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FBI using GPS to track activists
An environmental activist has stepped forward to Wired Magazine after she found a GPS which had been placed under her car, courtesy of the feds. According to Wired.com, this method is becoming a common way for feds to track anyone deemed suspicious or a "potential threat" to our country, depending on if you consider environmental activists a threat.
Amazon forest activists stop cargo ship linked to deforestation
Greenpeace activists just off the coast of Sao Luis, Brazil stop a ship from loading pig iron. act.gp Join them and stand with the people of Brazil for a zero deforestation law to Save the Amazon!
Jewish activist to AIPAC: Stop Silencing Dissent!
On March 4, 2012, 22 year old member of Young Jewish and Proud (the youth wing of Jewish Voice for Peace) Liza Behrendt stood up at the 2012 AIPAC Policy Conference in a breakout session called "The Struggle to Secure Israel on Campus" to call attention to the silencing of Palestinians— and young Jews who support them — on US campuses. This action was part of OCCUPY AIPAC. www.occupyaipac.org This effort to draw attention to the silencing of Palestinians and young Jewish activists is part of a weekend long series of activities to highlight the destructive practices of AIPAC. A separate group of Jewish activists from Jews Say No and Just Foreign Policy went inside the AIPAC conference and gave interviews to journalists, in which they stressed that AIPAC doesn't represent the majority of American Jews who oppose war with Iran and who want the US to oppose settlement expansion in the West Bank. Activists held daylong protests outside the AIPAC conference. Timed to coincide with the AIPAC policy conference, Occupy AIPAC (www.occupyaipac.org) is a coalition effort led by CODEPINK: Women for Peace and cosponsored by over 130 organizations, including Jewish Voice for Peace, Interfaith Peace Builders, Jews Say No, Just Foreign Policy, US Palestinian Community Network and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. The purpose of the week of actions is to urge Obama to reject the Israeli administration's push for war on Iran, insist on respect for Palestinian rights, and draw ...
Police arrest 400 'Blockupy' activists in Frankfurt
READ MORE + PHOTOS: on.rt.com The protest mood is brewing in Europe. Protests target capitalism and austerity policies. In Germany, thousands are expected to rally in the country's financial capilal, Frankfurt, marking the climax of a four-day campaign called 'Blockupy'. RT's Peter Oliver is in the city. Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Watch RT LIVE on our website rt.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
Police Remove Activists from International Trade Party for Staging Fake Award Ceremony
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Draconian Re-Education Camps for Political Activists Are Real!
On the May 6 Sunday edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex takes a look at the phony 9/11 Gitmo show trial of supposed master terrorist Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his four co-defendants. On Saturday, the arraignment of the accused terrorists turned into a three ring circus, thus sending the message that the Sixth Amendment is irrelevant in terrorist cases. Alex also covers the massive police state rollout in Chicago as the NATO war council prepares to convene. He also adds new details on draconian re-education camps where political activists will be forced to appreciate the murderous foreign policy of the ruling elite. Alex also covers the latest breaking news and takes your calls. www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv twitter.com www.facebook.com
Police Drugging Occupy Minnesota Activists Goes Viral!
Video documentation by local activists and independent media shows that police officers and county deputies from across Minnesota have been picking up young people near Peavey Plaza for a training program to recognize drug-impaired drivers. Multiple participants say officers gave them illicit drugs and provided other incentives to take the drugs. The Occupy movement, present at Peavey Plaza since April 7th, appears to be targeted as impaired people are dropped off at the Plaza, and others say they've been rewarded for offering to snitch on the movement. Local independent media activists and members of Communities United Against Police Brutality began investigating police conduct around the Plaza after witnessing police dropping off impaired people at the plaza and hearing rumors that they were offering people drugs. We videotaped police conduct and interviewed participants, learning some very disturbing information about the DRE program. Officers stated on record the DRE program, run by the Minnesota State Patrol, has no Institutional Review Board or independent oversight. They agreed no ambulances or EMTs were on site at the Richfield MnDOT facility near the airport where most subjects were taken. Multiple times, participants left Peavey Plaza sober, returned intoxicated, and said they'd been given free drugs by law enforcement. We documented on more than one occasion, someone being told they were sober by one officer, and then picked up by a different officer, and ...
