9 d. ago Protesters in Haiti demand new government and more security as anger over gangs spreads

Dozens of protesters are marching up the hills of Haiti’s capital to demand an end to persistent gang violence as they call on the country’s prime minister and transitional presidential council to resign

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1 week ago Why are some trying to silence our film on Columbia’s Gaza protests? | Hamza and Badie Ali

The Encampments tells the story of campus activism last year. But Palestinian films are facing intimidation campaignsRecently, The Encampments opened at the Angelika Film Center in New York to a record-setting box office for an independent film – along with a storm of controversy. For us, as the distributor, the atmosphere was far from celebratory. The theater was forced to hire additional security, notify police and prepare staff for harassment in response to protests and threats from people who hadn’t even seen the film.What is so dangerous about Palestinian films? Continue reading...

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1 week ago Riots break out across France as cops and protesters pelt each other with tear gas and projectiles during May Day marches

Riot cops were seen detaining people as protestors launched smoke flares and marched in their thousands.

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2 w. ago Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in Boston, hundreds of people gathered at the same site to honor and reflect on the historic event

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3 w. ago Pro Palestine protestors disrupt World Bowls in Aberdeen as Israeli bowler confronted and COCKROACHES released

Police have confirmed that two people have been arrested as World Bowls urged protestors not to disrupt the event

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3 w. ago Toke it lucky! Michael Barrymore is spotted at annual 420 cannabis protest rally as people light up in front of police on Easter Sunday

The former Strike It Lucky host, 72, wearing a £165 Heresy knitted jumper, looked on and smiled as hundreds of pot smokers gathered for the annual 420 pro drugs rally.

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3 w. ago Chinese city launches bizarre toilet 'counterattack' against Donald Trump after tariff row

Chinese people are staging a dirty protest against Donald Trump by flocking to the shops to buy a US President-themed toilet brush in massive numbers amid the tariff war

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3 w. ago ‘The goal of a protest song is to make people feel strong and alive’: Ani DiFranco on Broadway, Fugazi and 30 years of activism

The singer-songwriter answers your questions about 90s gigs with Tori Amos, her ‘humbling’ run in Hadestown and keeping hope alive in the Trump eraPlease talk about growing up in Buffalo, New York – the music scene there, and becoming an emancipated adult at 15. AugustoMAs a child, I befriended Michael Meldrum, a local troubadour. He brought me around to his gigs and coffee houses. That was a cool, unique way to grow up, beside this alcoholic artist who hopped from girlfriend to girlfriend’s house. He he was smart and so well informed when it came to music.I was his shadow between the ages of nine and 13 or 14 or so. Beyond that, we parted ways. So when I was an emancipated minor at 15 and going into the adult world, it was with no protector by my side. I was out there in bars, on my own, running the open mic, playing gigs. I had an after-school job – I was trying to finish high school. I never managed to grow a thick skin; I’m still very open and porous. Somehow I survived all thos...

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4 w. ago Police use stun gun on two people at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia town hall

Three arrests were made as Maga representative’s meeting was repeatedly interrupted by protestersUS politics live – latest updatesPolice used a stun gun on two people, and arrested three attenders overall, at a town hall meeting hosted by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday.Protesters repeatedly interrupted Greene during a town hall in Acworth, which is about 30 minutes outside Atlanta. One man, Andrew Russell Nelms, began booing Greene almost as soon as she began speaking, and was dragged out of the room by police officers, who used a stun gun on him, according to the New York Times. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago What is the controversial Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 and why has it sparked violent protests?

India’s parliament passed the controversial bill moved by Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments

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4 w. ago What is the controversial Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 and why are people protesting it?

India’s parliament passed the controversial bill moved by Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments

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4 w. ago Violent protests rock Indian state over controversial Muslim land law

Violence continues to spread in Indian states of West Bengal and Assam over controversial Waqf law

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