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Naked bodies as protest signs
Stripping naked is a common form of protest in parts of Africa, where the female body isn't seen as seductive so much as scary.
Carol Lloyd Mar 21, 2008
Take back the mini!
South African women protest violence using their heads -- and their legs.
Carol Lloyd Mar 6, 2008
Inside Myanmar's violent crackdown
Eyewitness accounts from the uprising led by Buddhist monks, and how the junta silenced the city after days of bloodshed.
By Marc Hujer, Jürgen Kremb and Andreas Lorenz Oct 3, 2007
Live video of a death in Burma
The Internet allows us to watch security forces shoot Japanese photojournalist Nagai Kenji. What difference does it make?
Andrew Leonard Sep 28, 2007
The barefoot art of war
Thousands of Buddhist monks have hit the streets in Myanmar, deploying some shrewd political jujitsu against the corrupt, iron-fisted junta.
By Jürgen Kremb Sep 26, 2007
Taser nation
Bravo to Chris Matthews for speaking out against the Bush administration's policies of stifling free speech.
By Joe Conason Sep 21, 2007
Protesting the war -- not just for giant puppets anymore!
Because of the surge, Saturday's anti-Iraq war rally in Washington included some new, mainstream faces.
By Alex Koppelman Jan 28, 2007
The antiwar GIs
A new protest movement inside the military -- including active-duty soldiers back from Iraq -- is calling on Congress to end the war immediately.
By Mark Benjamin Nov 2, 2006
Deaf woman walking
The protests at Gallaudet University have incoming President Jane Fernandes in the crosshairs -- and plenty of other people debating the merits of cultural purity.
Carol Lloyd Oct 19, 2006
Daniel Ellsberg: Still blowing the whistle
The legendary activist who leaked the Pentagon Papers says officials need to speak out against administration lies now.
By Bill Katovsky Apr 17, 2006
"We're here. We're not going anywhere"
Angry, exultant and determined, immigrants took to the streets of San Francisco to protest.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Apr 11, 2006
Let's have a revolution! Does July 14 work for you?
Leave your cellphone, bring some fruit, and protest -- with kindness -- what has happened to our country.
By Anne Lamott Mar 29, 2006
Mr. Ruckus
John Sellers climbed the Sears Tower to protest nukes and unfurled an anti-logging banner over the Golden Gate. The left's Merry Prankster talks.
By Bill Katovsky Mar 27, 2006
The "American street" speaks: Will the Democratic Party listen?
As more and more Americans turn against Bush's Iraq war, Democratic politicians remain silent. Their play-it-safe strategy isn't just cowardly, it also won't work.
By Juan Cole Sep 29, 2005
Walking away
For 22 years, John Francis walked everywhere he went to protest environmental destruction. For 17 of those years, he was silent. Today he rides in cars and speaks -- but he's still fighting.
By Mark Hertsgaard May 11, 2005
"Mom, what are asses of evil?"
Protesters have taken over my Manhattan neighborhood. But how do I explain their signs -- let alone the dismal state of the world -- to my 9-year-old son?
By Ellen Neuborne Sep 2, 2004
"We the people say no to Bush"
Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the New York streets Sunday. Clash songs blasted, anarchists taunted "Aida"-goers, and moms, queers and Wall Street bankers told the Bush administration it must go.
By Michelle Goldberg Aug 30, 2004
Right Hook
Bernadette Malone rips New York Mayor Bloomberg for coddling "mice-releasing, AIDS-spreading junior terrorists." Mark Steyn deems Elton John and Hollywood Dems "deranged." Plus: Why Buchanan loves Nader.
By Mark Follman Aug 25, 2004
Georgia when it fizzles
The G-8 protests came to nothing -- another victory for the U.S. crackdown on dissent.
By Michelle Goldberg Jun 11, 2004
The "Velvet-Strike" underground
Taking protests to the street is old hat. Today's rabble-rousers wave their signs inside video games.
By Jennifer Buckendorff May 4, 2004
A thousand J. Edgar Hoovers
State and local police are taking it upon themselves to investigate antiwar activists -- and in the computer age, the threat to our civil liberties is even greater than it was in Hoover's day.
By Michelle Goldberg Feb 12, 2004
Outlawing dissent
Spying on peace meetings, cracking down on protesters, keeping secret files on innocent people -- how Bush's war on terror has become a war on freedom.
By Michelle Goldberg Feb 11, 2004
"This is not America"
In Miami, police unleashed unprecedented fury on demonstrators -- most of them seniors and union members. Is this how Bush's war on terror will be fought at home?
By Michelle Goldberg Dec 16, 2003
Letter from an Army vet
A disabled Vietnam-era vet visits a Minneapolis V.A. hospital and discovers that many fellow vets oppose the Bush administration's war in Iraq.
Dec 5, 2003
Notes from an activist: After Miami, what next?
Direct action offers a thrill at once addictive and searing, but this movement needs to grow, or we will only be speaking to ourselves.
By Marisa Handler Nov 24, 2003
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