Noam Chomsky speaks to Dutch activists on various topics
Anarchism www.youtube.com Chomsky talks about the core issues for a workers' movement, and the disconnect between "Left Intellectuals" and the working class. He reviews the old tradition of working class culture and the destruction of it, and the tendency of "Left Intellectuals" to focus on "Post-Materialist issues" while ignoring fundamental problems that confront working people. Enlightenment, Classical Liberalism, Anarchism. www.youtube.com Chomsky reviews the Enlightenment tradition, classical liberalism and how anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist thought and action is connected to this tradition. French Intellectual Culture, Post-Modernism. www.youtube.com Chomsky talks about the unique history of the French intellectual culture. He also airs his concerns about the influence of irrational currents of thought on Third World intellectuals, which has severe consequences (as compared to some irrational talks in a Western Literature faculty). Nazi Collaboration and Resistance in France, Italy and Greece and the Netherlands. www.youtube.com Chomsky reviews the Resistance/Collaboration in Western and Southern Europe, pointing out the huge differences and the consequences for the decades that followed. He also talks about how this history has been falsified by propaganda. The Right Freedom of Speech and Anti-Fascism www.youtube.com Chomsky discusses freedom of speech, its history, and how to deal with the rise of racist right-wing movements. The Left, Class, Racism, Xenophobia ...
Kony 2012 and Armchair Activists - An opinion Piece
many people asked for my opinion on kony 2012. here it is, for better or worse.
Raw Video: Ethiopian Activists Join G-8 Protests
Police officers, including dozens in riot gear, contained at least 200 Ethiopian protesters who joined a demonstration in Maryland targeting a global economic summit at nearby Camp David. (May 19) Subscribe to the Associated Press: bit.ly Download AP Mobile: www.ap.org Associated Press on Facebook: apne.ws Associated Press on Twitter: apne.ws Associated Press on Google+: bit.ly
Syrian Man (activist) Buried Alive By President Bashar Al-Assad Loyalists (Syrian Army)
Syrian Man Buried Alive By Assad Loyalists Check out my website:www.bnelsonblog1.com Twitter Bnelson911twitter.com Facebook: Add me: www.facebook.com A DISTURBING image has emerged from the bloody skirmishes in war-torn Syria, in a video showing a man begging for his life while he's buried alive at gunpoint. The Syrian rebel is buried up to his neck and surrounded by soldiers, said to be Bashar al-Assad loyalists. The shocking footage, which has not yet been verified, comes after a major blast in the flashpoint city of Hama that may have killed as many as 68 people, with the rebels calling for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. According to Al Jazeera, the opposition Local Coordination Committees said security forces fired a rocket at a building in a working class district of Hama on Wednesday. The Syrian state news agency said the explosion was caused by anti-government bomb makers. See the video above. Warning: Graphic footage The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 12 people were killed but activists on the ground put the death toll as high as 68, including 16 children, AFP reported. One Hama resident and activist told Al Jazeera, "Many of the victims are women and children. People are dying because we don't have the necessary medical equipment or expertise to save those injured." At the same time, Syria's main opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC) called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting to issue a ...
Baba Sbaa, Homs: Activists shows sniper attacks on the street of Baba Sbaa and aftermath of shelling
ENGLISH SUBTITLES: An activist in Homs, Abu Jaafar, shows the reality of a street in Baba Sbaa when it is under sniper attacks. He also shows the aftermath of Assad's shelling on a house and store in Baba Sbaa.
Pentagon Prepares 'Re-Education Camps' for Political Activists in 2012 & Beyond!
~sub: youtube.com ~credits video: youtube.com ~Leaked Documents Confirm Prison Camps Inside US: youtu.be Breaking News! Leaked US Army documents prepared for the Department of Defense contain shocking plans for "political activists" to be pacified by "PSYOP officers" into developing an "appreciation of US policies" while detained in prison camps inside the United States. Alex Jones reports. ~Obama Mentor Calls for 'Re-Education Camps: youtu.be ~Joel Skousen: Army Document Reveals Citizens to be Treated as Enemy Combatants!: youtu.be & goo.gl On May Day in 1971, the US Army rounded up approximately 7000 protesters into a stadium in Washington, DC that they treated like a make-shift prison camp. Have things changed in the past 40 years? Now a Department of Defense document has been leaked to the Web that details "Internment and Resettlement Operations." The manual outlines policies for processing detainees in internment camps domestically and abroad and how to "re-educate" unruly activists. Alex Jones, host of the Alex Jones Show, joins us to find out what this means to people across the globe. Like us and/or follow us: twitter.com www.facebook.com License: Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Activists Confront Condoleezza Rice at Stanford University
Hello, I am the woman in this YouTube, seen protesting Rice from the audience. That day there was a whole group of us together: World Can't Wait, Stanford Says No To War, Code Pink. I am with World Can't Wait. The war criminals want a safe return to legitimacy, only public protest and rejection disrupts that. All of us were demanding to speak the truth about Rice as a war criminal (and the torture program was only one facet of her crimes). It is heartening to read so many comments of support, and if you'd like to talk more, please write me at sf@worldcantwait.org or check out www.worldcantwait.org I also want to comment back about some of the comments: First: Rice should be protested because of her war crimes and crimes against humanity --NOT for being a woman, or African-American. To writers of comments using ugly, racist and/or woman hating names against Rice -- and also to everyone else reading them: I ask you to think: Isn't hatred against Black people and women exactly the type of "thinking" that actually supports, and feeds, the existing power system -- which creates the wars for empire, and imperialist war criminals, that we oppose? Second: World Can't Wait's mission is to build and strengthen mass political resistance and opposition by people living in the US to the crimes of our own government. In politically confronting war criminals, World Can't Wait believes in, and acts on, the power of doing this through speech, only. Speech -- yelled aloud in the streets ...
