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2,000 Chinese Rioters Mob Gov't Building in Quake Dispute

Violence erupts over unresponsive officials

Nov 18, 08 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - An angry mob of some 2,000 people stormed Communist Party headquarters in a city in China's Gansu province last night to protest a decision to move the town's quake-damaged administrative center. The protest turned violent when officials refused to listen to complaints that families would have to move to... More »

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China • protests • Gansu province • protesters • Chinese Communist party • China earthquake

Anti-Government Thais Give That Protest a Hand

Mechanical 'clappers' become vital accessory for cheering at rallies

Oct 23, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Plastic hand-shaped clappers have become a must-have among Thais trying to bring down their government, AFP reports. Hands clapped raw by months of protesting need a break, and vendors outside the occupied Government House sell hundreds of clappers daily. The clappers—used to hound the prime minister out of a... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • protesters • People's Alliance for Democracy • Thai protesters • Somchai Wongsawat • clappers

 Protester Tries 
 to Handcuff Rove 

San Francisco woman attempts citizen's arrest for treason

Oct 22, 08 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A protester attempted to slap the cuffs on Karl Rove in San Francisco yesterday, in what she called a citizen's arrest for treason, the LA Times reports. Rove was having a debate with former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell at a mortgage bankers' convention when a well-dressed woman walked... More »

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Karl Rove • George Mitchell • treason • protesters

 Colo. Cops 
 Tackle Palin 
 Protesters 

Motorcade almost flattens officer

Oct 21, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police dragged away a group of protesters who were attempting to block Sarah Palin’s motorcade today in Colorado, and tackled at least two of them, CNN reports. A group of eight to 10 protesters broke from a larger group to stand in front of Palin’s car, holding up... More »

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police • protests • Election 2008 • motorcade • Sarah Palin • protesters

 1,000 Alaskans Protest Palin 

Demand Troopergate findings before election

Sep 28, 08 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 1,000 protesters chanting “recall Palin!” turned out in force in Anchorage yesterday to object to the state’s handling of Troopergate, reports the Anchorage Daily News. Demonstrators called for the attorney general's resignation and urged legislators to issue a report on the probe into Sarah Palin's... More »

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Election 2008 • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • protesters • Anchorage

Fla. Protesters Attack Caylee Anthony's Grandparents

Demonstrators hold daughter Casey responsible for toddler's disappearance

Sep 18, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida police are looking for the protesters who provoked a violent confrontation last night outside the house of George and Cindy Anthony, grandparents to missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Protesters who suspect the Anthonys' daughter Casey in Caylee’s disappearance threw pennies at the house’s door... More »

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Florida • battery • violence • missing person • protesters • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

ANALYSIS

Thai Democracy Movement Is Anything But

Protests in Bangkok pit elite against fairly elected government

Sep 12, 08 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Bangkok, the People's Alliance for Democracy has entered its third week of occupying the office of the Thai prime minister, who was booted from office on Tuesday by the country's supreme court. But as Seth Mydans of the New York Times observes, the PAD only looks like a "... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • monarchy • Samak Sundaravej • protesters • People's Alliance for Democracy • Thai protesters

 UCSC Tree-Sitters 
 Hold Their Perches 

Protesters refuse to budge, despite truce with UC Berkeley

Sep 11, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - UC Berkeley’s tree-sitters may have surrendered their perches earlier this week, but demonstrators at UC Santa Cruz are not ready to give up their redwood-saving fight. The activists, nearing the 1-year anniversary of their protest, suspect the university will cut down trees before classes begin in two weeks, but... More »

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UC Berkeley • college • UC Santa Cruz • protesters • tree-sitters • redwoods • environmentalists

Cooking Show Could Cost
Thai PM His Job

Ruling tomorrow on Samak's TV work
could ease unrest

Sep 8, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thailand’s prime minister could be forced from his post tomorrow, the Guardian reports—not by protesters who have taken over government offices, but by a court ruling that hosting a TV cooking show was unconstitutional. Samak Sundaravej, 73, hosted Tasting, Grumbling, for years before being elected, appeared a handful... More »

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television • Thailand • cooking • constitution • lawsuit • prime minister • Samak Sundaravej • protesters • Thai protesters

 400 Busted in RNC Protest 


Sep 5, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 400 anti-war demonstrators were arrested last night in clashes with police near the Republican convention, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. Officers in riot gear with snowplows, horses, and dump trucks blocked bridges and used tear gas and pepper spray when the protesters attempted to march from the Capitol, the site... More »

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police • anti war movement • St. Paul • political demonstrations • protesters • Republican National Convention

