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Arab women’s virtual uprising goes physical

By India Stoughton In late 2011 four Arab women, inspired by the success of the Arab Spring demonstrations but horrified by the backlash against the women who had protested side-by-side with men in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Syria, decided to…

Protests Continue Against GE-Hitachi

Protests Continue Against GE-Hitachi – Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Plant close to downtown Toronto. (photo shows of Robert Del Tredici (left) and Zach Ruiter (right) in front of train that was stopped by protesters in Toronto on Sunday February 3, 2013. The protesters…

Humanist International supports 14N strike

Press release EUROPE IN CRISIS: HUMANIST INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTS 14N STRIKE The current crisis that we are living through in Europe is the crisis of a System which is driven by those institutions that are the holders of transnational finance capital.…

Palestine: International Activists Protest against Construction of the Apartheid Wall

On Sunday 23rd September, 50 international solidarity activists staged a sit-in adjacent to the Israeli Apartheid wall that was constructed on the land of the village of Faqua’ northeast of Jenin. They also organized an “evening of art” at the…

1 Dead in Pakistan as Anti-Film, French Cartoon Protests Continue to Sweep Through the Middle East

At least one person has been killed in Pakistan as protesters fill the streets across several cities in what is expected to be a massive day of action against the U.S.-made film, “Innocence of Muslims.” The Pakistani government declared Friday…

US deploys forces as deadly Muslim anger spreads

Washington said it was deploying forces to cope with violence in as many as 18 different locations as deadly Muslim anger spreads over a US-made movie that mocks Islam. Two US marines were killed in Afghanistan when insurgents armed with…

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