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 : Jerald Reodica 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.
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