Ethiopia- Activists protest against Zenawi rule in Camp David G-8 summit-nazret.com
Dozens of police officers in riot gear contained more than 200 Ethiopian activists who jammed a small Maryland town's square Saturday to protest their prime minister's involvement in a global economic summit at nearby Camp David. Authorities reported no arrests during the three-hour demonstration that shut down the intersection of two state highways through the center of town. The commotion drew scores of spectators, many using cameras to document their town's latest role in world affairs.
Christian Bale blocked from chinese activist
BEIJING (AP) — "Batman" star Christian Bale, in the midst of promoting a film he made in China that some critics have called propaganda, was stopped trying to visit a blind activist living under house arrest — with a CNN crew in tow. CNN posted footage of a scuffle between Bale and the activist's guards on its website Friday. The run-in and publicity is likely to cause discomfort in China's government-backed film industry, which hopes Bale's movie "The Flowers of War" will be a creative success at home and abroad. It also raises questions about whether it was prudent to bring the star to see an activist guarded by thugs who have turned away dozens of reporters and fellow activists trying to see him in the past. Bale was due to leave China on Friday and his representatives could not immediately be reached for comment. A CNN spokesman did not immediately respond to questions about the story, but said a statement would be forthcoming. Bale, who won a best supporting actor Oscar for last year's "The Fighter," traveled Thursday with a crew from CNN to the village in eastern China where blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng lives with his family in complete isolation. They were stopped at the entrance to Dongshigu village in Shandong province by unidentified men. The footage shows Bale asking to see Chen, with a CNN producer providing interpretation, but being ordered by one of the guards to leave. He then asked why he was unable to pass through. The guards responded by trying to grab ...
Activists Assaulted At Hawaii State Capitol (4/29/2010)
BREAKING NEWS! State settles suit by protester for $100000 www.staradvertiser.com On April 29, 2010, activists Mitch Kahle and Kevin Hughes were assaulted by Ben Villaflor, the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms, and State Sheriff's Deputies, for objecting to unconstitutional Christian prayers used to begin each session of the Hawaii State Legislature. Hughes was injured in the attack and was taken to the hospital for x-rays and treatment. Kahle was arrested and prosecuted, but was ultimately vindicated when Judge Leslie Hayashi found Kahle "NOT GUILTY" and ruled that: "The Senate's [Christian] prayers violate the constitutional separation of church and state." More to come . . . RELATED: Capitol protestor found not guilty Hawaii News Now - Nov 25, 2010 www.hawaiinewsnow.com Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of State and Church www.lava.net
Gay activists kiss in front of Islamic fanatics at 2012 Global Atheist Convention
My partner Gregory and I decided to confront the fanatical Islamic protesters outside the 2012 Global Atheist Convention by kissing each other. The fanatical protesters chanted "Burn in hell" as we were showing our affection for each other. It was an extremely powerful and peaceful statement of love in the face of pure hate. Love will always conquer hate. Photography by Michael Barnett & Pete Darwin. Blog: mikeybear.wordpress.com Gallery: picasaweb.google.com
The Stream - Anonymous: Activists for transparency or cyber-terrorists?
In This Episode: Activists for transparency or cyber-terrorists? Today we'll speak to members of the group Anonymous about their work across the world.
