Occupy wall st in SF

     from: http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2011/10/05/goals-occupy-wall-streetOccupy Wall Street is an easy target -- a group of protesters taking on one of the most powerful institutions in the...

Occupied federal reserve in SF / wall st

The Federal Reserve Bank is now home to hundreds of modern day activists.  Just like Occupy Wall street and so many others. Occupy SF is dedicated to staying at the federal reserve as long as it takes to...

Week Of Fallen Heroes in San Francisco. Live On, Good Spirits!

 Shots of Togetherness & Life at Eric Quezada's Memorial held at the Horace Mann Middle School yesterday, in the Mission District (Sunday, September 25, 2011).A very large crowd of family, friends,...

The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

          “How many deaths will it take ‘til he knows that too many people have died?”                     –(Bob Dylan Blowin’ in the Wind)....

Hamas is a threat to the Palestinian cause

"Hamas is apparently forgiven for its treatment of women, its anti-Semitism, its hostility toward all other religions, its fervid embrace of a dark (non-Muslim) medievalism and its absolute insistence that Israel...

New Populist Movement Brewing; dedicated to asking people "Why?"

A populist, grass-roots activism movement, called The "whY?" Movement has found its humble beginnings on Facebook. It's stated mission is to "inspire higher-order thinking in our society by encouraging people to ...

Demonstrators Clash with Police in Cardiff UK

Today in Cardiff there was two simultaneously demonstrations and they both converged at the national museum. The police did a good job in keeping both demonstration separated, although it was difficult as sometimes...

19 killed in Israeli raid on aid flotilla

According to news reports, about 700 civilians from 50 nationalities were aboard the flotilla carrying aid for Gaza. It came under attack by Israeli troops when the flotilla was still in international waters....

Activists Block Oil Sands Mine In Alberta

Greenpeace activists have shut down a 155,000 barrel a day operation in Shell's Albian Sands mine just north of Fort McMurray, which is located in northern Alberta, Canada. The 25 activists from Canada, the U.S. and France are trying to attract attention to the...

No excuse for anti-Tamil policies

National Post, a new paper that was "broadly sympathetic to the Sri Lankan government's goal of confronting and subduing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", posted an opinion that "there is no excuse for anti-Tamil policies. "Sri Lanka must now be judged by the...

UN expert says Israeli seizure of aid ship a crime

The problem is Hamas. If they would give up terrorism then they would be able to get enough aid to rebuild." A U.N. human rights investigator on Thursday called Israel's seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip "unlawful" and said its blockade of the...

Greenpeace Activists Arrested at Kelowna Costco

Costco Kelowna was the target of Greenpeace demonstrators yesterday.  During the demonstration, three activists were arrested.  This action was taken to underline the fact that Costco is selling Redlist species -- seafood endangered by overfishing." By 3 p.m., store...

EMIRATS ARABES UNIS: Domestic workers face abusive employers

"DUBAI, 2 July 2006 (IRIN) - On an almost daily basis, immigrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), face mistreatment and sometimes physical abuse, according to human rights activists.Noor arrived...

Vet and Iraq War Resistor Faces 'Misconduct' Trial in St.Louis,MO

Exclusive Interview: Sgt.Matthis Chiroux -Veteran, war resistor, and outspoken critic of the both the Bush and Obama administrations Mid East and Central Asian Policy faces Military Hearing for "Misconduct" on...

The Modern Peace Movement: 'Peace is Practical' Conference Report

Given the current major economic downturn, it's impossible for one to imagine the U.S federal government engaging in establishing a new Cabinet portfolio of any type. Particularly one, that on the surface would seem...

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