http://dir.salon.com/topics/activism/?source=rss&aim=activism en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT By Vincent Rossmeier Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/09/04/kos/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/09/04/kos/index.html?source=rss The man behind Daily Kos talks about Obama's chances, his new book and why Palin is the gift that keeps on giving. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/11/no_impact/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/11/no_impact/index.html?source=rss "No Impact" couple Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin on the new movie capturing their year without A/C, TV or T.P. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/28/edge_of_world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/28/edge_of_world/index.html?source=rss This thrilling sea adventure follows a ragtag activist group's highly illegal campaign against Japanese whalers By Cary Tennis Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/01/better_world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/01/better_world/index.html?source=rss I volunteer but don't enjoy it By Rebecca Traister Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/17/vagina_monologues/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/17/vagina_monologues/index.html?source=rss A giant clitoris! Healing circles! Celebrities! It's the 10th anniversary of "The Vagina Monologues," but the real star is New Orleans. By Astra Taylor Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/07/10/trap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/07/10/trap/index.html?source=rss Are young Americans more interested in selling out than changing the world? Daniel Brook's new book argues that 20-somethings are forced to choose between living by their ideals or making a living. By Cary Tennis Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/13/green_detergent/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/13/green_detergent/index.html?source=rss I use nonpolluting products wherever I can -- but this brand-name commercial stuff really makes plates and glasses sparkle! By Cary Tennis Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/05/hummer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/05/hummer/index.html?source=rss Should I try to talk to her or just channel my energy into drafting Al Gore? By Jessica Valenti Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/12/katha_pollitt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/12/katha_pollitt/index.html?source=rss Columnist Katha Pollitt blasts feminism's new timidity and says, "This 'girls just want to have fun' feminism is a very shallow approach to life." By Cary Tennis Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2005/12/12/activist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2005/12/12/activist/index.html?source=rss I love teaching radical philosophy. But when is it time to practice what I teach? By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/01/hamburg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/01/hamburg/index.html?source=rss German leftists prefer Nader, fear Kerry's grand plans for Iraq, and miss the days when America was actually cool. By Rex Weyler Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/09/09/greenpeace/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/09/09/greenpeace/index.html?source=rss Summer 1976: A ragtag group of activists take to the Pacific in a chartered minesweeper. Their mission: Stop the wholesale slaughter of whales. By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/07/14/good_forest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/07/14/good_forest/index.html?source=rss Since Earth First activist David Chain was crushed by a falling tree in the Headwaters standoff of 1998, he has been memorialized in song by Bonnie Raitt and been made the subject of a book and a play. But the corporate lumber giants he opposed are still standing tall. By Marisa Handler Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/22/miami4/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/22/miami4/index.html?source=rss In Miami, our exercising of our constitutional rights became an invitation to an indiscriminate crackdown. By Marisa Handler Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/19/miami1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/19/miami1/index.html?source=rss On my first day in South Florida, here to conduct direct action protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas conference, obstacles loom, but the spirit surges. By Maria Armoudian Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/02/06/axis_justice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/02/06/axis_justice/index.html?source=rss Audioslave's Tom Morello and System of a Down's Serj Tankian on Bush's war plans, the corporate media after 9/11 and how their Axis of Justice can reach America's alienated youth. By Daryl Lindsey Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/06/18/love/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/06/18/love/index.html?source=rss Activist Jamie Love says pharmaceutical companies must be forced to yield their patents to save hundreds of thousands of lives. Is he a visionary -- or a dangerous radical? By Carina Chocano Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/14/abortion_boat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/06/14/abortion_boat/index.html?source=rss Women on Waves will provide medical abortions to women in international waters. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/letters/2001/05/24/day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/letters/2001/05/24/day/index.html?source=rss By Joan Walsh Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2001/05/22/cornell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2001/05/22/cornell/index.html?source=rss By David Horowitz By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2001/04/16/billy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2001/04/16/billy/index.html?source=rss The long, strange journey of New York activist Rev. Billy and his struggle against Starbucks, Disney, Nike and Cindy Crawford. By Dawn MacKeen Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/02/09/donations/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/02/09/donations/index.html?source=rss Donations to Planned Parenthood are flooding in -- in the name of President Bush. By Sarah Ferguson Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/29/surveillance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/09/29/surveillance/index.html?source=rss International authorities are sharing information -- not all of it accurate -- about anti-globalization activists. By Joe Conason Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2000/08/15/nader/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2000/08/15/nader/index.html?source=rss He is one of our greatest public advocates, but his presidential campaign is leading the public astray. By Jesse Walker Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/08/14/police/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/08/14/police/index.html?source=rss The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime.