- Over a period of approximately 92 hours and 26 minutes the CASTOR nuclear waste transport in Germany faced more resistance and peaceful direct action from the local population and their supporters than ever before.
- Two female animal rights activists were detained on Tuesday for staging a near-naked protest near the heavily-guarded venue of this week’s G20 summit in South Korea.
- A number of student groups in Indonesia staged demonstrations protest President Barack Obama’s Tuesday visit to the country, demanding that the government should stop bowing to America’s foreign policies.
- Hundreds of Iraqi Christians took to downtown Chicago streets yesterday to protest the October 31st massacre that killed 58 people at a Catholic church in Iraq.
- About 200 employees from seven Chinese ad reselling companies have been protesting the termination of their contracts outside Google’s offices in Shanghai this week. About 40 of those participating have gone on a hunger strike that will last until the group’s grievances are resolved.
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were called in to diffuse a protest in Norton on Monday as residents were blocking an energy company’s access to conduct seismic testing.
- A Baltimore woman who is losing her home started a hunger strike on Monday morning to draw attention to the national foreclosure crisis and the difficulty borrowers face when they try to modify their mortgages.
“Two female animal rights activists were detained on Tuesday for staging a near-naked protest near the heavily-guarded venue of this week’s G20 summit in South Korea.”
If a protest causes violent reaction with my stomach, does it make in nonviolent? The Canadian looks like she’s had a couple of Big Macs in her day.