Activist News

  • Nearly 2,000 students from University of California campuses converged on UCLA to confront officials as they voted for a huge tuition hike. November 20, 2009

  • Nearly 250 protesters from across New York gathered outside an Air Force base near Syracuse to protest the arrival of drone aircraft. November 19, 2009

  • Some 200 people came out in downtown Seattle to celebrate the historic victory of Referendum 71 that confirmed LGBT rights. November 19, 2009

  • Massachusetts LGBT rights activists haven't forgotten Barney Frank's snide hostility toward the National Equality March last October. November 17, 2009

  • A surge in student and faculty activism won a victory in the Peralta Community College District in northern California. November 17, 2009

  • Hundreds of angry University of Maryland students marched November 5 to protest cuts to multicultural programs. November 11, 2009

  • Students, faculty and staff in the California State University system are mobilizing for a March 4 day of action against budget cuts. November 10, 2009

  • In the wake of a narrow loss to the right wing in Maine, LGBT rights activists across the country mobilized to raise their voices. November 9, 2009

  • Maine water activists celebrated an Election Day victory against Nestlé's attempts to gain control of water resources in the southern part of the state. November 9, 2009

  • Activists at the University of Southern California protested David Horowitz by turning their backs on the arch-conservative. November 9, 2009

  • A group of 30 Michigan State University students and faculty picketed the state capitol October 30 to combat recent budget cuts and tuition hikes. November 5, 2009

  • Some 400 activists marched in Portland for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender equal rights and to protest anti-gay violence. November 3, 2009

  • University of North Texas activists marched to demand that same-sex couples be allowed to participate in the Homecoming Court. November 3, 2009

  • Following the killing of Kiwane Carrington by a police officer, the Champaign, Ill., community has found ways to express its outrage. November 3, 2009

  • More than 200 people came to the budget hearing of the Seattle City Council to oppose the mayor's plans for huge spending cuts. October 28, 2009

  • A victory in approving Referendum 71 would give a boost of confidence to pro-LGBT forces and demoralize the right-wing bigots. October 26, 2009

  • More than 100 people turned out at San Francisco State University for a General Assembly to discuss advancing the fight against budget cuts. October 26, 2009

  • LGBT activists marched on the Rhode Island statehouse days after Gov. Donald Carcieri delivered an address to a right-wing antigay group. October 22, 2009

  • Activists gathered for a vigil to support Fahad Hashmi, who has been imprisoned for over two years as part of the "war on terror." October 22, 2009

  • City College of San Francisco administrators have no answers to stop cuts and fee hikes, but one activist coalition is working to get organized. October 21, 2009

  • Some 60 people attended an all-day conference at San Diego City College to discuss organizing for immigrant rights. October 21, 2009

  • An all-too-familiar scene unfolded in Roxbury, Mass., when foreclosures left multiple families homeless. But activists aren't surrendering. October 20, 2009

  • More than 100 activists rallied for single-payer health care outside the Portland building of Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Oregon. October 20, 2009

  • Bay Area Rapid Transit officer Johannes Mehserle--who killed Oscar Grant III early on New Year's Day--has won a legal victory. October 20, 2009

  • When residents in Denton, Texas, found out that natural gas drilling was going to begin in their neighborhood, they got organized. October 16, 2009