Activist News The educations of thousands of working-class students in Washington, D.C., are in danger because of tuition hikes at the University of the District of Columbia.
February 9, 2009 The Student Labor Action Project rallied to push the University of Washington to cut its contract with an anti-union clothing producer in Honduras.
February 9, 2009 On less than two days' notice, activists organized 100 people to help to defend a new abortion clinic against anti-abortion protesters.
February 9, 2009 Over 200 people came to a public forum in a first show of opposition to Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics.
February 6, 2009 As activists prepared to stop the Daniels from being kicked out of their home, Citibank and the sheriff's department backed down.
February 6, 2009 A successful counter-protest against a pro-Israel rally is spurring more activism in solidarity with Palestinians.
February 6, 2009 Activists in Baltimore gathered to address the foreclosure crisis and launch ACORN's new "Homesteading Campaign."
February 5, 2009 More than 200 people protested a $1,300-a-plate benefit in New York City for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
February 3, 2009 Bay Area immigrant rights supporters gathered after Inauguration Day to say they would keep up the pressure to stop the raids.
February 3, 2009 Fahad Hashmi remains in 23-hour-a-day lockdown because an acquaintance is accused of giving socks and a raincoat to a member of al-Qaeda.
February 2, 2009 Over 300 people braved a frigid sub-zero evening in Madison, Wis., to hear a panel discussion on "The Left and Obama."
January 29, 2009 Some 200 pro-choice activists turned out to counter-protest the so-called "March for Life" in San Francisco.
January 29, 2009 On George Bush's last day in office, hundreds of people gathered in Washington for a chance to throw their shoes at the him.
January 29, 2009 Some 120 people came out in Atlanta to protest the King Center's choice of Rick Warren as keynote speaker at its annual service.
January 22, 2009 Even as Israel announced a "unilateral cease-fire" in its war on Gaza, hundreds turned out in several cities to show solidarity with the Palestinians.
January 22, 2009 Antiwar activists at the Rochester Institute of Technology are celebrating after military recruiters were banned from the Student Alumni Union.
January 19, 2009 Protests in solidarity with the people of Gaza against Israel's brutal war are drawing out thousands around the U.S.
January 13, 2009 Activists were the key to the fact that, the day before 11 of Philadelphia's libraries were set to be closed, a judge issued an injunction keeping them open.
January 13, 2009 Supporters of a University of Massachusetts student who defended himself from racist attackers crowded into his pre-trial hearing.
January 7, 2009 A 25,000-strong protest in New York City is the latest in a series of determined protests around the U.S. against Israel's assault.
January 6, 2009 A rally and march in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn marked the fatal beating of Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay.
January 5, 2009 University of California at Berkeley students organized a teach-in in response to racism directed at Palestinians on campus.
January 5, 2009 As news spread of Israel's war on Gaza, tens of thousands of people surged into the streets in the U.S. and around the world to speak out.
January 2, 2009 Students at New York City's New School ended a 30-hour occupation after winning a number of their demands for greater democracy.
December 19, 2008 Despite a steady snow, CUNY students and faculty joined forces with transit workers in New York City to protest budget cuts.
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