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I Spent the Weekend Watching Topless Feminists Piss Off Neo-Nazis

Last Friday, I took the Eurostar from London to Paris to meet the topless feminist protest group Femen. Originally based in the Ukraine, the organization has since spread out across the world. The idea was to film the buildup to Femen's next protest, but I didn't find out quite what I was getting myself into until I arrived at their headquarters that afternoon. Full story

Montreal Police Are Still Kettling Protestors

A First-Hand Account from the May Day Protest

447 people were arrested at Montreal's May Day protests. Many of which were kettled in by police, thanks to the controversial P6 bylaw. We were there to take it all in, and luckily this time we weren't arrested. Full story

We Went to a Men's Rights Lecture in Toronto

And Discovered That They're a Bunch of Losers

What began as a somewhat open-minded look at men's rights ended with the realization that their ideas are very, very dumb. Full story

No Justice No Trees

Rural Brazil Lets An(other) Environmental Murderer Walk Free

Last week, as the town of Marabá, Brazil, geared up to celebrate its centennial, it was also wrapping up the trial of the killers of environmental activist couple Zé Claudio and Maria do Espirito Santo. But instead of closing the book on this violent chapter of the region’s histo… Full story

Will Cypriots Have to Pay to Clear Up Their Bankers' Mess?

On Saturday, Cypriots were looking at the possibility of having the government freeze their bank accounts and take a portion of their savings without even giving them the time to rush to the bank, take out all their cash, and blow it on the large quantities of Zivania they're goi… Full story

A Gang of Greek Activists Torched the Skouries Gold Mine

Last Sunday 50 masked men armed with Molotov cocktails stormed a gold mine in northern Greece. After torching bulldozers and trucks belonging to Canadian mining company El Dorado and its Greek subsidiary Hellenic Gold, the group used tree trunks to block police and firefighters f… Full story

Immigrants Are Being Stabbed to Death on the Streets of Athens

On Saturday Javed Aslam, the Pakistani president of the Union of Immigrant Workers in Greece, addressed a crowd of about 5,000 people who had marched all the way to Syntagma Square, in front of the parliament building, to protest against fascism and the growing wave of racist att… Full story

Street Battles Rage in France Over Gay Marriage

A gay marriage bill came up in the National Assembly in October and will be voted on soon. Sensing that the bill will easily pass, La Manif and VITA Alliance are staging their mass protests and demanding that the issue be put to a nationwide referendum. Full story

What Are the Protesters in New York Saying About Gaza?

Last night, I went to the Israeli consulate in New York City to attend a pro-Palestine rally. Chants of “Israel wants peace, Hamas wants terror!” and “Free, Free, Palestine!” echoed throughout the night, and I asked those on both sides what they were yelling about. Full story

We Were Merely Freshmen: Classmates Recall Mitt Romney’s Year at Stanford

One Friday in the spring of 1966, Mitt Romney, then a freshman at Stanford University, skipped the discussion section of his Western Civilization survey class. A sit-in against the Vietnam War was underway inside President Wallace Sterling's office. Outside, Mitt Romney protested… Full story