Activist News

Around 150 students took over the Anthropology Library at the University of California-Berkeley on October 9 to protest budget cuts. October 15, 2009

Rochester Students for a Democratic Society’s “Funk the War 2” was brutally attacked by police on October 7. October 12, 2009

More than 100 activists gathered on October 6 to demand that the trial Officer Johannes Mehserle remain in Alameda County. October 12, 2009

More than 70 activists congregated in Lampron Park in Northampton, Mass., for the New England Trans United March. October 12, 2009

Health care activists in New York City sat in at insurance giant Aetna as part of a day of action for single-payer health care. October 8, 2009

More than 200 activists rallied in response to a demonstration in Minneapolis by members of a neo-Nazi group. October 8, 2009

Activists gathered in San Francisco to elect delegates to a committee that will coordinate efforts to repeal Proposition 8 in 2010. October 8, 2009

Students from campuses across the country are getting on buses to head to Washington for the National Equality March. October 7, 2009

A summit meeting of the G20 was met by an outpouring of challenges and protests by activists from a broad range of movements. October 7, 2009

A week after the crackdown on protest at the Group of 20 summit, activists and supporters of free speech rallied to defend their rights. October 5, 2009

Activists involved in a student takeover at the University of California-Santa Cruz discuss their actions and the support they've received. October 5, 2009

Supporters of women's right to choose are organizing to defend clinics that are the target of the anti-abortion campaign 40 Days for Life. September 29, 2009

More than 200 people rallied outside Blue Cross Blue Shield offices in Portland, Ore., to protest the insurance industry's greedy practices. September 29, 2009

While G20 leaders debated how to run global capitalism, police placed the city under lockdown and attacked protests. September 28, 2009

Students, faculty and campus workers walked out of classes and off their jobs in a one-day action at the 10 University of California campuses. September 25, 2009

The government's intensive preparations for "unruly" protesters at the G20 summit raises the question: Who will protect the right to free speech? September 23, 2009

A group of right-wing fanatics have targeted a South Bronx clinic that provides abortions, but pro-choice forces are mobilizing to oppose them. September 23, 2009

Activists gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand an end to a program that deputizes local authorities to enforce federal immigration laws. September 21, 2009

More than 50 graduate students, faculty and staff met at the University of Arizona to take action against ongoing budget cuts. September 21, 2009

Some 175 people gathered in Chicago for the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation eighth annual National Organizers Conference. September 18, 2009

Activists gathered in a Washington, D.C. church September 8 to hear union activists from Iraq describe conditions for working people. September 18, 2009

Military resisters Victor Agosto and Travis Bishop hope to encourage other soldiers to take a stand against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. September 16, 2009

New Orleanians mark the anniversary Hurricane Katrina--by calling for the re-opening of the city's only public hospital. September 14, 2009

A group of Oregon doctors began their tour across the country with a kickoff rally in Portland, Ore., and a first stop in Seattle. September 11, 2009

Immigrants took to the streets in Chicago and LA to put pressure on the Obama administration to stop policies that target immigrant workers. September 10, 2009