protests
Occupy Wall Street solidarity stopped Zuccotti Park eviction
October 18, 2011When NYC Mayor Bloomberg announced the "cleanup" of Zuccotti Park for Oct. 14 at 6 a.m, thousands of people including many union members - transit workers, teachers, Teamsters, communications workers - showed up in the early...
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Jobs, not cuts! Unions join Occupy Chicago
October 14, 2011CHICAGO - Unions and community groups organized a rousing finish to a week of actions on jobs and corporate greed.
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French nuclear site rocked by explosion
September 13, 2011On September 12, an explosion at Marcoule, a nuclear facility in southern France, killed one person and injured four.
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Justice Department cites abuses by police in Puerto Rico
September 12, 2011A new U.S. Department of Justice report sharply criticizes the Puerto Rican Police Department for brutality, racism, corruption and violations of constitutional rights.
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Protesters target BART for cell phone cutoff
August 16, 2011The rowdy but nonviolent roving protest was directed both at the BART's cell phone shutdown and BARTs police' fatal shooting of a homeless man last month.
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