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SPVM Must Be Put Down

Le SPVM a continuellement tourmenté la population de Montréal en utilisant de la violence physique pour nous frapper jusqu’à la soumission, de...

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Occupy Papua New Guinea Takes On Government & Wins

In another example of the power of popular resistance, Papua New Guineans this week appear to have successfully stopped the government from delaying elections...

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TIME’s Person Of The Year 2011: The Protester; We Salute You

TIME Magazine upholding its tradition of designating a group, individual or sometimes an idea as “Person of the Year” has chosen...

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Tuition Hike Protests Attacked At CUNY

Occupy CUNY (City University of New York) and allied protectors who gathered Monday at Baruch College to express opposition to CUNY tuition...

Chile’s Military Draft of 2011: Redirecting Protesters?

The Chilean government has set a one month deadline for more than 57,000 responses to be returned by the same number of 18 year old individuals for military service. Military service in Chile is not in the strictest sense mandatory for everybody except for males turning 18 years old whereupon they serve for at least one year. It is however obligatory and the military usually...

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Student Protests in Chile Reawaken

Vigorous protests demanding for education reform reawakened in the long, five month period of conflict between students, their supporters and the government....

Crackdown on “Illegal” Student Protests in Chile

Despite warnings issued by the Chilean government that labeled protests as “illegal”, hundreds and hundreds of students along with their teachers attempted to march to the capital of Santiago and rally in the center of the city (Plaza Italia) and other cities to demand reform in Chile’s educational system. However authorities nabbed and detained several...