Interview with pro-democracy activist at Tahrir Square
Interview with pro-democracy activist Miral at Tahrir Square Feb 1. 2011 for documentary Zero Silence. Interview by Gert Van Langendonck, camera work by Jonny von Wallström. www.zerosilence.org New video interview from Tahrir Square Feb. 2 before the violence www.youtube.com
EPA meets with Chemtrail Activist
Bob Tuskin, www.bobtuskin.com meets with his local EPA officials to discuss the dangers of "Geo-Enginerring" or Chem Trails.
Activists Plan Big Washington DC Protest - Ray McGovern Reports 1/2
Alex talks to former cia agent, Ray McGovern about the continued coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests that have fanned out over the country and spread to Europe. He also covers other breaking news and takes your calls. www.freewayrick.com www.freewayenterprise.com
Leaked Documents Confirm Prison Camps Inside US
Breaking News! Leaked US Army documents prepared for the Department of Defense contain shocking plans for "political activists" to be pacified by "PSYOP officers" into developing an "appreciation of US policies" while detained in prison camps inside the United States. Alex Jones reports. www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv twitter.com www.facebook.com
The Stream - Imprisoned Flytilla activist's hidden video & banning "nothing" in Belarus
Hidden video documents life of activists inside an Israeli prison. And why doing nothing may become illegal in Belarus.
Web news - Syrian activists call for foreign intervention
Web news - Today on the net, more and more Syrian activists are now calling for foreign intervention. Romanian villagers campaigning against the construction of an open-pit gold mine. And a website which ranks hackers and pits them against each other... FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 www.france24.com WEBNEWS News as seen on the web and about the web www.france24.com www.france24.com
ACTA the new SOPA?
ACTA aims to protect intellectual property. Activists say it restricts net freedom. We look at the global agreement.
Peaceful Activist Is Banned By Austin Mayor For Stating His Name "Ronnie (TOKE) Reeferseed"
Recently Austin Texas Mayor Lee Leffingwell installed new rules for citizen communication that says a person can't speak on more that three agenda items per session. Many Austin activists are outraged by this dictatorial new violation of the citizens right to participate in local government. Apparently Mr. Ronnie Reeferseed was outspoken on this issue and was warned not to complain again.
The Stream - Malawi activists push for government reform
Activists in Malawi ask citizens to stay away from work to protest against government corruption and inefficiency.
Alex Jones: Pentagon prepares re-education camps for political activists
On May Day in 1971, the US Army rounded up approximately 7000 protesters into a stadium in Washington, DC that they treated like a make-shift prison camp. Have things changed in the past 40 years? Now a Department of Defense document has been leaked to the Web that details "Internment and Resettlement Operations." The manual outlines policies for processing detainees in internment camps domestically and abroad and how to "re-educate" unruly activists. Alex Jones, host of the Alex Jones Show, joins us to find out what this means to people across the globe. Like us and/or follow us: twitter.com www.facebook.com
MUST SEE!!! Pentagon prepares re-education camps for political activists.
ALL COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.THX www.infowars.com On May Day in 1971, the US Army rounded up approximately 7000 protesters into a stadium in Washington, DC that they treated like a make-shift prison camp. Have things changed in the past 40 years? Now a Department of Defense document has been leaked to the Web that details "Internment and Resettlement Operations." The manual outlines policies for processing detainees in internment camps domestically and abroad and how to "re-educate" unruly activists. Alex Jones, host of the Alex Jones Show, joins us to find out what this means to people across the globe.
MUST SEE!!! Pentagon prepares re-education camps for political activists.
ALL COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.THX www.infowars.com On May Day in 1971, the US Army rounded up approximately 7000 protesters into a stadium in Washington, DC that they treated like a make-shift prison camp. Have things changed in the past 40 years? Now a Department of Defense document has been leaked to the Web that details "Internment and Resettlement Operations." The manual outlines policies for processing detainees in internment camps domestically and abroad and how to "re-educate" unruly activists. Alex Jones, host of the Alex Jones Show, joins us to find out what this means to people across the globe. MORE VISIT CHANNEL www.youtube.com
The Stream - FBI probing US activists & social media's effect on music
Why is the FBI is targeting US peace activists? Plus, how social media is changing the face of music.
The Whole "Officer Bubbles" Story: Toronto Neighborhood Responds to G20 Policing
Toronto's Parkdale community responds with condemnation to mass arrest inside its borders. Lawyer Riali Johanesson, detained while trying to provide counsel for the detained, takes us through that day. This video shows the broader context of the "Officer Bubbles" confrontation. Produced by Jesse Freeston For more visit www.therealnews.com.
