
Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell was among a handful of demonstrators who were arrested for blocking an upstate New York power plant construction site on Friday.
by Kipp Jones19 Dec 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

Black Lives Matter protesters gathered at the Springfield, MA, courthouse Thursday as a hearing was taking place inside to determine the fate of 15 protesters who were arrested in April for blocking traffic.
by John Sexton29 Oct 2015, 7:42 PM PST0

Feminist activists sprawled out on the red carpet and shouted protest chants at the London premiere of Meryl Streep’s British women’s movement drama Suffragette on Wednesday.
by Kipp Jones8 Oct 2015, 6:23 AM PST0

Tensions flared Wednesday night outside Jay-Z’s exclusive nightclub when guests at Hillary Clinton’s fundraiser confronted a group of left-wing protesters who were demonstrating against Clinton.
by Patrick Howley30 Sep 2015, 10:16 PM PST0

On Monday, roughly 50 protesters, some of them smiling broadly as they stood in the middle of the street blocking traffic in downtown Fresno, shouted “Fresno is Ferguson!” and “Black lives matter!” to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
by William Bigelow11 Aug 2015, 10:17 AM PST0

A total of over 100 Cuban dissidents were arrested this weekend, with more than 90 being hauled away on a bus by Cuban authorities on Sunday as they marched through Havana wearing masks of President Barack Obama, demanding the White House pressure Cuba to respect human rights and political freedom.
by Frances Martel10 Aug 2015, 7:40 AM PST0

2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump’s arrival in Laredo, Texas was met with a mix of a modest number of protesters as well as supporters, but the protesters did not last throughout the days events. A healthy contingent of supporters; however, greeted the Donald in a meeting of law enforcement officials which cheered Trump while supporters outside also cheered him on.
by Michelle Moons23 Jul 2015, 6:22 PM PST0

On Saturday, some tree-huggers protesting the removal of eucalyptus trees in the East Bay Hills decided that their hugs needed more intimacy, and stripped naked to hug eucalyptus trees on the University of California Berkeley campus for a photography shoot.
by William Bigelow19 Jul 2015, 8:47 AM PST0

A nationwide strike by French taxi drivers against the American-based ride service Uber turned violent Thursday, and alternative rock singer Courtney Love got caught up in the chaos.
by Kipp Jones25 Jun 2015, 10:02 AM PST0

Protesting is a dicey business in Egypt, which has been through three governing regimes in four years. The current regime passed a strict law to control street protests in 2013, but last January it was violated by a demonstration that was eventually dispersed by police, resulting in the death of protester Shaimaa Sabbagh.
by John Hayward25 May 2015, 5:03 AM PST0

On Tuesday, a meeting of the Oakland City Council was disrupted–and taken over–by radical demonstrators. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that after the mayor’s 5 p.m. budget presentation began, protesters led by the groups Black.Seed, and Asians4BlackLives crowded into the building, shouting their anger over a proposal to sell public land adjacent to Lake Merritt so housing developer UrbanCore can build an apartment tower.
by William Bigelow7 May 2015, 2:00 PM PST0

A Kim Kardashian New York City book signing was crashed Tuesday by roughly ten animal rights activists, who confronted the reality TV star about her fondness for fur.
by Kipp Jones6 May 2015, 4:37 PM PST0

On Thursday, proving that the attractions of an increasingly secular society seem more important than the tenets of traditional religion, over 100 prominent Roman Catholic donors and church members wrote an open letter to the Pope that ran as a full-page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle condemning staunch traditionalist San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for fostering “an atmosphere of division and intolerance,” and calling on Pope Francis to replace him.
by William Bigelow16 Apr 2015, 7:38 AM PST0

Just 15 minutes into a Baltimore, MD, show Friday night, comedian Bill Cosby’s routine was interrupted by protesters in the balcony of the Modell Performing Arts Center.
by Kipp Jones29 Mar 2015, 9:00 PM PST0

Friday in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., protesters holding signs reading “Third World for Black Power” and “Global Resistance Against Police Violence,” chained themselves together and blocked the entrance to the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in downtown Oakland.
by Robert Wilde18 Jan 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

One of Ferguson’s highest profile protesters, Joshua Williams, who claimed to advocate for peace, was charged with arson Saturday for setting fire to a Berkeley convenience store.
by Dan Riehl28 Dec 2014, 12:34 PM PST0

One group of “Black Lives Matter” protesters in the San Francisco Bay area has summarily dismissed efforts by three regional police unions to initiate “constructive dialogue.” Responding to Wednesday’s call from the Oakland Police Officers Association and police unions in
by William Bigelow26 Dec 2014, 2:57 PM PST0

After an armed black man, Antonio Martin, was killed Tuesday night by St. Louis police in Berkeley, a suburb of St. Louis, violence erupted. More than 100 people at the gas station where Martin was shot violently clashed with police.
by William Bigelow26 Dec 2014, 8:06 AM PST0

(Language Warning) Tuesday during Fox News Channel’s “On the Record With Greta van Susteren,” protesters marching through the streets of New York gave the middle finger to the live shot camera and began chanting f-ck Fox News behind reporter Griff
by Pam Key23 Dec 2014, 6:49 PM PST0

Many Oakland police officers wrote Thanksgiving off as a total loss and will likely need to do the same this Christmas because of protesters who are relentlessly demonstrating their fury over the deaths of black men at the hands of police.
by Adelle Nazarian23 Dec 2014, 3:12 PM PST0

Several witnesses posted claims on Twitter that protesters heckled policemen at the NYPD makeshift memorial for slain cops Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, who were shot point-blank by Ismaaiyl Brinsley in Brooklyn. The memorial for the cops was held at the
by William Bigelow23 Dec 2014, 5:42 AM PST0