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GE Annual Meeting Interrupted by 99 Percent Protesters
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staffHundreds of protesters affiliated with the "99 Percent" movement disrupted the start of General Electric Co's annual shareholders' meeting in Detroit on Wednesday, in an attack on the largest U.S. conglomerate's low tax rate.
Trampling on the tribes: ‘The Corporate Way’
• http://rt.comYou might think Man has come a long way from the Dutch and English slave masters of the 18th Century selling work-able men and women from Africa at “markets” in North, Central and South America.
Egypt’s voters perplexed which president to choose
• http://rt.comEgyptian society is facing an uneasy choice in the forthcoming presidential election.
Bahraini police disperse crowd of hunger striker’s supporters (PHOTOS)
• http://rt.comBahraini police have once again brutally dispersed a crowd of protesters calling for the release of a jailed activist serving a life sentence.
Spain Temporarily Seals Border To Keep Out Anti-EU Protesters
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonEU gave green light to bar anti-ECB protesters from entering country during summit
The journalist: Homeland Security's top terrorist?
• http://rt.comIf you want to know what the US Department of Homeland Security has been working hard at lately, leave it to a multimedia journalist from Miami, Florida to lay it out for you: they’ve been busy on Facebook.
Welcome to the Jungle: States demand secrecy over meat filth and cruelty practices
• http://rt.comIf you're concerned with how some factory farms might be handling their livestock, two US states have made it illegal to conduct undercover investigations — and now animal rights activists and whistleblowers alike have a bone to pick with lawmakers.
Target: Tar Sands
• http://www.inthesetimes.org, BY Daniel HertzActivists in Texas and a South Dakota reservation are fighting a fast-growing industry.
New video shows shamed IDF officer struck several left-wing activists
• http://www.haaretz.com, By Gili CohenIn clip taken by Palestinian TV, and released by left-wing NGO B'Tselem, Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner seen beating protesters without clear provocation.
Chicago Continues Beefing Up 'Security' for NATO Summit While Protesters Still in Dark
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staffIn the lead-up to the NATO summit in Chicago from May 20 - 21, the city has acquired 500 troopers from the Illinois State Police as well as 600 Illinois National Guard troops for the summit and accompanying protests.
Earth Day around the world (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
• http://rt.comTens of millions of people across the world have taken part in the world’s foremost environmental festival – Earth Day.
More than 3,500 attend first Komen race in Ocean City
• http://www.baltimoresun.com, By Andrea K. WalkerParticipation above expectations for local event, as other affiliates struggle with drop in donations after Planned Parenthood controversy
Wasting Away: An Earth Day Look At Living Among Garbage
• http://www.npr.org, by Dana FarringtonThis Earth Day, the Environmental Protection Agency is focusing on environmental justice, the "fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people" when it comes to environmental regulations and policies.
Expedition Seeks To Save Florida's 'Terra Incognita'
• http://www.npr.org, by Steve NewbornFour adventurers are marking the end of a 1,000-mile trek across the state. That might have been the easy part.
‘West doesn’t care what Bahrain does to its people’
• http://rt.comThe pro-democracy protests in Bahrain have been going on for more than a year now but the West will keep on turning a blind eye to human rights in the country as long as it acts in accordance with US interests.
Fifty arrested on second day of protests in Canada
• http://rt.comAt least 50 protesters have been arrested in Montreal as police clamped down on a demonstration against plans to develop northern Quebec.
Occupy Earth Day
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Peter RughEarth is melting down like a nuclear reactor. At current rates of warming, Arctic sea ice will melt away by 2030.
Czechs Stage Massive Anti-Austerity Rally
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staffAs many as 100,000 Czechs have been protesting today in Prague against the government's austerity measures.
Guarani activist target of death threats
• http://lapress.orgBrazilian authorities investigate targeting of anthropologist studying land conflict.
Indigenous farmers take the lead
• http://lapress.org, Louisa ReynoldsIndigenous march demands an end to evictions and environmentally unsound mining projects.
Judge Wood's FIJA Ruling on the Arrest of Julian Heicklen
U.S. District CourtFederal Judge Kimba Wood dismissed an indictment of jury tampering against Julian Heicklen, who stood outside courthouses in New York and elsewhere passing out pamphlets that urged jurors to vote their conscience.
Entered By: Powell Gammill
Environmental Groups: New Fracking Rules Fall Short
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staffEPA's rules on fracking still leave public health, communities at risk
Thousands of Peasant Farmers 'Reclaim' the Land with Honduras Occupations
• http://www.commondreams.org, Common Dreams staff'Small farmer demands are simple: they need access to land and freedom to grow food for their communities'
Russian court extends jail time for punk rockers
• APThree female punk rockers who mocked Vladimir Putin in a surprise protest inside Russia’s main Orthodox church will be kept in jail, a Moscow court ruled Thursday. Five members of the feminist band Pussy Riot _ clad in brightly colored homemade sk
Ron Paul Heavy Weight Champion Round 2
Thomas CostanzoHere we go --- vertigo, Video vertigo, Test for echo, Here we go --- in slo-mo Video vertigo Test for echo. Rush - Test for Echo. The live album is the best version is on the Different Stages Live -2. So begins this article that I am writing for
Police: Naked man protests TSA at Portland Airport
• http://www.kptv.com, By FOX 12 StaffPort of Portland police say a traveler at PDX took off far more than his shoes and belt while going through airport security.
‘Human Rights Crisis’ in US Client Bahrain, Despite Reform Pledge
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserTorture and excessive violence on protesters persists, as does Washington's support
Palestinian prisoners begin hunger strike
• http://www.upi.comSome 1,200 Palestinian security prisoners in Israel Tuesday began an open-ended hunger strike, demanding additional privileges, officials said.
Leah Bolger's Statement to the Judge of her Hearing for Disruption of Super Committee Charge
• Leah BolgerIt doesn't matter to the government that wars are immoral, illegal or ineffective. Government policies are shaped by the will of the corporate interests who have direct, immediate and in some cases, almost exclusive access to them.
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