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Remember the good old days, when students had to contrive a reason to protest?
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNo one liked Reagan, but no one hated him bad enough to organize a march. The war and associated tumult of the ’60s and ’70s were over, and the unfettered greed that set off the Occupy ...
Does 'slacktivism' work?
The Week via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn the US civil rights era, boycotts and marches were organised over months and years, during which time activists were "forming and deepening social...
How to Build a Homeland Security Campus
The Nation· 3 days agoWhat’s more, alongside such brute displays of force, there have been congressional inquisitions into constitutionally protected speech; federal...
Amiri Baraka ‘Blues People’ Then And Now At Express Newark
Forbes· 5 days agoFor anyone without the benefit of an African American studies degree or having spent time in Newark,...
Recalling the 2012 Wisconsin governor recall
The Washington Times· 4 days agoJune 5 is the anniversary of our recall election victory. Since 2011, our reforms have saved the hardworking taxpayers of Wisconsin more than $31...
The many selves of Gearóid Dolan, MIT instructor, activist, and costumed artist - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 6 days agoMaking a living: As a technical instructor in media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s...
Opinion: Some activists are making theatrical performances. Do they know why they are out there?
U-T San Diego· 5 days agoThe viral theatrical activism goes well beyond marching and holding signs. The ubiquitous pro-Palestine demonstrations include vivid design, from keffiyehs to masks transforming participants ...
Who gets to decide what counts as ‘disorder’?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoFraming dissent and poverty as a menace to public order can threaten fundamental rights, particularly when it’s used to justify the deployment of...
The 47 Hong Kong activists in the city's largest national security case
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days ago(CHRF). The group disbanded in 2021, saying it could no longer operate amid “unprecedented”...
‘Progressively worse’: Cracks in Eagle Mountain home growing, family unable to relocate
KTVX via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“It’s not just our home,” Tammy said. “We’ve talked to a lot of people that live on the same street...