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The United States has greenlighted the transfer of a new $2.5bn weapons package, comprising bombs and fighter jets, to Israel, according to US media reports. Despite expressing concern about civilian casualties in Gaza, the White House…

This International Women’s Day, CODEPINK chapters and ally organizations across the country made their demand for international solidarity clear: reproductive justice is a peace issue. It is an international…

Colorado lawmakers target another $5 million for Denver Health amid fears of hospital’s “death spiral” A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers is again moving to direct a special $5 million infusion to Denver Health amid rising…

Washington —  A U.N. report released Friday about the prevalence of female genital mutilation around the globe is drawing attention to the practice among the Dawoodi Bohra community, a Muslim minority sect based in India. India is not…

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Yellow and green feathers radiating from his headdress, Davi Kopenawa strode onto the parade route with a mission in mind. All around him, the city of Rio de Janeiro was pulsing with music and merry-making: It…

An Invitation for Creators, Activists, and Stewards of the Open Movement - Creative Commons Skip to content by Shannon Hong, Creative Commons Licenses & Tools, Policy…

WASHINGTON —  The U.N. human rights office has issued its first statement about a U.N. rights official’s controversial visit to Iran, telling VOA it is aware of rights groups’ concerns that Tehran will exploit the visit for propaganda…

Protesters throw soup at the Mona Lisa's protective glass covering at the Louvre on January 28. David Cantiniaux / AFPTV / AFP via Getty Images…

Melbourne, Australia – Ports have emerged as the centre of pro-Palestine rallies in Australia as protesters target Israeli ships, and vessels alleged to have links with the country. Last week, dozens of people attempted to stop the ZIM…

Paris —  Two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system. This came amid protests by French farmers against…

CODEPINK Activists Stage Protest, Temporarily Shut Down Israeli Consulate in San Francisco Demonstrators Demand Ceasefire, End to U.S. Funding for Israeli Weapons, and Relief for Gaza In a bold display of…

The company began the year with a ton of turmoil This year did not start off great for Salesforce, with an unusual level of turbulence and uncertainty surrounding the company. But as the year comes…

The company began the year with a ton of turmoil This year did not start off great for Salesforce, with an unusual level of turbulence and uncertainty surrounding the company. But as the year comes…

Streamed by a coal activist in Bridgeport, CT at the Bridgeport Harbor Generating Station. Greenpeace activists scaled the coal elevator to demand the aging and dirty coal-fired power plant be shut down. A 40 ft x 20 ft banner reading "Shut…

Coal companies are spending millions trying to build export facilities in the Pacific Northwest. These coal export terminals would not only harm the health of the people living near them, but also exasperate climate change. On Nov. 2nd,…

Greenpeace activists who remained overnight on the Ptnw power plant chimney stack hung a banner saying "QUIT COAL" to protests against Poland's energy policy.

The United States government has been protecting gas companies as locals face severe health risks. The Pennsylvania office of homeland security has gathered evidence that "environmental extremists" but yet the activists say they were…

The Indian Point nuclear power plant in upstate New York is leaking radioactive tritiumm and contaminating groundwater. RT's Alexey Yaroshevsky investigates, speaking to a woman whose family lived next to the power plant before being…

- In a surprise move, District Attorney Sam Sutter of Bristol, Massachusetts, has dropped criminal charges against two climate activists who were set to go on trial Monday for blocking a shipment of 40,000 tons of coal. In May 2013, Ken…

Democracy Now! catches up with Dallas Goldtooth of the comedy group the 1491s, and his father Tom Goldtooth, executive director of Indigenous Environmental Network, at The Place to B, a Paris hostel that serves as the center for independent…

A group of environmental activists from Greenpeace climbed a crane in a construction site not far from the White House in Washington on Wednesday, January 25. The activists unfurled a banner protesting the environmental policies of US…

Activists with Greenpeace raised a banner reading Resist and Defend at Trump Tower on Friday afternoon, protesting what they called disastrous policies enacted by the Trump administration Enviromental alert Real time

- Five climate justice activists go on trial in Washington state today for tying themselves to a 25-foot tripod structure to block a mile-long oil train. The protesters, members of the activist group Rising Tide Seattle, demanded a halt of…

least 24 climate activists have been put under house arrest by French police, accused of flouting a ban on organising protests during next weeks Paris climate summit, the Guardian has legal adviser to the activists said many officers…

New York may be known as a concrete jungle, but it is also an important center of green activism. To mark the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, we're partnering with the Museum of the City of New York to discuss how citizens, entrepreneurs,…

In a perfect world, every girl would have the chance to attend school, violence against women would be eliminated, and no one would be discriminated against on the basis of can start building that world UNA-USA on May at 6 to discuss…

In 1979 a group of anti-nuclear activists set up a company for solar technology. Solartechnikfirma Wagner&Co now has a 350-strong workforce, and is still run on the principle of self-management. Every two years the managers are elected…

ARIRANG NEWS 10:00 Hello and its 10am on Friday the tenth of you are tuned in to our mid-morning newscast here on Arirang great to have you with us,... Im Mark take a look at whats making the headlines. A draft UN resolution on North…

http://democracynow.org - Protesters arrested in last month's demonstration in the heart of Wall Street have appeared in court to a demand a trial. More than 100 people were detained as part of the "Flood Wall Street" action targeting the…

DemocracyNow.org - Environmental groups in Durban have staged a series of actions in recent days calling on world leaders to agree to a just climate change deal. Democracy Now! got an inside look at one action staged by Greenpeace to hang a…

Greenpeace activists attempt to scale Russian oil rig Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: Members of Greenpeace attempt to climb onto the Gazprom oil platform to protest against drilling in the Arctic. A protester is blasted with water as he…