Activist News A multiracial group of 200 parents, teachers and students rallied in New York City against mayoral control of public schools.
July 13, 2009 Over 900 people came from up and down the West Coast to the second Socialism 2009 conference in San Francisco.
July 7, 2009 : Paul Sousa A leading activist in Join the Impact Massachusetts discusses organizing for LGBT rights in the Obama era.
July 6, 2009 SocialistWorker.org is asking our readers to help us send a reporter to Gaza in order to continue to get the word out about life under siege.
July 1, 2009 Millions of people turned out in cities across the country in June for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Pride celebrations.
June 30, 2009 The drive by California politicians to balance their budget on the backs of the most vulnerable continues to touch off dissent.
June 30, 2009 British antiwar activist George Galloway gave a rousing speech in Chicago to raise funds for an aid convoy from the U.S. to Gaza.
June 30, 2009 More than 75 supporters of UE Local 1174 members at Quad City Die Casting in Iowa protested Wells Fargo Bank in Chicago.
June 29, 2009 San Diego activists gathered in front of a CVS Pharmacy as part of a national campaign against the company's unethical and racist sales practices.
June 24, 2009 Nearly 1,000 people from across the U.S. gathered in Chicago over the weekend for the first Socialism 2009 conference.
June 23, 2009 About 40 people attended a rally in San Diego to protest Arnold Schwarzenegger's devastating budget cuts in health care.
June 15, 2009 A California judge ruled that former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle will stand trial for murder for killing Oscar Grant III.
June 10, 2009 Jeannette Grey and Tiffany Jimenez were thrown to the ground, beaten with nightsticks and verbally abused by New York City cops.
June 9, 2009 Racist images posted on Facebook sparked a march of 300 African American students in Berkeley, Calif.
June 9, 2009 Rhode Island is the last state in New England to prohibit gay marriage--but activists are determined to change that.
June 9, 2009 Supporters of single-payer health care joined protests in more than 50 cities on May 30 in a National Day of Action for Single Payer Health Care.
June 8, 2009 In an outpouring of anger and grief, hundreds of abortion rights supporters came out in several cities following the murder of Dr. George Tiller.
June 3, 2009 The Midwest Campus Antiwar Network conference at the University of Cincinnati brought together activists from the region.
June 3, 2009 : Chuck Stemke The day after the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, San Diego activists staged a five-hour sit-in to demand marriage licenses.
June 2, 2009 Thousands of people across world rallied in support of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis in an international day of action.
May 26, 2009 One hundred protesters came out to witness preliminary hearings in the trial of ex-BART officer Johannes Mehserle for killing Oscar Grant.
May 26, 2009 San Francisco State University students, faculty and staff rallied May 14 to protest layoffs and school fee increases.
May 20, 2009 Some 70 students and community members rallied to demonstrate their solidarity with immigrants and workers at Northwestern University.
May 14, 2009 Former soldiers spoke out against the U.S. wars on Iraq and Afghanistan at "Winter Soldier Southwest--Iraq and Afghanistan."
May 14, 2009 Union members, students and staff at the University of Washington came together to denounce budget cuts.
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