Activists Protest Anti-LGBT NY Senator Monserrate's Christmas Party
Activists crash anti same-sex marriage equality NY State Senator Hiram Monserrate's Christmas Party. SIGN THE PETITION TO INCLUDE LGBT PEOPLE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT at WWW.THEPOWERONLINE.ORG. In December 2008, NY State Senator Hiram Monserrate slashed his girlfriend now fiance's face with a broken glass. Hiram was convicted of the crime. This December woman abusing Hiram Monserrate voted AGAINST allowing loving committed NON-VIOLENT to marry. Sen. Monserrate believes his violent abusive relationship is superior to those of loving peaceful lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender New Yorkers. Angry LGBT activists crash Hiram's Christmas party on the anniversary of his slashing his fiance's face. The nastiest response was from Sen. Monserrate's openly gay Chief of Staff Wayne Mahlke. He really screwed his own community!
A Blog Activist's Tale with Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK)
Raja Petra Kamarudin, founder and editor of online news blog Malaysia Today, gives this lecture entitled 'Beating Malaysian Authoritarianism with People Power: A Blog Activist's Tale' at The Australian National University on 2 March 2011 . RPK (as he's usually known online) is Malaysia's most famous online political activist, and a forceful advocate of transparent, accountable government. His website Malaysia Today hosts many allegedly official documents detailing government corruption and scandal. He speaks as chairman of the Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM), which is now working towards full representation in Malaysia's 13th general election. MCLM wants to revive and re-engage Malaysians disillusioned with an UMNO-dominated federal government and return them to a government that holds fast to the spirit and intent of the Constitution. With the next general elections looming this year, there's a palpable sense of urgency. MCLM is driven by human rights lawyers and other professionals, political veterans, civil society activists and ordinary citizens with social justice in their sights, targeting a corruption-free, transparent government, free and fair elections and the end to racial politics.
Israeli repression wave targets activists
Israel's recent wave of repression led to arrest of Jamal Juma', coordinator of Stop the Wall Campaign.
TV9 News : KRV Activists Torch Maharashtra Bus
TV9 News : KRV Activists Torch Maharashtra Bus......, BELGAUM: Protesting against allowing pro-Maharashtrian organisation Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) to conduct a convention at Yellur village of the taluk on Sunday, activists of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike set ablaze a Maharashtra...
Activist Tamagn welcomed by crowd in Johannesburg .avi
Ethiopians in Johannesburg accord a warm welcome to activist Tamagn Beyene. Tamagn, Shambel Belayneh and Gelila Mekonen were in Johannesburg last weekend for ESAT fundraising event.
As NATO Coalition Unravels in Afghanistan, Activists Question Military Alliance's Existence
DemocracyNow.org - Delegates from more than 60 countries are taking part in this year's NATO summit in Chicago. Many international peace activists have also traveled from across the globe to take part in the protests in the streets. "We do not need NATO any longer," says German peace activist Reiner Braun, chair of the international coalition, No to War, No to NATO. "The old enemy of NATO -- the Russia Pact -- is over -- but NATO still continues. It spend $1 trillion a year -- we need this money for jobs, healthcare, education." Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for more information, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
US-Backed Bahraini Forces Deport 2 American Peace Activists Acting As Human Rights Observers
democracynow.org - On Saturday, Bahrain arrested and detained two American citizens, Huwaida Arraf and Radhika Sainath, for their role in recent protests. They were deported Sunday and returned to New York last night. Both Arraf and Sainath are human rights activists and members of the Witness Bahrain initiative, which places international observers in the country in the hopes of preventing violence by security forces. Their arrest comes just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the popular uprising against the US-backed monarchy. In the past year, Bahraini security forces have killed dozens of demonstrators, and hundreds more have been arrested or fired from their jobs. "[We are] also were getting reports of journalists and human rights organization representatives being denied entry into the country in the lead up to the first anniversary of the Bahrain revolution and this caused great alarm, that the government was planning to escalate its oppression of the people," says Huwaida Arraf. Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for the additional Democracy Now! reports about Bahrain, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www ...
