A handful from StopPatriarchy.org stood outside the IFC Theater on 42nd St off 8th Avenue today handing out fliers and protesting the newly released film
Protests articles on Democracy Chronicles
Political protests are a human right, political right and civil liberty to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interest. Today, pro-democracy protests and freedom of speech remain under threat. Also take a look at our articles on the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Turkey, and the Tea Party.
1 Billion Rising to Stop Violence Against Women & Girls
Initiated by V Day and Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues, One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history
Library of Congress’s Rosa Park Archive Opens
Celebration of heroine’s 102nd birthday includes Library of Congress ceremony as the new Rosa Park archive opens up to public viewing in Washington D.C.
The Boys Behind the Ayotzinapa Symbol
I went to DC when Peña Nieto was here and it seemed quite the farce. What have we come to when our government condones the actions of a corrupt regime?
Does Charlie Hebdo Reflect Rising Islamophobia?
European Muslims must go ahead knowing rising Islamophobia is set to continue without a successful refocus on unity rather than division across the world.
VIDEO: Hostility Toward Dissent at David Petraeus Talk
On October 30th 2014, 74 year old former CIA Analyst of 27 years Ray McGovern was arrested outside the 92nd Street Y in NYC where former CIA director and retired military general David Petraeus was speaking at an event.
230 Egyptian Life Sentences for Protesting Announced
VIDEO: Judge behind string of Egyptian life sentence rulings announces latest devastating decision
On Multilateral Support of Grassroots Nonviolent Resistance
Protests that are clearly grassroots nonviolent resistance need support from democratic world
42 Years Later: The Roe v Wade Decision
January 22nd was the 42nd Anniversary of Roe v Wade decision of 1973, when women won the right to safe, legal abortions. How is this up for debate again?
300 Mile March Against Corruption in New Hampshire
Lawrence Lessig and the New Hampshire rebellion celebrate end of 300 mile march against corruption