Kos Battle: Despite protests Greece will go ahead with planned refugee centers
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Greek police fire tear gas at rally protesting construction of refugee center on tourist island
‘Police have fired tear gas at protesters on the Greek island of Kos, where several thousand people rallied against the construction of a refugee facility. Kos is a tourist hub that found itself on the frontline of Europe’s migrant crisis last year. Locals fear that migrants will deter holiday makers from visiting the island. “Some […]
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Greek police use tear gas at protest against refugee screening centre
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Police clash with protesters in Bahrain: Tear gas, Molotov cocktails and stones
‘Hundreds of anti-government protesters clashed with tear-gas firing police in Bahrain over the weekend in demonstrations marking the fifth anniversary of a violently suppressed uprising in 2011 that had sought political change in the Sunni Arab country. Activists from the Sitra community, located south of Manama, Bahrain’s capital, attempted to march towards a local highway […]
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Anti-fracking protests target Barclays
‘Anti-fracking campaigners occupied branches of Barclays bank in five British cities yesterday. Sit-ins took place in London, Leeds, Sheffield, Lancaster and Oxford, forcing staff to close the branches and turn customers away. Campaigners are calling on the bank to cancel its £1.2 billion of investments in ‘extreme energy’ producers.’ Read more: Anti-fracking protests target Barclays
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Cancer Patients Arrested for Protesting the TPP for Threatening Access to Lifesaving Drugs
‘Condemning the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a “death sentence,” two cancer patients last week staged a civil disobedience at the headquarters of the Big Pharma trade group that lobbied to include medical monopolies in the mega-deal. “The TPP will effectively take some patients backwards in time to the dark ages of cancer treatment,” said Zahara Heckscher, […]
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Bahrainis protest as uprising anniversary approaches
‘Bahraini anti-regime protesters have taken to the streets in the tiny Persian Gulf monarchy as “Come to Revolution” campaign picks up speed ahead of the fifth anniversary of the country’s popular revolution. Protesters staged a rally in the northern village of Musalla on Wednesday amid tight security and voiced their readiness to mark the anniversary […]
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Greenpeace ‘frack’ Parliament
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Nigerian workers march against rise in electricity prices
‘Thousands of Nigerian workers have taken to the streets in the country’s capital to express their anger at a 45-percent increase in electricity prices. The tariff hike in electricity prices, which came into effect on February 1, prompted some 3,000 Nigerian workers to stage a protest in the capital, Abuja, on Monday. The protesters slammed […]
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Filipinos call for end of Philippine-US military deal
‘Dozens of angry protesters have taken to the streets in the Filipino capital Manila, calling for an end to a security cooperation agreement with the United States. On Thursday, a large number of angry demonstrators gathered in front of the US Embassy in Manila to denounce the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), which allows […]
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NZ minister gets dildo in face after TPP signing
‘Mass protests over the TPP in New Zealand did not pass by without tomfoolery; a day after thousands took to the streets of Auckland, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce was hit with a sex toy thrown by a woman, while speaking at Waitangi. Joyce was an easy target, giving an interview to the press, following […]
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Chicago Teachers Union Closes its Bank of America Account in Protest
‘After the Chicago Teachers Union rejected Chicago Public Schools’ latest contract proposal, district officials said they would stop paying a sizable portion of teacher pension contributions and make cuts to school budgets. Union president Karen Lewis referred to these threats as a vindictive “act of war” designed to pressure the union into signing the contract. […]
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TPP signing sparks dozens of protests across US over biggest trade pact
‘Over 35 protests were organized in US cities to mark opposition to the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a huge international trade deal between 12 Pacific Rim nations representing 40 percent of the global economy. Protesters with the Stop Fast Track coalition rallied outside the White House in Lafayette Park on Wednesday to expose the […]
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TPP formally signed in New Zealand as mass protest paralyzes Auckland
‘A group of around 1,000 activists protesting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have blocked roads in Auckland, as the participant states’ delegations gathered in New Zealand to formally sign the controversial free trade agreement. The TPP agreement, hailed as the “biggest trade deal in a generation,” was signed in a ceremony attended by ministers from […]
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Thousands march to protest state of emergency in France
‘Thousands of people marched in 70 French cities, including Paris, to demand immediate action to stop France’s ongoing state of emergency and openly voice outrage over government plans to revoke the French citizenship of dual nationals, many of them Muslims, convicted of terrorism. Up to 20,000 protesters – many of them members of human rights […]
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