Leading Palestinian Peace Activist & Theater Director, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Killed in Jenin
DemocracyNow.org - Palestinians, artists and peace activists worldwide are mourning the loss of a leading figure in Palestinian creative non-violence resistance. Juliano Mer Khamis, the founder of a theater for Palestinian children, was killed Monday by masked assailants in the West Bank town of Jenin. He had received a number of death threats from extremist Palestinians for his work with the Jenin Freedom Theatre. The theatre has helped Palestinian youths deal with the hardships of life under Israeli occupation by expressing themselves through the arts—film, photography, art and theater. Democracy Now! interviews Nabeel Raee, director of the acting school at the Jenin Freedom Theatre, where he worked closely with Mer-Khamis for many years, and by Constancia "Dinky" Romilly, founder and president of the board of the New York City-based Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, who also worked closely with the program in Jenin. For the video/audio podcast, transcript, and to sign up for the daily news digest, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW US: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
Burial of Gay Activist David Kato in Uganda ( with Subtitles)
To enable subtitles, click the "cc" button below on the right hand corner(below the time line on the video) There was Drama when the remains of David Kato, 46, a prominent rights campaigner in the east African nation of Uganda were being laid in peace. He was beaten to death with a hammer this week in his house near the the capital, Kampala. His name and photo were printed on the cover of a tabloid newspaper late last year that called for gays to be executed under a banner that read: "Hang them." His funeral spiraled into chaos after the pastor denounced homosexuals, saying they "would go to hell." What happened to David Kato? Ugandan editor speaks out Interview with persecuted gay Ugandan RELATED TOPICS Uganda Mayhem ensued as mourners took away the pastor's microphone and police whisked him away from the angry crowds. A sympathetic Anglican bishop stepped in and laid Kato to rest as hundreds gathered Friday in the small hillside village outside the capital, Kampala. Mourners included embassy staff and diplomats from various countries, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Police have said initial investigations are focusing on robbery in Kato's rough Mukono neighborhood, but rights activists said he was a victim of homophobia. One suspect -- Kato's driver -- has been arrested while another man is still at large, authorities said. The second suspect is an ex-convict who was staying with Kato before his death.
Protests: Activists rips down "NATO"
Activist rips down a NATO banner from the southeast pillar of Michigan Avenue Bridge. Security officers chased and arrested him. An impromptu rally shortly shut down Michigan Avenue at 1 pm today. The police allowed hundreds of protestors to wander around Downtown in the unauthorized march.
Supreme Court Building Covered in Giant Dollar Signs
To mark the second Citizens United anniversary, we lit up the Supreme Court with giant dollar signs to send a message: rights are for PEOPLE, not corporate "persons."
Activists beaten after march from Bella Center
Grist caught footage of youth and indigenous activists marching out of the Bella Center in Copenhagen Wednesday morning. They were met by a line of police who beat them with batons.
Chinese Police Detain Artist, Activist Ai Weiwei
Read the Transcript: to.pbs.org Ai Weiwei, one of China's most famous artists and human rights activists, was detained on Sunday at the Beijing airport. His arrest comes as the Chinese government tries to prevent the spread of pro-democracy protests. Judy Woodruff has an excerpt from a Frontline documentary on Ai.
Artists and Activists: Curating Socially Engaged Projects
Waterboarding, Iraq, Katrina, immigration: these are among the charged subjects that inspire projects at Creative Time. Read the full article at artlog.com/posts/189-artists-and-activists-curating-socially
Slander and Sexism Against Fathers Rights Activists
Dr. Ferrel Christensen is a member of Equitable Child Maintenance and Access Society (ecmas.org) and author of the book Pornography The Other Side, who filed aa defamation lawsuit against the National Post (whose editor-in-chief at the time was Kenneth Whyte) and CanWest Global Communications for untrue allegations made against him in an article entitled "Scandal Taints Fathers' Rights Group" published April 17, 2001. Christensen eventually received a written retraction that exonerated him and the organization against claims of supporting pedophilia. During the investigation it came to light the ways in which fathers are treated with sexism and contempt by the justice system and the media as they attempt to organize with supporters to fight for their equal parenting rights against a divorce industry that has little concern for the best interests of children or families. An interview with Kristin Titus, past National Coordinator of Fathers For Justice Canada about the specifics of this case and the fight for equal parenting. For more information visit: www.equalitycanada.com www.fightforhonestjournalism.ca ecmas.org
Chicago Activists Denounce Mass Security Apparatus at NATO Summit Amid Social Services Cuts
DemocracyNow.org - Hundreds of protesters marched to the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's former chief of staff, on Saturday to oppose Emanuel's cutting of social services while funding a massive security operation during the NATO summit. The day earlier, a group of nurses led a march in downtown Chicago to protest austerity cuts. "They say cut back -- we say fight back," the protesters chanted. "We need to come together," says retired nurse Kay McVay. "When you cut you bleed blood, not gold." Towatch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for more information, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
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