One of the largest demonstrations in the Irish Republic’s history brought more than 100,000 people on to Dublin’s streets in protest over the international bailout and four years of austerity ahead.
Several thousand demonstrators gathered in Austria’s capital Saturday to protest government cuts in education, heath care and family allowances.
Almost 100 people from Idaho, Montana, Washington, Utah, Oregon, California, Oklahoma and different parts of Canada converged outside of Missoula last week for the anti-tar sands resistance summit, which non-violent direct action trainings and network strategy development.
Reverend Billy Talen of The Church of Life After Shopping was arrested after protesting (and singing) in the lobby of UBS during Black Friday. He and his church members were dressed in white robes to protest the bank’s funding of mountaintop removal.
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