and Apathy

A Second Renaissance

Tools to Restore Democracy - How to Use the Freedom of Information Act

Debunking the Sixties as a Catalyst for Social Change