Cops Nab 100 as RNC
Protest Turns Violent

Delegates inside convention asked to donate for Hurricane Gustav

Sep 1, 08 9:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police arrested more than 100 demonstrators outside the scaled-down Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., today, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. A crowd of 10,000 marched peacefully through 90-degree heat until bands broke off to smash windows and harass delegates. Police tossed tear gas and concussion grenades as... More »

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Laura Bush • Cindy McCain • protesters • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention

 Bangkok Bomb Raises
 Stakes in Standoff

Protesters mark 7th day of occupation of Thai PM's office

Sep 1, 08 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small bomb went off outside a Bangkok police station as anti-government protesters continued their occupation of the Thai prime minister's office for a seventh day. Although nobody was injured in the blast, a senior government source told Reuters that the People's Alliance for Democracy "has launched a guerrilla... More »

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Thailand • Bangkok • monarchy • Thaksin Shinawatra • Samak Sundaravej • protesters • People's Alliance for Democracy • Thai protesters

 Cops Bust
 'Anarchists'
 Before GOP
 Convention

Free-speech advocates blast action ahead of RNC

Aug 31, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota county cops raided protest organization sites to stop what authorities called an "anarchist plot" to disrupt the Republican National Convention. The police action triggered an angry response from activists and free speech advocates. Supplied with information from police infiltrators, cops battered down doors and busted five activists in... More »

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Minneapolis • St. Paul • protesters • Minneapolis-St. Paul • Anarchist Cookbook • Republican National Convention

 Protests Threaten 
 World's Cheapest Car 

Tata, having promised Oct. launch for $2,500 Nano, considers costly factory move

Aug 26, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The promised October launch of a $2,500 car by India’s Tata Motors is in jeopardy after massive protests at its West Bengal factory, Der Spiegel reports. Led by the state's opposition leader, 30,000 demonstrators promised a "fight to the finish" for land they say the government... More »

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India • protests • auto industry • Tata Motors • protesters • Tata Nano

Denver Gears Up for Democratic Convention

City has enlisted 25,000 volunteers, raised millions for DNC

Aug 24, 08 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic convention is ready to roll in Denver tomorrow despite a few hiccups, like the 1,500 anti-war marchers who gathered outside the Pepsi Center today, the Denver Post reports. But the "Recreate 68" protesters dispersed when asked by police, returning the spotlight to the Democrats' mega-plan—which... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • protests • anti war movement • Obama 2008 • Democratic nomination • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • protesters

China Sentences 2 Aged Women to 'Re-education'

Pair, nearly 80, face forced labor for attempt at housing protest

Aug 21, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Officials in Beijing had promised that Chinese could hold demonstrations during the Olympics, so long as they applied for permission. But of 77 applications, none have been approved—and now, writes the New York Times, two old women upset about the small compensation for the demolition of their homes have... More »

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China • Beijing • political demonstrations • protesters • labor camp

Cops Turn China Protesters Into Propaganda

Beijing police feed arrested visitors fried chicken, deport them

Aug 15, 08 7:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Rev. Patrick Mahoney posed for pictures during his interrogation in Beijing—half of it, anyway. Over 7 hours, police ran a classic good cop/bad cop routine on Mahoney, who had unfurled a “Jesus Christ is King” banner in Tiananmen Square, he tells the Washington Post. "They wanted... More »

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China • propaganda • 2008 Beijing Olympics • protesters • Tibetan protesters • Patrick Mahoney

Denver Can 'Corral' Convention Protesters: Court

Judge rules security concerns take priority over free speech

Aug 7, 08 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge has ruled that protesters can be confined to a fenced-in zone at the Democratic National Convention because security concerns outweigh activists' right to free speech, Reuters reports. The ACLU and a coalition of protest groups had brought a lawsuit against Denver and the Secret Service over plans... More »

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free speech • Denver • Democratic National Convention • ACLU • American Civil Liberties Union • protests • Protestantism • protesters

 UC-Berkeley Can 
 Chop Sitters' Trees: Judge 

School within environmental, seismic rights in plan for sports facility; time yet for appeal

Jul 23, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a year and a half of wrangling, a California judge gave UC Berkeley the green light yesterday to cut down dozens of trees in order to build an athletic training center next to its football stadium. Three protesters are still living in one tree at the site and are... More »

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UC Berkeley • protesters • tree-sitters • Memorial Stadium • Alameda County

China Bans Tibetan Flags At Olympic Event

Beijing leaders hope
to head off protests
in Hong Kong

Jul 18, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(AP) - Tibetan flags will be banned from all Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong under rules aimed at heading off political protests inside competition venues, organizers said today. While China has tightened visa restrictions to keep out protesters during the Olympics, activists could demonstrate in Hong Kong, which grants visa-free access... More »

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China • Hong Kong • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Tibetan independence • protesters • Tibetan protesters

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