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  • The story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott is not just about its leaders, but a mass movement that depended on tens of thousands of people.

  • The shutdown of a nuclear reactor and release of radioactive steam in Illinois illustrate the industry's inherent dangers.

  • The revolutionary writings of Trotsky, Luxemburg and Lenin are a perfect fit for today's struggles against the 1 percent.

  • Students at UMass Boston are trying to take back their campus center with a round-the-clock occupation.

  • Hesham Alofoq of Arabian Knightz talks about the history of hip-hop in Egypt, the future of the uprising and the role of music.

  • Activists in San Francisco demonstrated against sanctions and the threat of war on Iran in coordination with dozens of cities worldwide.

  • Debates over a general strike call for May Day and the tactics of a recent protest in Oakland highlight some key questions facing the movement today.

  • When Komen for the Cure announced plans to stop approving grants for Planned Parenthood, it sparked furious protest.

  • Union and Occupy activists dared to be heard on a day when everyone told them to just shut up and watch the game.

  • American Airlines announced it wants to cut 13,000 jobs and impose a range of other concessions--to "return to profitability."

  • Occupy Burlington held a march to protest a court ruling overturning Vermont's decision to shut down a nuclear reactor.

  • Activists in Washington, D.C., protested Wells Fargo for its investments in the for-profit incarceration industry.

  • Activists mic-checked the University of Vermont's board of trustees to demand a fair contract for Sotheby's workers.

  • With the latest maneuvers by the West blocked in a UN Security Council vote, the regime of Bashar al-Assad is seeking to drown Syria's revolution in blood.

  • Protests erupted in Egypt over a soccer-match massacre that many people believe was orchestrated by the military.

  • New York's "education reform" agenda only pays attention to facts when it suits the city's agenda of demonizing teachers.

  • Thousands of labor and Occupy activists turned out in Indiana after the passage of so-called "right-to-work" legislation.