Tag: Activist

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Scuffles in Munich as police use batons & pepper spray against eco-protesters picketing Germany’s biggest car show (VIDEO)

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Munich police clashed with environmental protesters on Saturday, as the city was hosting a major car exhibition. Activists see the recent rebranding of the show as a ‘mobility’ expo as an attempt to ‘greenwash’ the auto industry. … Read More >Scuffles in Munich as police use batons & pepper spray against eco-protesters picketing Germany’s biggest car show (VIDEO)

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‘We want independence now!’ Activists clash with police on Catalonia Day in Barcelona (VIDEO)

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Pro-independence protesters threw objects and shouted abuse at police during rallies on Catalonia Day in Spain on Saturday. They burned large photos of the Spanish region’s leader, as well as Spain’s prime minister. … Read More >‘We want independence now!’ Activists clash with police on Catalonia Day in Barcelona (VIDEO)

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Environmental extremists are ‘worse than climate catastrophe,’ Italy’s ecological transition minister says, prompting backlash

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Radical environmental activists are worse than climate change, Italy’s ecological transition minister has said, calling for reliance on “numbers” rather than ideology. He was quickly blasted by the country’s Green party. … Read More >Environmental extremists are ‘worse than climate catastrophe,’ Italy’s ecological transition minister says, prompting backlash

Categories Shows

The campaign to free Jessica Reznicek, Walmart struggles to find workers

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Lee Camp interviews Monty Pinger. He is one of the lead organizers of the campaign to free the climate activist Jessica Reznicek. Reznicek had admitted to destroying pipeline equipment being used to build the Dakota Access Pipeline. She committed her act of nonviolent civil disobedience in order to protect the land and water from industrial pollution and to stand in solidarity with the NODAPL resistance camps. … Read More >The campaign to free Jessica Reznicek, Walmart struggles to find workers

Categories UK

Police descend on London’s iconic Tower Bridge after XR activists block landmark (VIDEOS)

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Extinction Rebellion protesters descended on London’s Tower Bridge on Monday, blocking the iconic route to demand that the British government comes clean about its fossil fuel investments and responds urgently to global warming. … Read More >Police descend on London’s iconic Tower Bridge after XR activists block landmark (VIDEOS)

Categories Asia & Pacific

‘It’s a set-up’: Many activists in Myanmar remain unconvinced by junta’s offer to pardon protesters

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Myanmar’s military junta has offered to drop charges against protesters on the condition that they come forward to authorities, though many demonstrators say they fear that the move is a ruse to catch dissidents. … Read More >‘It’s a set-up’: Many activists in Myanmar remain unconvinced by junta’s offer to pardon protesters